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Derecka Purnell
Derecka Purnell is an American lawyer, writer, and organizer. She is best known for her 2021 memoir ''Becoming Abolitionists'', which received positive reviews from ''Boston Review'', ''PEN America'', ''Kirkus'', ''The Guardian'', and others. Early life and education Purnell was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. She received her bachelor's degree from University of Missouri-Kansas City. She became politically active in college after the killing of Trayvon Martin, and at the time advocated for police reform. She also organized during the Ferguson Uprising after the death of Michael Brown. Purnell began to study writers such as Rachel Herzing and Ruth Wilson Gilmore, who argue for police abolition. She received her jurisprudence degree from Harvard Law School. Career Purnell is a human rights lawyer and writer. She advocates for defunding the police to invest in basic services thought to be the root of crime, such as housing and healthcare. She co-authored the policy prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Review
''Boston Review'' is an American quarterly political and literary magazine. It publishes political, social, and historical analysis, literary and cultural criticism, book reviews, fiction, and poetry, both online and in print. Its signature form is a "forum", featuring a lead essay and several responses. ''Boston Review'' also publishes an imprint of books with MIT Press. The editors in chief are Deborah Chasman and political philosopher Joshua Cohen; Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Junot Díaz is the fiction editor. The magazine is published by Boston Critic, Inc., a nonprofit organization. It has received praise from notable intellectuals and writers including John Kenneth Galbraith, Henry Louis Gates Jr., John Rawls, Naomi Klein, Robin Kelley, Martha Nussbaum, and Jorie Graham. History ''Boston Review'' was founded as ''New Boston Review'' in 1975. A quarterly devoted to literature and the arts, the magazine was started by a group that included Juan Alonso, Richard Burgin, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |