Strings with Wings
Performing as Kishi Bashi, violinist Kaoru Ishibashi’s pop songs swirl together indie, classical, and prog rock. It’s not religious music (though lyrics sometimes hint at a church upbringing) but can transcend through pure exuberance. On String Quartet Live! he performs backed by a chamber ensemble. Joyful Noise
People Power
If Your Back’s Not Bent: The Role of the Citizenship Education Program in the Civil Rights Movement is civil rights leader Dorothy F. Cotton’s story of a key, but unsung, grassroots advocacy training program for disenfranchised people throughout South. Insights for then and now, newly released in paperback. Atria Books
Voices from the Inside
A compilation of essays written by current and former prisoners, alongside commentary from psychological, legal, and ethical experts, Hell Is a Very Small Place: Voices from Solitary Confinement illustrates the gruesome reality of a “cruel and degrading punishment.” The New Press
Stop the Damage
In their new book for church leaders, Cody J. Sanders and Angela Yarber provide a guide to identify Microaggressions in Ministry and suggest key steps to create a more inclusive church structure for people of all races, genders, and sexualities. Westminster John Knox Press
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