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Unique perspectives help expand minds and spur conversations.

From an unjust legal system to the nation’s complex racial history, these programs tackle challenging issues and prompt important conversations. Find out how a Company Reads program can complement your organization’s values and spark valuable insights from your team.

The Power of Mercy

Visionary advocate Bryan Stevenson's eye-opening stories from his pursuit for justice inspire audiences to examine their unconscious biases.

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“Bryan was simply astonishing. What an amazing man, and an incredible speaker. So brilliant...the surveys are all glowing.”

“Bryan Stevenson was spectacular—just as we expected! He held our audience spellbound—you could hear a pin drop as he spoke.”

“Bryan Stevenson is America's young Nelson Mandela, a brilliant lawyer fighting with courage and conviction to guarantee justice for all.”

Desmond Tutu

“I am still basking in the glory of Bryan’s visit. It was truly a wonderful event. ”

“A big thank you to all of you at Penguin Random House for helping with the arrangements for Attorney Stevenson’s visit. It was an extraordinary evening.”

The Past as a Lens for the Present

Colson Whitehead explores America’s fraught racial history through his acclaimed novel The Underground Railroad.

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“[Colson Whitehead is] a rare and talented speaker who deeply engages his audience, dares them to face harsh realities, and then turns on a dime charming them.”

“I was especially impressed with how well he engaged a multi-generational audience....Colson’s generosity was quite remarkable for one of his stature.”

“Colson delivered a masterful performance...so funny and insightful that he may have convinced a few staid businessmen to give up their careers to join him as a writing disciple.”

“After turning the final page, I knew immediately I'd read something that would never leave me…I couldn’t wait to sit down with the author.”

Oprah Winfrey

“Given the disturbing, often grim content of his book, I think it was a welcome surprise to people that he used humor to lead into the evening.”

Voices from an Unseen America

Cristina Henríquez’s novels use powerful stories from immigrants to examine concepts of identity and belonging.

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“Henríquez offers up stories we need to hear and lets us sit with her characters in communion and even friendship.”

The Christian Science Monitor

“Cristina’s visit was a smash hit. The book was warmly received; she made everyone comfortable and was exceedingly charming and warm.”

Gettysburg College

“[Henríquez’s] stories illuminate the lives behind the current debates about Latino immigration.”

The New York Times Book Review

“She had the audience of students, faculty, and community members rapt and after, she led one of the best Q & A sessions I’ve ever attended.”

Roxane Gay, Associate Professor, Purdue University

“[Cristina Henríquez] was funny, engaging, smart, inclusive—the kind of author that can speak articulately about her own work while actually answering the questions.”

Texas Book Festival

Overcoming Unconscious Bias

MacArthur fellow Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt investigates the subtle, complex, largely unconscious yet deeply ingrained ways that implicit bias affects us, and the far-reaching consequences of stereotypes.

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“[Dr. Eberhardt] makes a significant contribution to our thinking about the role of bias in both our institutions and our perceptions.”

“There was not a field of social psychology and criminal justice, and then there was Jennifer Eberhardt.”

Phillip Goff, Co-founder and President, Center for Policing Equity at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

“…We could not ask for a better guide to understand this reality than Jennifer Eberhardt.”

Kamala D. Harris, United States Senator from California

“This is not someone who is just doing work in the ivory tower of a university. This is someone who is really out in the trenches working with police departments.”

Chris Magnus, Chief of Police, Tucson, Arizona

“Jennifer Eberhardt…offers a powerful exploration of how racial bias seeps into our classrooms, college campuses, police departments, and businesses.”

Bruce Western, author of Punishment and Inequality in America