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Humanity in the Face of Inhumanity

By Reviewed by Rosalie Dance on November 1, 2018

By Sue Williams. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 451), 2018. 34 pages. $7/pamphlet. This refreshing little work introduces us to goodness, […]

Rosalie Dance is a member of Stony Run Meeting in Baltimore, Md., and a sojourner at Belize City Meeting in Belize.

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Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five

By Reviewed by Lauren Brownlee on October 1, 2018

By Miko Peled. Just World Books, 2018. 224 pages. $22.95/paperback; $20.99/eBook. In Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation […]

Lauren Brownlee is a member of Bethesda (Md.) Meeting, a Steering Committee member of the Quaker Palestine Israel Network, and serves on Baltimore Yearly Meeting’s Peace and Social Concerns Committee.

Posted in: Meetings and Money, October 2018 Books, Quaker Book Reviews

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The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

By Reviewed by Judith Favor on October 1, 2018

By Anthony Ray Hinton with Lara Love Hardin. St. Martin’s Press, 2018. 272 pages. $26.99/hardcover; $16.99/paperback (available June 2019); $13.99/eBook. […]

Judith Favor, a member of Claremont (Calif.) Meeting, befriended Rosie Alfaro in 1999. Their enduring friendship powered Judith’s work with AVP and sparked her efforts to end the death penalty.

Posted in: Meetings and Money, October 2018 Books, Quaker Book Reviews

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The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys

By Reviewed by Patience A. Schenck on September 1, 2018

Edited by Eddie Moore Jr., Ali Michael, and Marguerite W. Penick‐Parks. Corwin, 2018. 472 pages. $27.95/paperback or eBook. Some years […]

Patience A. Schenck is a member of Annapolis (Md.) Meeting and lives at Friends House in Sandy Spring, Md. She is passionate about ending racism with a current emphasis on criminal justice reform.

Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, September 2018, September 2018 Books

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Draw Your Weapons

By Reviewed by Lori Patterson on August 1, 2018

By Sarah Sentilles. Random House, 2017. 320 pages. $28/hardcover; $13.99/eBook. Assembled like a collage or impressionist painting, Draw Your Weapons […]

Lori Patterson lives in Portland, Ore., where she teaches women’s studies at her local college, attends Multnomah Meeting in Portland (serving on the Racial Justice Committee), and runs an independent yarn and fiber dyeing business out of her home.†

Posted in: August 2018 Books, Going Viral with Quakerism, Quaker Book Reviews

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Racial Purity and Dangerous Bodies: Moral Pollution, Black Lives, and the Struggle for Justice

By Reviewed by Patience A. Schenck on June 1, 2018

By Rima Vesely‐Flad. Fortress Press, 2017. 226 pages. $34/paperback; $4.99/eBook. A couple of years ago, I visited a man I […]

Patience A. Schenck is a member of Annapolis (Md.) Meeting, now living happily at Friends House in Sandy Spring, Md. She volunteers with Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform.

Posted in: Creativity and the Arts, June/July 2018 Books, Quaker Book Reviews

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Far Apart, Close in Heart: Being a Family When a Loved One Is Incarcerated

By Reviewed by Alison James on May 1, 2018

By Becky Birtha, illustrated by Maja Kastelic. Albert Whitman and Company, 2017. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover. Recommended for ages 4–8. With […]

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

Posted in: May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?

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Thurston Corder Hughes

By Staff on February 1, 2018

Hughes—Thurston Corder Hughes, 87, on November 20, 2016. Thurston was born in 1928 in Germany under a different name, which […]

Posted in: February 2018, Milestones

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Herbert Ward Fraser

By Staff on February 1, 2018

Fraser—Herbert Ward Fraser, 96, on May 2, 2017, in Richmond, Ind. Herb was born on February 23, 1921, in Andover, […]

Posted in: February 2018

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Lucretia Mott Speaks: The Essential Speeches and Sermons

By Reviewed by Marty Grundy on January 1, 2018

Edited by Christopher Densmore, Carol Faulkner, Nancy Hewitt, and Beverly Wilson Palmer. University of Illinois Press, 2017. 304 pages. $75/hardcover; […]

Marty Grundy is a member of Wellesley (Mass.) Meeting, New England Yearly Meeting.

Posted in: January 2018 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, Quaker Lifestyles

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