Monday, July 29, 2013

When Women Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams

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A white crowned sparrow. When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice  is about Terry Tempest Williams finding her writer's...
Sunday, July 28, 2013

Special Exits: A Graphic Memoir by Joyce Farmer

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Joyce Farmer's Special Exits is a tender, fictionalized memoir in comics of her elderly father and stepmother's final years. Incr...
Saturday, July 27, 2013

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a strong and vibrant novel about identity, belonging and race. Nigerian-born Ifemelu does not t...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

2013 Man Booker Prize Longlist

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Hooray, the Man Booker longlist has been announced ! Perusing titles on the longlist for awards like the Giller, the Women's Prize for...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Daughters Who Walk this Path by Yejide Kilanko

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In Daughters Who Walk this Path,  Yejide Kilanko follows the life of Morayo from her childhood into womanhood in contemporary Nigeria. Ma...
Monday, July 22, 2013

Glittering Images by Camille Paglia

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Camille Paglia writes that her new book,  Glittering Images,  was inspired by her "dismay at the open animosity toward art and artist...
Saturday, July 20, 2013

Vader's Little Princess, and Darth Vader and Son: two books by Jeffrey Brown

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The gentle warmth in Jeffrey Brown's comic strip memoirs ( Funny Misshapen Body , Little Things ) comes through strongly in his two hil...