Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2023-02-01
Books mentioned on Former Attorney General Eric Holder on the Unfinished March of Justice
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Moral Arc
The Moral Arc by Michael Shermer is a comprehensive nonfiction book that examines how science, reason, and human rights have driven moral progress throughout history.
Discussed“When Obama left office, he supposedly spoke to some of his aides about that famous line, which I believe is in the book, about how the arc of history is long, but it bends toward truth.”
Where to get it
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The Great Gatsby
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Discussed“that's an interesting point you made one one of my favorite uh passages in The Great Gatsby he goes and he meets uh mayor wolfsheim”
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The Woman's Hour
The Woman's Hour by Elaine Weiss is a historical nonfiction book detailing the intense political battle behind the passage of the nineteenth amendment granting women the right to vote.
Recommended“and that that is something you talk a lot about in the book and I'm glad you did because I loved uh that book The Women's hour about the passing of the of the amendment that gives women the right to vote”
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Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation is a controversial historical work and political critique that examines the complex intersection of race, power, and societal fears in America.
Discussed“you know you see it in in you know Birth of a Nation you know you give um black men the ability to it's a political Freedom the next thing you know they're going to be raping white women”
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The Children
The Children by David Halberstam is a historical account that chronicles the young, ordinary college students who spearheaded the pivotal sit-in movement during the American civil rights struggle.
Discussed“and so like those movements like when I I read David halberstrom's book The Children recently and and it was like these were just this is just a collection of relatively ordinary college students”
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The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time
The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time by Keith Houston is a comprehensive history of the physical book format and its cultural impact.
Discussed“The Obama coalition is really kind of the future of America, which is why he was so feared, and why we say in the book, there was that backlash.”
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Lawn boy
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison is a contemporary novel that follows a young Mexican-American man working as a landscaper while coming to terms with his sexual identity and navigating socioeconomic challenges.
Discussed“this woman was protesting the the inclusion of this book called Lawn Boy in the in the school library which uh you know she she believed contained all this uh sort of gay uh or or or homosexual themes and uh the the school librarian gets up and she goes are you talking about this book Lawn Boy because it's”
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The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published
The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published by Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry serves as a comprehensive, step-by-step manual for aspiring authors navigating the complex modern literary marketplace.
Discussed“A final reflection I want to make is related to a personal experience you share in your book about watching events unfold on a television in your parents' house.”
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