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Batya Ungar-Sargon books: every book Batya Ungar-Sargon wrote and recommended
Books by Batya Ungar-Sargon
Batya Ungar-Sargon is an American journalist and author who served as the opinion editor of The Forward and later worked as deputy opinion editor of Newsweek. She is the author of two books which address class consciousness and working class-related issues and one that deals with American Jews and the left. Appearing on The Megyn Kelly Show, Ungar-Sargon recommended and discussed several notable books concerning urban life and the working class. She recommended Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here, describing it as an incredible book from the 1990s that documents Cabrini-Green and the dangers faced by children in public housing. She also praised Chris Arnade and his book Dignity, calling the author an inspiring teacher who positively influences others. Furthermore, during a discussion about J.D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy, Ungar-Sargon and the host talked about owning a 2018 edition of the memoir and noted the extensive critical praise it initially received from media outlets that later criticized the author.
Books recommended by Batya Ungar-Sargon
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Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D.
Discussed“because my copy of hillbilly elery was the 2018 copy and so it's sort of festooned with praise”
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Dignity
Dignity by Chris Arnade is a photographic and journalistic portrait of ordinary Americans, non-voters, and working-class communities that explores how people find meaning outside of traditional political structures.
Recommended“Chris Arnardi is amazing. I I call him the Rebi, which in Hebrew means like, you know, the the the the one who influences in a positive way, who you look up to as a as a teacher and he he's so incredible and his book dignity is so beautiful”
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There are no children here
Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here is a powerful 1991 non-fiction book that chronicles the lives of two brothers growing up amidst extreme violence in Chicago's public housing.
Recommended“And there's an incredible book called There Are No Children Here. It was written in the '9s about Caprini Green and the public housing and how dangerous it was.”
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Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
“One is called Bad News: How Woke Media is Undermining Democracy.”
“The other one is called Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women.”
“Like, when I was writing my book, Second Class, I was traveling around the country interviewing working-class people from both parties”
“i'm the deputy opinion editor of newsweek and the author of a book called bad news how woke media is undermining democracy that i'm sure we're going to get into”
“and you can find my book at amazoncounter.com bad news how woke media is undermining democracy”
“so my book is called bad news and it's really about how we're sort of in a moral Panic about race that's being perpetuated by the mainstream liberal National media”