I just re-read ‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail’. There are too many great lines in this brilliant, forceful, compassionate but fierce piece of writing to quote. I think all white Americans of good conscience should read it today.

Such an illuminating / inspiring read

@michaelericdyson just dropped this one and I cannot wait to settle on with it. This dude is one of our deepest thinkers on race, our national character and the ongoing experiment we call America. Check it out and check out his back catalog. The man can write!

Just read a great book "A Long Way Gone" by Ishmael Beah. written by a former child soldier. really wrenching and eye-opening.

Woke up this morning & read a fantastic new book of poems.

A great new doc film tip: If you never read 'Mountains Beyond Mountains', about Dr Paul Farmer / @PIH, it is a life-changing book. Now there's a beautiful film @BTAfilm "Bending the Arc" on Netflix. Paul & his partners truly inspirational. Will give you hope & determination

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction.In April 1994, the Rwandan government called upon everyone in the Hutu majority to kill each member of the Tutsi minority, and over the next three months 800,000 Tutsis perished in the most unambiguous case of genocide since Hitler's war against the Jews. Philip Gourevitch's haunting work is an anatomy of the war in Rwanda, a vivid history of the tragedy's background, and an unforgettable account of its aftermath. One of the most acclaimed books of the year, this account will endure as a chilling document of our time. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction.In April 1994, the Rwandan government called upon everyone in the Hutu majority to kill each member of the Tutsi minority, and over the next three months 800,000 Tutsis perished in the most unambiguous case of genocide since Hitler's war against the Jews. Philip Gourevitch's haunting work is an anatomy of the war in Rwanda, a vivid history of the tragedy's background, and an unforgettable account of its aftermath. One of the most acclaimed books of the year, this account will endure as a chilling document of our time.