This innovative essay collection explores the personal and civic function of humility from a range of popular and scholarly perspectives.

Introduction by Sarah Bussas a new way of being in the worldFree Yourself By Choosing the Plain Crackers (Rebekah Modrak)Escaping the Gravitational Pull of the Self (Jennifer Cole Wright)Zabeulah's Lesson (Ruth Nicole Brown)in order to learn and unlearnLoving Knowledge Together: Socratic Humility (Agnes Callard)Education is a Space to Change Your Mind (Troy Jollimore)Trump, Arrogance, and American Democracy (Charles M. Blow)as an alternative to hierarchyReconstructing Humility: From Obedience to Respect (Aaron Ahuvia and Jeremy Wood)A Library is For You (Jamie Vander Broek)Humus and the Humble Leader (Kevin Hamilton)to prevent harmDismantling Fortress Medicine with Compassion and Honesty (Richard C. Boothman)Admitting What You Don't Know is Hard to Do (Eranda Jayawickreme)Don't Be a Know-it-all: Humility's Role in Important Relationships (Melissa Koenig and Valerie Tiberius)in the foreground and background Journalism in an Era of Likes, Follows, and Shares (Lynette Clemetson)Textual Stealing?: Copyright, Race, and Elusive Justice (Gilbert B. Rodman)In-Between Spaces (Ami Walsh)even in moments of Humiliation The Losers Guide to Winning: New Definitions of Success from Sport's Greatest Failures (Mickey Duzyj)Epic Failures in 3D Printing (Nadia Danienta and Aric Rindfleisch)Humility vs. Humiliation in Old Age (Russell Belk)as possibility Whiteness is Never Humble, Even When It Is (Tyler Denmead)My Journey from Tech Sector to Kitchen (Kevin Em)