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Ferris Strauss and Drew. One book out from FSG that we think you'd like is Locking Up Our Own,

Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Foreman Jr., who, you might remember, was on my show

last week. Why is it that majority black cities incarcerate so many of their own citizens?

James Foreman Jr.'s story of race, crime, and punishment is an original view of our criminal

justice system, as well as a moving portrait of the human beings caught in its coils.

Jennifer Sr. at the New York Times tweeted that, Locking Up Our Own is the best book that she's read this year.

The New York Times Book Review said that it compels readers to wrestle with some very tough

questions about the nature of American democracy and its deep roots in racism,

inequality, and punishment.

Locking Up Our Own by James Foreman, Jr., published by Farrow, Strauss, and Drew.

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