{"id":544,"date":"2015-12-04T06:13:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T06:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/undergrad-students-publishing\/?p=544"},"modified":"2015-12-04T06:13:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T06:13:39","slug":"weneeddiversebooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/undergraduate-students-publishing\/2015\/12\/04\/weneeddiversebooks\/","title":{"rendered":"#WeNeedDiverseBooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Undergraduate Students for Publishing met to discuss some of our favorite diverse books. Here&#8217;s the list we created:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51G3peGW7RL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Esperanza Rising<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by\u00a0Pam Mu\u00f1oz Ryan<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/7\/72\/Aristotle_and_Dante_Discover_the_Secrets_of_the_Universe_cover.jpg\/220px-Aristotle_and_Dante_Discover_the_Secrets_of_the_Universe_cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by\u00a0Benjamin Alire S\u00e1enz<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51zCS5BMbyL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>American Born Chinese<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Gene Luen Yang<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"http:\/\/thelunarchronicles.com\/uploads\/book-covers\/9780312642983_FC_PMIbnCm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Lunar Chronicles<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Marissa Meyer<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51GA7UU-c9L._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by\u00a0Sherman Alexie<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/2\/23\/The_Absolutely_True_Diary_of_a_Part-Time_Indian.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Absolutely True Diary of a Part<\/em>&#8211;<em>Time Indian<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by\u00a0Sherman Alexie<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61ktLfUzqOL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Drown<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Junot D\u00edaz<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/a\/a3\/Original_cover_of_This_is_How_You_Lose_Her.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This Is How You Lose Her<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Junot D\u00edaz<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yesandyes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MidnightsChildrenlarge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Midnight&#8217;s Children<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Salman Rushdie<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51mSJNECGyL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Americanah<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by\u00a0Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"https:\/\/d28hgpri8am2if.cloudfront.net\/book_images\/cvr9780731814909_9780731814909_hr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>A Great and Terrible Beauty<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Libba Bray<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/postcolonialstudies\/files\/2014\/06\/the-god-of-small-things1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The God of Small Things<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by\u00a0Arundhati Roy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"http:\/\/dclibrary.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/new_large__480x480_\/public\/the_bluest_eye_frontcover_.jpg?itok=auMuP2_v\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Bluest Eye<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Toni Morrison<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41k3CtamoXL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Song of Solomon<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Toni Morrison<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51crNBEKAWL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Gabi, a Girl in Pieces<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Isabel Quintero<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51Z5N3ZW57L._SX329_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Odessa Stories<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Isaac Babel<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"http:\/\/oathorpacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/number-the-stars-book-cover.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Number the Stars<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Lois Lowry<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1370759802l\/17279560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Dangerous Women<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Edited by George R.R. Martin and\u00a0Gardner Dozois<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/31C47g-zdGL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Perks of Being a Wallflower<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Stephen Chbosky<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1368393890l\/6567017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Will Grayson, Will Grayson<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by John Green and David Levithan<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/0\/0c\/MeTalkPrettyOneDayCover.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Me Talk Pretty One Day<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by David Sedaris<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1389035862l\/53496.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Walk Two Moons<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Sharon Creech<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/6\/60\/ColorPurple.jpg\/220px-ColorPurple.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Color Purple<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Alice Walker<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51Js6G5I9PL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Mark Haddon<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/0\/05\/The_Miseducation_of_Cameron_Post_(novel).jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Miseducation of Cameron Post<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Emily Danforth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"https:\/\/persepolismemoir.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/10\/persepolis-book-cover-marjane-satrapi-45793_300_458.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Persepolis<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by\u00a0Marjane Satrapi<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1386795198l\/18693763.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Everything I Never Told You<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Celeste Ng<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1341993915l\/3679.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>On Beauty<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Zadie Smith<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" style=\"clear: left\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1367141311l\/18373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Flowers for Algernon<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Daniel Keyes<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Undergraduate Students for Publishing met to discuss some of our favorite diverse books. 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