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Interview with Friends Journal’s Book Review Editor 

By Staff on November 1, 2017

An interview with our Books editor Karie Firoozmand.

Karie Firoozmand is the book review editor and a member of Baltimore Monthly Meeting, Stony Run. She has two sons and lives with her husband near Baltimore. Karie’s interests include dance, exercise, history, literature, and travel. She speaks Farsi and has traveled to Iran. Karie joined Friends Journal as the book review editor in June 2011. To contact Karie about becoming a reviewer, email [email protected]​friendsjournal.​org.

This interview is an extended version of the one that appeared in the print magazine.


Posted in: Interviews, Quaker Libraries
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New Worldwide Quaker Map Released

By FJ Staff on September 13, 2017

Friends World Committee for Consultation released a new map of worldwide Quaker population figures, its first such release since 2012.


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Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey

By Reviewed by Diya Abdo on May 1, 2017

By Margriet Ruurs, translated by Falah Raheem, illustrated by Nizar Ali Badr. Orca Book Publishers, 2016. 28 pages. $20/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. […]

Diya Abdo is a native Arabic speaker and associate professor and department chair of English at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C. She is the founder and director of Every Campus a Refuge.


Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, Quaker Summers, Young Friends Bookshelf
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Continuing Work

By Martin Kelley on March 1, 2017

Our introduction to the March 2017 issue on Race and Anti-Racism.

Martin Kelley is the senior editor of Friends Journal.


Posted in: Among Friends, Race and Anti-Racism
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An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States

By Reviewed by David Etheridge on January 1, 2017

By Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. Beacon Press, 2014. 296 pages. $16/paperback; $15.99/eBook. This book is part of Beacon Press’s ReVisioning American History […]

David Etheridge is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.) and clerk of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Working Group on Racism. He previously worked for over 20 years as an attorney in the Indian Affairs Division of the Solicitor’s Office of the U.S. Department of the Interior.


Posted in: January 2017 Books, January 2017: Quakers in the Workplace
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Not from Here: A Memoir

By Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt on January 1, 2017

By Allan G. Johnson. Temple University Press, 2015. 171 pages. $24.50/hardcover or eBook. When Allan Johnson asked his dying father […]

Ruah Swennerfelt is a member of Burlington (Vt.) Meeting. She currently serves as clerk of New England Yearly Meeting’s Earthcare Ministry Committee and is the author of Rising to the Challenge: The Transition Movement and People of Faith.


Posted in: January 2017 Books, January 2017: Quakers in the Workplace
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With a Tender Hand: A Resource Book for Eldership and Oversight

By Reviewed by Marty Grundy on April 1, 2016

By Zélie Gross. Quaker Books, 2015. 432 pages. $20/paperback. This is a thorough and useful resource book for Friends in […]

Marty Grundy has served on ministry and oversight committees (by a variety of names) for many years. She recently transferred to Wellesley (Mass.) Meeting in New England Yearly Meeting.


Posted in: April 2016 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, Spiritual Nurture / Quaker Training
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Voices from a Trunk: The Lost Lives of the Quaker Eddisons, 1805–1867

By Compiled by Karie Firoozmand on March 1, 2016

By Sara Woodall. Blackthorn Press, 2014. 260 pages. $9.99/eBook. UPDATE, August 2016: Voices from a Trunk is now available in […]


Posted in: Disability and Inclusion, March 2016 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
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The Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle

By Reviewed by Alison James on November 30, 2015

By Jude Isabella, illustrated by Simone Shin. Kids Can Press, 2015. 32 pages. $18.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 8–12. This large […]

Alison James is a member of South Starksboro (Vt.) Meeting.


Posted in: December 2015 Books, December 2015: Economic Justice and Poverty, Quaker Book Reviews, Uncategorized
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Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa’s Fastest Cats

By Reviewed by Vickie LeCroy on May 1, 2015

By Sy Montgomery, photographs by Nic Bishop. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2014. 80 pages. $18.99/hardcover. Recommended for ages 10–14. […]

Vickie LeCroy is a member of Cincinnati (Ohio) Meeting.


Posted in: Friends and Other Faiths: Friends and Other Faiths, May 2015 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
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