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Surviving Storms — Mark Nepo (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Sep 3, 2022 | LEARN: Everything Else

Surviving Storms: Finding the Strength to Meet Adversity is Mark Nepo’s latest book of essays. His approach is both as a spiritual teacher and as a student of life. Nepo is also a poet and philosopher. So, when you blend all these elements, you sense his writing...

Memoirs in Essay Form—Madden and O’Farrell (Book Reviews)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | May 19, 2022 | RELAX: Memoir

There’s nothing like sinking into a satisfying essay based memoir. Whether it’s following a cult survivor or a famous Hollywood star, slipping under another person’s skin is one of my favorite bookish pleasures. And sometimes memoirists step away from the simple...

Rebecca Whitehead Munn — All of Us Warriors (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Dec 7, 2021 | LEARN: Medical Memoir

Cancer touched the life of Rebecca Whitehead Munn at an early age. Together with a wide circle of cancer patients and family members, she created All of Us Warriors: Cancer Stories of Survival and Loss. As often happens with cancer and other illnesses, this group of...

David Sedaris — The Best of Me (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Nov 30, 2021 | RELAX: Memoir

David Sedaris is a new author for me, and his 2020 compilation, The Best of Me, was the perfect place to start. He introduced me to his family, his outlook on life, his writing style, and the general ethos of his audience. And yes, I laughed plenty. A few tears fell...

Two Books About Oppression, Feminism, and Social Justice

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Oct 9, 2021 | RESIST: Feminism, RESIST: Social Justice

Despite my chosen title, these books aren’t solely about oppression. They are inspiring and educational, albeit heavy reads. Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 is history, biography, poetry, and introspection. Headscarves and Hymens:...

Lindy West—Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Oct 13, 2020 | RELAX: Other Relaxation

Lindy West reviews classic movies from the last several decades in Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema. These are her favorites, meaning she likes to pick them apart and point out all the plot holes, weird characters, and clunky...

From Mikki Kendall—Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Aug 27, 2020 | RESIST: Feminism, RESIST: Social Justice

When Mikki Kendall published Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot in early 2020, the situation was dire. Today, not even six months later, it’s even worse. The shooting of Breonna Taylor by police in her own home is just one reason. Countless...

Book Review: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Mar 25, 2020 | LEARN: Everything Else

In the midst of anxiety and uncertainty, I turned to Pema Chödrön and her 1997 book, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times. Truthfully, I should probably listen to it on an unending loop right now. Chödrön is an American Buddhist nun, and has been...

Book Review: The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jan 1, 2020 | RELAX: Memoir

Maggie Nelson and Harry Dodge have a non traditional family, while doing common things like struggling to get pregnant and raising two children together. In her memoir, The Argonauts, Nelson explores the unique aspects of their lives. At the same time, she discusses...

Book Review: The View From Flyover Country by Sarah Kendzior

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Aug 20, 2019 | RESIST: Politics

Sarah Kendzior has been blogging, writing, and working as a journalist since the early 2010s. Her book, The View from Flyover Country, gained prominence after the 2016 election because of her insightful tweets about the rise of the 45th President. Clearly, I’m just...

Book Review: The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, edited by Bandy X. Lee

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Mar 20, 2019 | RESIST: Politics

I purchased this group of essays, edited by Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M. Div., in 2017. However, this month was the perfect time to read them. The issue of President Donald Trump’s psychological makeup has been making more headlines and tweets than ever. In fact, it was his...

Book Review: Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Feb 26, 2019 | RELAX: Memoir

Terese Marie Mailhot bares it all in her memoir, Heart Berries. Nothing’s off limits—abuse, mental illness, dysfunctional family and relationships. I often say that a good memoir lets me slide inside the author’s skin. This is a rough skin to spend time in, and I give...

Book Review: Fierce Fairytales by Nikita Gill

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jan 26, 2019 | RELAX: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, RESIST: Feminism

Nikita Gill puts an adult, mostly feminist spin on common fairytales and legends in her collection, titled Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul. For me, though, the content wasn’t as stirring as promised.Gill uses various points of view, including...

Book Review: What We Do Now, Essays by Various Authors

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jan 21, 2019 | RESIST: Politics

I bought this compilation of essays, edited by Dennis Johnson and Valerie Merians, shortly after the 2016 elections. I was wondering just what the title says, “what do we do know?” And, then I put the book on my shelf because I was feeling too many raw emotions....

Book Review: We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl®, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement by Andi Zeisler

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Nov 17, 2018 | RESIST: Feminism

fIn We Were Feminists Once, Andi Zeisler deconstructs recent incarnations of feminism, especially as it connects to pop culture and advertising. She mixes acerbic wit and interviews with both fellow journalists and researchers. But the crux of her work is her specific...

Book Review: The Soul of America by Jon Meacham

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Oct 27, 2018 | RESIST: Politics

Jon Meacham is an author, historian, professor, and commentator. He has the long view on the politics of today’s world. And he explains what that means in his latest book, The Soul of America. His premise is that our country has had many previous bouts of unrest, with...
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