Reading Between the Lines

Finding Liberty in Literature

This series focuses on literature from the ongoing American struggle for justice, peace, and freedom. Each session centers on a book selected by Rachel Reichenbach, a graduate student in the Sociology Department of Cornell University.

	The series opens with a discussions of Common Sense by Thomas Paine, a seminal work in defining the fight for American independence from the British.
	This session focuses on Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil, a collection of the writings of the African American scholar, educator, and activist W.E.B. DuBois, which explores the meaning of equality within in the context of race and class in early 20th-century America.
	A discussion of Taiaiake Alfred's Peace, Power, Righteousness: An Indigenous Manifesto, an influential treatise by a Mohawk scholar and activist who seeks to expand our understanding of justice, freedom, and peace.
	The series concludes with a conversation about Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America, Barbara Ehrenreich's exploration of the realities of minimum wage work in America and its effects on women's lives.