April 12: Celebrating Arab American Authors + Book of the Week
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April is Arab American Heritage Month; the CSW Library hopes you will celebrate 5 authors from our collection who share the rich diversity of the Arab American experience in the United States. These stories feature themes that include faith, gender, sexuality, mixedness, and more.
Arab Americans have ancestry in one of the world’s 22 Arab nations, which are located from northern Africa through western Asia. The people of these nations are ethnically, politically, and religiously diverse but share a common cultural and linguistic heritage.
Each week, the CSW Library highlights one title in our BOOK OF THE WEEK feature to help you choose (or not choose) your next read.
ALL BOYS AREN’T BLUE by GEORGE M. JOHNSON
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In this memoir, Johnson, a Black gay man, describes growing up in New Jersey amongst a tight-knit, loving, supportive middle-class family, but he hid his sexual identity from them and his friends. This book is very personal and honest as Johnson describes his struggle to come out and embrace his true identity. Trigger warning: this book contains descriptions of sexual abuse.
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