If you know me at all, you know that I love to read. Over the last several months, my reading has been focused on the broad subject of poverty. Within this area, there are books that range from case studies and lived experiences to data-driven discussion. The list below includes books that I find authentic, well written, and insightful.

The list keeps growing, imagine that! Scroll down to the end to see new books we’ve added.

Happy reading!

Zoë

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  • Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
  • by Gregory Boyle
  • Link to Goodreads
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  • Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
  • by Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Lynn Vincent
  • Link to Goodreads
  • Link to Anderson Library
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  • Singlewide: Chasing the American Dream in a Rural Trailer Park
  • by Sonya Salamon and Katherine Mactavish
  • Link to Goodreads
  • Link to Anderson Library

  • The Voucher Promise: Section 8 and the Fate of an American Neighborhood
  • by Eva Rosen
  • Link to Goodreads
  • Link to Anderson Library (soon)


Please feel free to reach out to me and ask for details about any of these. My hope is you will make an effort to read 2 or 3 of these by the end of the year. Be prepared to have your eyes opened, as Beth Templeton would say!