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The readership of this book will be far and wide. --- Fellowship of Reconciliations

Break[s] significant new ground. . . . A most original scholarly work. . . . [Sweeney's] research method and analysis are meticulous; the book is enlivened by the frank and often surprising remarks of her subjects.-- Women's Review of Books

Riveting. . . . Reading is My Window is not just a stellar example of the history and ethnography of reading--though it is that. It is also a point of entry into a world with which many Americans have no direct contact. . . . This book represents terrifically important scholarship and compelling, passionate activism, and it deserves a wide readership among people who care about books, and people who care about racism, political economy, justice, social change, and citizenship in the United States. -- Books & Culture

Riveting. . . . Reading is My Window is not just a stellar example of the history and ethnography of reading--though it is that. It is also a point of entry into a world with which many Americans have no direct contact. . . . This book represents terrifically important scholarship and compelling, passionate activism, and it deserves a wide readership among people who care about books, and people who care about racism, political economy, justice, social change, and citizenship in the United States. <br>- Books & Culture

This important book represents a significant contribution to interdisciplinary research focused on women prisoners' reading habits and attempts at self-education and improvement.--<i>Library Journal</i>

One of the strengths of the book is Sweeney's desire and ability to listen and to be transformed through the listening. . . . A necessary and unique contribution. <br>- Fellowship magazine

Sweeney amplifies voices that are rarely heard and contributes understanding and thought from which ideas for the future can be drawn. <br>- Make/Shift

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MEGAN SWEENEY is assistant professor of English and Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

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