Audiobook review of Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

The newest e book from Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist Matthew Desmond examines the pervasiveness and circumstances of poverty within the United States. Thoroughly researched and grounded in each historic analysis and authentic reporting, Poverty, by America (5.5 hours) supplies readers with an avenue to assume critically and compassionately about one of essentially the most urgent social points we face. 

In the audiobook, carried out by award-winning voice actor Dion Graham, the questions posed in Poverty, by America change into much more visceral and plain. With a disarming, conversational tone, Graham guides us via a harrowing subject whereas additionally bringing a way of urgency and reflection, amplifying Desmond’s empathy and curiosity in such a manner that invitations listeners to lean in and concentrate. Together, Desmond and Graham urge listeners to heed the e book’s name to motion and change into, as Desmond writes, “poverty abolitionists.”