Language as Liberation
Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Beloved Toni Morrison investigates Black characters in the American literary canon and the way they shaped the nation’s collective unconscious.
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Paper Girl
From one of our most acclaimed chroniclers of the forces eroding America’s social fabric, her most personal and powerful work: a reckoning with the changes that have rocked her own beloved small Ohio hometown.
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Counterculture
A political and intellectual history of American counterculture and the historical figures who redefined mainstream understandings of freedom, culture, art, and politics—from The Beat Generation to Basquiat.
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American Struggle
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential speeches, letters, and essays that led us to this moment.
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Learn more about the issue of book banning, what Penguin Random House is doing to protect the right to read, and what you can do as an educator to get involved.
Learn MoreJoin Penguin Random House Education in celebrating the contributions of Black authors. In honor of Black History Month this February, we are highlighting essential fiction and nonfiction to be shared and discussed by students and educators this month and beyond. Find a full list of titles here.
Read moreAttensity! is a rallying cry to fight the commodification of human attention, with the tools we need to reclaim our humanity, by a group of writers, artists, and activists in the vanguard of the movement. Chapter 1 Something is seriously wrong. It has to do with our ATTENTION, our essential ability to give our
Read moreFor International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11th, we are sharing books about women who have influenced and contributed to the STEM fields.
Read moreThrough magnetic storytelling and pop-culture deep dives, Lachi challenges mainstream views on disability and neurodivergence with humor and heart. Because visionaries with disabilities have always driven progress. The book features trailblazing figures like Senator Tammy Duckworth, Breaking Bad star RJ Mitte, Microsoft executive Jenny Lay-Flurrie, and so many more. Lachi even takes readers behind the
Read moreIn honor of Iranian American Heritage Month in March, we are sharing books by Iranian American authors and books about Iranian culture to educate and inspire students. This collection includes literature, memoir, and history.
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