Biography & Memoir

Reviewed March 18 2020 by Diane Hill: "... an overview of political and social problems in the U.S: including the growing anti-science movement the false safety of gated communities class and race issues within a broken mental health system and more. … [Read more...] about Had I Known: Collective Essays

Reviewed May 8 2020 by Gail Picco: "Make no mistake, the Joan of Arc of cable news, the one challenger to Fox’s top spot is Rachel Maddow, a lesbian woman whose only nod to being on a prime time television is a  swish of eye shadow, a dot of lip gloss, a sweep of mascara and a “$20 jacket” over her usual t-shirt and jeans." … [Read more...] about Rachel Maddow: A Biography

Reviewed February 26 2020 by Gail Picco: "Desmond Coles' The Skin We're in is a must-read for anyone interested in ... how racism permeates our political and social structures from former Toronto Star columnist." … [Read more...] about The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power

Reviewed February 26 2020 by Gail Picco: "Tessa McWatt’s story is a singular tour through the lives of generations of men and women who contributed to McWatt’s racial identity. She calls her background “the forced intimacy of four continents of which I was the symbolic child the miscarriage of colonialism.” … [Read more...] about Shame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging

Reviewed October 29 2019 by Juniper Locilento: "David Brooks who describes himself as a cross between a journalist and an academic has set for his topic nothing less than the meaning of life." … [Read more...] about The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life