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Discussed extensively as the memoir Solomon Northrup wrote about his experience being kidnapped and enslaved. Described as becoming 'a very significant text in the abolitionist cause.'

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Mentioned in the context of discussing slave narratives and their impact on Northern public opinion before the Civil War.

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Dominic explicitly recommends this book, describing it as the account of a white man who darkened his skin and traveled through the American South in 1959 to experience how Black people were treated.

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Mentioned in discussion of Camus's works, noting that during the pandemic 'lots of people went back to their copies of La Peste' and called it 'a really, really good book.'

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Described as the unfinished autobiographical novel Camus was working on when he died, found as a 144-page manuscript in the car crash. It was about growing up in Algeria.

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Referenced in discussion of Camus's philosophy of the absurd, with the famous line 'One must think that Sisyphus is happy.'

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Mentioned as 'very interesting short stories' by Camus, many set in Algeria, though noted as having been 'attacked by critics as a bit orientalizing.'