New Arrivals to Pop Lit!!

In June 2020, the Popular Literature committee did an initial sweep of titles in the collection for books centered on conversations of race and racism in the United States. After that sweep we followed up by ordering more books to diversify and continue this conversation in the library and to offer ways for the patrons and employees in the library to continue to educate themselves in this area. Our hope is to continue an open and vulnerable conversation; to work together to be better to each other; and to have a welcome space at FSU for all of our visitors, students, faculty and staff who are black, indigenous, or people of color.

These new books were received September 28, 2020 and are currently in process and will be available for curbside pick up through this link here!
The original reading list and statement regarding anti-racism and the black lives matter movement at FSU Libraries can be found here.

Overcoming everyday Racism: How to be resilient in the face of discrimination

The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower

My Midnight Years Surviving Jon Burge’s Police Torture Ring and Death Row

No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black & Free in America

What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race

The Meaning of Freedom: And Other Difficult Dialogues

Medical apartheid: the dark history of medical experimentation on Black Americans from colonial times to the present

So you Want to Talk About Race

The Color of Water

My Vanishing Country: A Memoir