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<\/a>See No Stranger: a Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Valarie Kaur<\/p>\nValarie Kaur is a renowned Sikh activist and in this book, she argues that Revolutionary Love is the call of our times. When we practice love in the face of fear or rage, it has the ability to transform an encounter, a relationship, a community, a culture, even a country. Drawing from her personal experiences, Sikh wisdom, and the work of civil rights leaders of all kinds, Kaur has reenvisioned love as a public ethic: a commitment to loving others, opponents, and ourselves. She argues that this type of love is not a passing feeling; it is an act of will. It is an active, political, and moral response to violence, hate, and otherness.<\/em><\/p>\n Dylan Marron’s work has racked up millions of views and worldwide support. From his acclaimed Every Single Word video series highlighting the lack of diversity in Hollywood to his web series Sitting in Bathrooms\u00a0with<\/span>\u00a0Trans\u00a0People<\/span>, Marron has explored some of today’s biggest social issues. Yet, according to some strangers on the internet, Marron is a “moron,” a “beta male,” and a “talentless hack.” Rather than running from this online vitriol, Marron began a social experiment in which he invited his detractors to chat\u00a0with<\/span>\u00a0him on the phone–and those\u00a0conversations<\/span> revealed surprising and fascinating insights. Now, Marron retraces his journey through a project that connects adversarial strangers in a time of unprecedented division.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Some of the<\/span>\u00a0people Krasnostein interviews\u00a0believe<\/span>\u00a0in things many people do not: ghosts, UFOs,\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0literal creation of\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0universe in six days. Some\u00a0believe<\/span>\u00a0in things most people would like to: dying with dignity and autonomy; facing up to our transgressions with truthfulness; living with integrity and compassion. By turns devastating and uplifting, and captured in snapshot-vivid detail, these six profiles of a death doula, a geologist who\u00a0believes<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0world is six thousand years old, a lecturer in neurobiology who spends his weekends ghost hunting,\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0fiance\u0301e of a disappeared pilot and UFO enthusiasts, a woman incarcerated for killing her husband after suffering years of domestic violence, and Mennonite families in New York will leave you convinced that\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0most ordinary-seeming people are often\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0most remarkable and that deep and abiding commonalities can be found within\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0greatest differences.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today I’d like to share three books I’ve recently ordered for our library collections which feel like they have something very important to say about living in modern times. 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<\/a>Conversations With People Who Hate Me: 12 Things I Learned From Talking to Internet Strangers<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Dylan Marron<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/believer.jpg?resize=136%2C210&ssl=1\")
<\/a>The Believer: Encounters with The Beginning, The End, and Our Place in the Middle<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>by Sarah Krasnostein<\/p>\n