Fourth Annual MLA Book Recommendations: MLA ’20 vConference
This list is a compilation of books recommended throughout the MLA ’20 vConference. Any oversight of books not mentioned is unintended. Special thanks to the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Reading Club; African American Medical Librarians Alliance Caucus; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee; MLA Book Club; and Twitter recommendations. WorldCat links are provided for more information about the books.
Books
- Austin, Nefertiti. Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America.
- Banaji, Mahzarin R., and Greenwald, Anthony G. Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People.
- Bliss, Eula. On Immunity: An Inoculation.
- Bombaro, Christine. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Action: Planning, Leadership, and Programming.
- Brown, Brené. Dare to Lead: Brave Work, Tough Conversations, Whole Hearts.
- Brown, Brené. Gifts of Imperfection.
- Chugh, Dolly; Nankani, Soneela; and Block, Laszlo. The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias.
- DiAngelo, Robin J. White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism.
- Hotez, Peter J. Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel’s Autism: My Journey as a Vaccine Scientist, Pediatrician, and Autism Dad.
- Ma, Ling. Severance: A Novel.
- McClain, Dani. We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood.
- Nutt, Amy Ellis. Becoming Nicole: The Extraordinary Transformation of an Ordinary Family.
- Obama, Michelle. Becoming.
- Oparah, Julia Chinyere; Arega, Helen; Hudson, Dantia; Jones, Linda; and Oseguera, Talita. Battling over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis.
- Pinsker, Sarah. A Song for a New Day.
- Roberts, Dorothy. Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-Create Race in the Twenty-First Century.
- Sanders, Lisa. Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis.
- Segovia, Sofia. The Murmur of Bees.
- Steele, Claude. Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do.
- Tatum, Beverly Daniel. “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and Other Conversations about Race.
- Tweedy, Damon. Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicine.
- Van der Kolk, Bessel A. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma.
- Wadman, Meredith. The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease.
- Westover, Tara. Educated: A Memoir.