"I've found that books from Seven Stories Press have been vital to me, as a historian and teacher. Authors like Noam Chomsky, Angela Davis, and Pratap Chatterjee provide students with information and interpretations they won't easily find elsewhere, and novels like The Man with the Golden Arm remain as important today as when they were published. If you want to learn, look at a Seven Stories catalog."

--Bob Buzzanco, University of Houston, Downtown

"The 50th Anniversary edition is a fine casebook to practice interpretation and comprehension of criticism before sending students off for independent research."

“Imprisoned journalist Abu-Jamal presents in a series of essays a devastating social critique of contemporary institutions, such as the criminal justice system, and provides an insightful analysis of the state of civil liberties, immigration rights, and racism in the U.S.  His essays on death row, such as “Death: The Poor’s Rerogative?” and “On Death Row, Fade to Black,” have a chilling effect on students’ advocacy for the death penalty. What students always find surprising is Abu-Jamal’s intelligence, his powerful diction, and ability to empathize with others. For teachers, this book is an effective tool to explain the concept of systemic injustice, which MOVE members dared to challenge and whose efforts Abu-Jamal commemorates. Many prison writings focus on individual prejudice and discrimination, only. So, Abu-Jamal presents a welcome radical alternative to the standard script.”

"Butler's speculative fiction is a great way to expose students to the idea of difference in genre and imagination."

"Students love [Bloodchild]; it gives them a broader sense of the possibilities of fiction."

--Trudy Lewis, University of Missouri, Columbia

“Last semester, I took a risk by ordering a hard back novel for my fiction students. It was Fledgling by Octavia Butler, and my students were reading the book when the world learned of Butler's death in the spring. I believe this experience made a lasting impact. Students were startled by Butler's ability to portray the ultimate other with such empathy and by her skill in using genre conventions to pose profound social and political questions. In addition, these idealistic young people were inspired by Butler's life story of dedication and determination. Later, I heard them talking about trying to get a ‘Butler effect’ in their own writing. I am so happy that I placed that book order.”

--Trudy Lewis, University of Missouri-Columbia

“I use Chomsky's Media Control in my propaganda and persuasion media courses. Once again, students do not think of propaganda as an American tool and concept. But Chomsky makes clear in this concise and brilliant analysis that propaganda has a long history in America and crucial function for American government and business and plays a critical roll in the information we receive each and every day. Once again, this is also a ‘eye opening’ book. This is also a very useful book in courses that deal with public relations.”

--Tom Callahan, Iona College

"[Students respond to Profit over People] with amazement. It is very readable even for an intro-class and presents analysis without preaching ideology."

“Scholar and activist Angela Davis gives compelling reasons to rethink the carceral institution and jolts students of criminology who take prisons for granted. Focusing on the U.S. prison industrial complex and its racist, capitalist historical roots, Davis also presents challenging views on prison abolition which make for great classroom discussion. Her analysis is clearly written and engages well students at the undergraduate level.”

-- Mechthild Nagel, SUNY Cortland

“I have been using Hentoff's War on the Bill of Rights in all my journalism classes at both Fordham University and Iona College in New Rochelle since the book came out, and I find that students are amazed to learn exactly what has happened to the 4th amendment to the Bill of Rights in the last five years. This is a "eye opening" book. Students are just not aware of what the War on Terror has done to the civil liberties that they take for granted. Hentoff writes in the style of a true muckraking reporter, a knowledgeable and informed defender of our civil liberties. Students have told me that this is a book they learned from and will remember. Hence, it is a book that students need to read now.”

“Dr. David Hilfiker's Urban Injustice, a brief but concise study of American urban history, serves two purposes. First, readers are given a vivid portrait of the history of the modern ‘ghetto.’ Hilfiker synthesizes fifty plus years of urban sociological thought into two concise, revelatory chapters. It is here readers learn the deliberate containment and segregation of America’s urban poor was the result of discrimating local, state, and federal policies and planning throughout the twentieth century. But significantly, in the second half of his book, Hilfiker dares to forward ideas that could reverse the plight of the urban poor by challenging current social policies and proposing clear solutions. His prose is accessible and sharp and his viewpoints spark vital debate.

Urban Injustice is a gem of a book- short on impenetrable data but long on thoughtful analysis of the largely unacknowledged plight of America’s urban poor.”

"Jensen's book is perfect for our course [on in-depth journalism] because it has a concise summary of the muckrakers' importance followed by an excerpt from his/her work. I'm sure it will become indispensable as a textbook in similar courses."

“Full Spectrum Dominance by Rahul Mahajan pushed my students into new territory in terms of their notions regarding western hegemony and critical thinking about what it means to be a writer.  As a class our interactions with the book were always significant, our discussions heated.”

-Amina Cain, Columbia College

“The Censored Series is an ideal way to teach students research methodologies and at the same time provide them with critically important information about the world they inhabit.”

--JoAnn Pavletich, PhD , University of Antananarivo/University of Houston-Downtown

 “When I assign books to students, I look for things that will stop people in their tracks, shake them out of their apathy, and have them asking questions like is that true?, why haven't I run across that before?, and what can people do about it? My longtime favorite is the Project Censored Series. The books are democractically compiled, jargon free, and dynamite as far as opening people's eyes on a wide variety of issues, including the media itself.”

-Levon Chorbajian, University of Massachusetts Lowell

"Students have largely been unaware of this series. When I explain the assignment and show the Project Censored video, they are blown away - their eyes, and their horizons, widen."

"Wonderful, gutsy example both of the method and of the costs [of investigative reporting]."

“I have used Zinn's Voices of the People's History of the United States in my senior value class on Dissent and Disinformation. This is a wonderful book because it provides the voices of dissidents in their own words. Students are able to see the comprehensive nature of dissent in American history and read the words of the underrepresented. I especially like to assign reading from unknown dissidents And students have told me that they have been impressed to see the fire, passion and courage of those who stood up for freedom when it was not politically popular thing to do.”

--Tom Callahan, Iona College