August 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us
I can't stick to only 10 books; who am I kidding? Here are the 15 I'm recommending this month!
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July 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us
I receive hundreds of emails and many books each month to consider for my columns. I love it, but it's a LOT. Here are 10 I recommend for July 2026.
June 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us
Happy June! Happy Pride! Happy Caribbean-American Heritage Month! Happy summer! Wherever you are and however you spend your month, I hope you are able to slow down, rest and enjoy life with a good book.
May 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us
Featuring some cool science titles and more. Expand your mind and always be learning, friends!
Reads for the Rest of Us: The Best Poetry of 2025 and 2026
With help from Violet, I picked the most exciting poetry collections 2025-2026 by women and trans poets of color.
April 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us
Check out the 25 books we’ve chosen to highlight this month, with special shoutouts to friends and colleagues with books releasing as well.
March 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us
Check out We Are Each Other’s Liberations: Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities (Haymarket Books, 2025), and the 24 books releasing this month.
February 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us
This month, I reintroduce the column and suggest the 28 books that Violet and I are most excited about.
January 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us
Violet and I chose the 25 books by women and trans people of color, and by writers of the global majority, that we're most excited about in January 2026.
Reads for the Rest of Us: The Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2026
Violet and I chose our most anticipated feminist books of 2026. There's something here for everyone, which ones of the 94 will you choose?
Yes, you do have pronouns. Whether you like it or not.
The panic over pronouns isn't about ideology - it's about power, identity, and who gets to decide what counts as "normal."
Yes, You Do Have a Pronoun Resource Guide
This resource guide accompanies my article "Yes, You Do Have Pronouns." It includes popular press articles, peer-reviewed journal articles, books, and websites, all vetted by me (an academic librarian with 20+ years of experience).
Reads for the Rest of Us
2025 ‘Best of the Rest’: Our Favorite Books of the Year
You’ve read the other “Best of” lists—now read this one. You know, the one for the rest of us.
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December 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
December’s 14 titles are great for gifting or curling up with on a cold winter’s night. Wishing you all a lovely holiday season!
Archive
Why I’m No Longer Observing Thanksgiving
And what I’m doing instead.
Reads for the Rest of Us
November Reads for the Rest of Us
The feminists are heading to NWSA in Puerto Rico this month! And we're reading these books.
Reads for the Rest of Us
October 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
In a time when we need it the most, these 20 books will provide the knowledge, respite, ideas, empathy and rage we need right now to continue the work of liberation.
Featured
Random Thoughts for a Rainy Saturday Morning
After a week of COVID, I am salty and antsy to get moving and try something new. What good trouble can I get into?
Reads for the Rest of Us
September 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
Check out the top 25 books that Ms. intern, Violet Pandya, and I are excited about this month!
Reads for the Rest of Us
August 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
Check out the top 25 books that Ms. intern, Violet Pandya, and I are excited about this month!
Reviews
A Cure for What Ails You
An early review of Stephanie Allen's 2019 book Tonic and Balm that was featured in Medium Books.
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July 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
Check out the top 22 books that Ms. intern, Violet Pandya, and I are excited about this month!
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June 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
Reading even just one or two of the 25 books below is a first step towards sending the message that we will continue to support the arts and prioritize the stories being told by and about marginalized groups.
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May 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
The 26 books on this month’s list provide some of that much-needed hope and joy as well. They tell stories of strength and resilience, of relationships and love, of imagination and dreams.