The following are books that WCC students plan to read this summer:
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander
This insightful and well researched book sheds light on mass incarceration as a form of new systemic racialized violence. “It’s been on my shelf for a while and I finally have time to read it.”
From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens
by 50 Cent and Kris Ex
Exploring the man behind the music “From Pieces to Weight” chronicles the rapper’s rise to fame growing up in Southside Queens, NY.
~ Marquise Thomas | general studies
The Phenomenology of Spirit
by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
A seminal philosophical text, “The Phenomenology of Spirit” continues on Kant’s ideas on skepticism and instead encourages idealism and self-realization.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
by T. E. Lawrence
A novel, set in world war I, which explores the different campaigns against the Turks in the Middle East.
~ Joe Longo, philosophy
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
by Yuval Noah Harari
This Summer reading pick from former President Barack Obama, combines biology and history to give the reader a comprehensive understanding on what it means to be “human.”
~ Danielle Westman, nursing
Tannenberg: Clash of Empires
by Dennis Showalter
“The book details a battle in world war I that isn’t often talked about. “I have time this summer to read it.”
~ Joshua Edinger, physics and pre-engineering
