What’s On My Nightstand

Some heavy reads before the journey to dreamland.

• “Things I’ve Learned from Women Who’ve Dumped Me” by Chogyam Trungpa

• “Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World” by Haruki Murakami

• “The Great Work of Time” by John Crowley

• “Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present” by Harriet A. Washington

• “Veronika Decides to Die” by Paulo Coelho

• “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings” by Homer A. Jack

• “Rules for Radicals” by Saul D. Alinsky

• “Hiding from Humanity: Disgust, Shame, and the Law” by Martha Nussbaum

The Mississippi Free Press produced this story through the MFP Solutions Lab, supported by the Solutions Journalism Network. This series digs into Mississippi’s systemic issues and sheds light on responses to them in other communities. Beyond just reporting on problems, these stories interrogate their causes and inspect potential solutions.