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2021 selection · Poetry
We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba appears in NPR’s 2021 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around nonfiction, the states we’re in, staff picks, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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