Books and other stuff

The Philanthropy Book Club (PBC) has been up and running since the beginning of this year. We're on our fourth book together. So far we've covered Nonprofit Neighborhoods; Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2073; How Beautiful We Were; and we'll be discussing Grievers at the end of the month. Here is a complete list of books recommended by people who've signed up for the PBC. Here is the Bookshop link for the books we've read or are reading.

Today, the Chronicle of Philanthropy and The Commons published a list of books, podcasts, etc. recommended by philanthropy folks (read: foundation professionals). That list is here (I'm not sure if it's paywalled. I hope something called The Commons would not be).

There's not much overlap between the two lists. The PBC focuses on fiction, though we may delve into nonfiction now and again. You can still join us (use the link at PBC in first sentence). If you want to add books to the recommendation list, please drop them in the comments on this post.

Brandi Collins-Dexter, an incredible digital rights scholar and advocate, died earlier this year, way to young. Please consider paying homage to Brandi and her legacy by buying her book, Black Skinhead. I just did because the coolest folks over at RightsxTech brought the book to my attention. I miss Brandi.

A note to everyone (including the medical file consultants stalking my digital presence on behalf of the disability insurance companies hellbent on denying my claims): I dictate these posts, while lying down with my eyes closed, to a friend/family member who types, edits, and posts them. Doing it this way still exhausts me, and it's impossible to imagine writing more than a blog post this way. And another thing - the book that came out in 2025? I finished my writing part of it in 2022. Welcome to academic publishing timelines.