WHAT ARE YOU READING?

Jeffrey Ian Ross , associate professor in the Division of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Social Policy and a fellow at the Center for International and Comparative Law

The Current recently asked Jeffrey Ian Ross, associate professor in the Division of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Social Policy and a fellow at the Center for International and Comparative Law, what he’s been reading lately. Most of what Ross reads is nonfiction on a variety of subjects, but if you take a look on his nightstand, you might find:

The Lone Ranger And Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, by Sherman Alexie. Interlinked stories set in the Spokane Indian Reservation.

A Place to Stand: The Making of a Poet, by Jimmy Santiago Baca. Baca was sent to New Mexico’s Florence State Prison for a five- to 10-year stretch and learned how to read and write in prison. He went on to win several prestigious writing awards.

Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut, by P.J. O’Rourke. A collection of his previously published articles from Rolling Stone, Car and Driver, etc.

Chronicles, Vol. 1 by Bob Dylan. The personal history of one of America’s most interesting and misunderstood countercultural icons. This book was just nominated for a National Book Critics Circle prize.