Ed. Magazine On My Bookshelf: Associate Professor Meira Levinson Posted September 5, 2012 By Marin Jorgensen [caption id="attachment_8708" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo by Jill Anderson"][/caption]Currently reading: Truthfully, primarily The New Yorker, as I seem to find time these days only for reading short pieces. Oh yes, and Paddington Bear and The Watsons Go To Birmingham — 1963 with my children (ages 6 and 9). On the grown-up books front, however, I'm currently immersed in The Imperative of Integration by Elizabeth Anderson.The thing that drew you to it: I'm personally and professionally interested in the topic [integration]. Also, Anderson is one of the few political philosophers who try to integrate serious social science data into their work; since this is something I try to do as well, I wanted to learn from her approach.Noneducation genre of choice: Novels. Ideally complex, layered, and somewhat self-referential, but not radically post-modern. I'm a sucker for narrative.Last great read: We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March, by my mother, Cynthia Levinson. It's a dramatic and absorbing account of four of the children — the youngest was nine years old — who marched and were jailed for freedom.I am ashamed to admit, I have never read… James Joyce's Ulysses.Favorite spot to curl up with a good book: I remember I used to do that, in the mists of time before having kids! I suppose anywhere quiet — and far away from a computer. How you find the time: I stay up too late.Next up: Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. Ed. Magazine The magazine of the Harvard Graduate School of Education Explore All Articles Related Articles News New Help for Closing the Knowing-Doing Gap Robert Kegan's book, "Immunity to Change: How to Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization," provides insight into how an individual's long-held beliefs and habits can keep him or her from positive change. Ed. Magazine On My Bookshelf: Lecturer Josephine Kim Ed. Magazine On My Bookshelf: Lecturer Sarah Leibel