Tag: Book Review
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Mighty Be Our Powers by Lehmah Gbowee (2011)*
Following the rise of violence and war in Liberia during the early years of the First Liberian Civil War, Lehmah Gbowee flees to escape her hometown. Juggling children, abusive partners, patriarchal politicians, and short bouts of alcohol abuse, Gbowee shows us that power comes from within. She leads organizations in peaceful protest against the corrupt…
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Stonewall by David Carter (2005)
In this nearly definitive work on the Stonewall Riots of 1969, David Carter combines interviews, newspapers, radio shows, pamphlets, and various other media to generate as clear a picture around the riots as possible. Greenwich Village in 1969 was already changing, but when riots started outside the Mafia-operated Stonewall Inn, the queer community started a…
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Ms. Marvel (2015)
Introducing one of the newest Marvel heroes, Ms. Marvel. “Ms. Marvel,” you say. “Isn’t that just Captain Marvel’s name?” Well, yes. But no. This is Kamala Kahn, Pakistani-American Muslim from Jersey City. She’s just your typical high school student navigating teen life until a mysterious fog appears and gives her supernatural abilities, causing her to…
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Award-Winning “All The Wild Hungers” by Karen Babine
Karen Babine has done it again, winning the 2020 Minnesota Book Award in Memoir/Creative Nonfiction. As the subtitle suggests (A Season of Cooking and Cancer), this book follows Babine’s experience cooking for her mother recovering from chemo treatment. Filled with familial anecdotes to make you laugh, cry, and question your own relationship with family, this…
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When You Ask Me Where I’m Going by Jasmin Kaur
Review of “When You Ask Me Where I’m Going” by Jasmin Kaur.
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