Category: Race

Reading Wrap-Up: September 2023

Posted on October 10, 2023 by

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Hello readers! Here’s my monthly review for everything I read in September. I’ll be back again on October 15th with the TBR Pile Challenge checkpoint! In the meantime, our first contemplative read has begun. You’re welcome to join us as we read Ed Yong’s… Continue Reading “Reading Wrap-Up: September 2023”

Category: Biography, Buddhism, Christopher Isherwood, Diane Seuss, Fantasy, Fiction, Gavin Edwards, Graphic Novel, History, Horror, James Baldwin, James Clear, John Brehm, lgbtq, Mary Oliver, Middle Grade, Mindfulness, Monthly Review, Mr. Rogers, Mythology, Naomi Kanakia, Personal Growth, Poetry, Race, Readers Imbibing Peril, Rick Riordan, RIP, S.L. Coney, Short Story, Stephen King, Thich Nhat Hanh, Thriller, Tillie Walden, Young Adult

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Posted on March 22, 2018 by

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Dear Martin by Nic Stone is a timely and important fictional account of the kinds of news stories we hear all too often in the United States lately. Justyce McAllister is a brilliant young man who is mistaken for a criminal and who witnesses… Continue Reading “Dear Martin by Nic Stone”

Category: Contemporary, Nic Stone, Race, Young Adult

Why I’m No Longer Talking About Race

Posted on February 9, 2018 by

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I can’t remember exactly when or where I first heard about Reni Eddo-Lodge’s, Why I’m No Longer Talking (to White People) About Race, but I do remember thinking, “I need to read this soon.” As a white male feminist, I am always trying to… Continue Reading “Why I’m No Longer Talking About Race”

Category: Essay, Feminism, Non-Fiction, Race

X-Men, Astrophysics, and Hate

Posted on June 1, 2017 by

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X-Men Siege (Mutant Empire #1) by Christopher Golden A few weeks ago, I was at Half-Price Books selling a big chunk of my library when, lo and behold, I stumbled across all three books in this Mutant Empire series. I’m absolutely upset with the 1990s… Continue Reading “X-Men, Astrophysics, and Hate”

Category: Angie Thomas, astrophysics, Book Review, Christopher Golden, comic books, Contemporary, Fiction, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Non-Fiction, Race, science, Science-Fiction, X-Men, Young Adult

Thoughts: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

Posted on July 17, 2015 by

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Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 For a long time, Scout (Jean Louise) Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird reminded me of Huckleberry Finn. Just a kid from the American south, smart but crass, and willing to… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee”

Category: American Lit, Book Review, Fiction, Harper Lee, Race, Southern Lit

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