Books by Medill Alumni
Poisoning the Well
Rachel Franzin (BSJ19) This is the shocking true-life story of how PFAS—a set of toxic chemicals most people have never heard of—poisoned the entire country....
Read MoreReading for Our Lives
Maya Payne Smart (MSJ05) Today’s children face intense pressure to meet rising academic standards and prepare for future careers, but most fall dangerously short. Early...
Read MoreJustice Battled Last
Don Zminda (BSJ70) “Justice Batted Last: Ernie Banks, Minnie Miñoso, and the Unheralded Players Who Integrated Chicago’s Major League Teams” tells the story of the...
Read MoreGentleman Jack and Rough Rufus: The Rise of Black American Wrestling
Ian Douglass (MSJ2006) “Gentleman Jack and Rough Rufus: The Rise of Black American Wrestling” is a biography by Ian Douglass (MSJ ’06) about two Black...
Read MoreSpell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built The Civil Rights Movement
Elaine Weiss (MSJ74) The gripping story of four social justice activists whose audacious plan to restore voting rights to Black Americans in the Jim Crow...
Read MoreKen Morrow
Allan Kreda (MSJ88) All hockey players dream of hoisting the Stanley Cup and winning a gold medal for their home country. Ken Morrow was the...
Read MoreGreen Gold
Monique Parsons (MSJ89) The avocado is the quintessential symbol of aspirational living, a ubiquitous agricultural favorite, and the driver of an $18 billion global industry....
Read MoreThe Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club
Martha Hall Kelly (MSJ81) 2016: Thirty-four-year-old Mari Starwood is still grieving after her mother’s death as she travels to the storied island of Martha’s Vineyard,...
Read MoreLead Like an Editor
Victor Maze (MSJ03) In today’s crowded marketplace, selling a quality product is not enough. To stand out, businesses must tell compelling stories and build relationships...
Read MoreIntersections
Karen Florsheim Uhlmann (MSJ79) Secrets and guilt collide as Charlotte Oakes’ perfect life unravels after a hit-and-run possibly involving her troubled daughter. She forms a...
Read MoreA Life of the Party
Dave Schechter (MSJ78) The Story of a Jewish Woman Who Made Communism Her Way to Repair the World An FBI informant called Amy Schechter “a...
Read MoreAnd Now, Back to Me
Rita Lussier (MSA79) What does a mother do when her youngest child leaves home and her perfectly ordered (well, almost) life is suddenly thrown off...
Read MoreMuddy the Water
Matt Barrows (MSJ97) When a popular fishing captain is murdered on his own trawler, everyone in Haversport, Massachusetts, knows the culprit is a young deckhand...
Read MoreEverybody Needs an Editor
Melissa Harris (BSJ02) Melissa Harris is co-author of the new book “Everybody Needs an Editor: The Essential Guide to Clear and Effective Writing,” written with...
Read MoreOF BLACK, WHITE, AND MANY COLORS
by Michael Chacko Daniels (MSJ68) With illustrations by Krittika Ramanujan & Aaron Bass Michael Chacko Daniels, in his inimitable way, paints a wild, sensuous, explosive,...
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