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Book Review: “Lifeline to a Soul” — A Memoir on Prison Education and Reform
People still need lifelines, even when they don’t realize they are drowning. “I’ve never taught a class before,” I told them. “And I’ve never been in a prison before, so it’s safe to say I’m going to learn a lot more from you over the next eleven weeks than you could possibly learn from me.”…
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Book Review: Boy Wander – A Coming of Age Memoir
Jobert Abeuva’s sensual coming of age memoir fearlessly recounts the passions and pitfalls of living a double-life as boy wonder and boy toy.
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Book Review: Dating in Berlin – Tales of Modern Love and Relationships
A refreshing online dating manifesto that smashes our fairy-tale expectations of love and primes us to recognize red flags and narcissists. “I’m not everyone’s shot of whisky. But I hope you have learned something from it, and from my mistakes.” Lulu Johnson Do we need another book on how to manage the trials and tribulations…
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Book Review: Just Another Meat-Eating Dirtbag – A Graphic Memoir
Using the charm of graphic memoir, this Trojan “tofu horse” of romp and reality elevates how we talk about love, war, and eating meat. Michael is a young war vet who had a rough time re-entering civilian life. After finding his purpose through a weirdly insightful dating class, he meets Coconut, the love of his…
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Book Review: Enough – A Memoir of Mistakes, Mania, and Motherhood
A powerful memoir that confronts the scars of sexual abuse, familial separation, and mental illness as the author emerges into motherhood. Content warning: bipolar disorder, rape, relationship abuse, substance abuse, suicidal ideation. The word “enough,” when attached to certain situations, can leave one feeling either unfulfilled or perfectly content. In the span of one person’s…
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“Reader, I married…my book.”
On reading Praying with Jane Eyre as a sacred text. Dearest reader, Have you ever read or owned a book—or series—that, when the weather hits just right, or the anniversary of when this book first meant something more to you looms near, you pick up for the hundredth time in its lifespan on your shelf…
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