- Dec 2, 2020
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/2/20 Edition
01 The Fighting Bunch: The Battle of Athens by Chris DeRose The young men of McMinn County, Tennessee, are coming home after fighting in...
- Sep 28, 2020
Review of Deadly Waters by Dot Hutchison
Deadly Waters was not the book I thought it was going to be. It's a revenge fantasy, but the issues at the heart of the story are weighty.
- Jul 8, 2020
Review of So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Oluo offers specific steps we can take toward "talk[ing] our way to understanding...and using that understanding to act."
- Jun 27, 2020
Review of White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
"A stirring call to conscience and consciousness in white brothers and sisters."
- May 25, 2020
Review of Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Miller is a beautiful, powerful writer with clear arguments and a compelling story of her own.
- May 15, 2020
Review of The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre
Macintyre presents a wonderfully paced and skillfully recounted Cold War-era story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery, and twists and turns.