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A Blog About Books and Reading
The two Indigenous authors offer different ways of thinking about the stories we tell ourselves and providing suggestions for how to rewrite those stories to our benefit.
Poole's extended argument about the dominance of American empire and the ways horror filmmakers (and, to a lesser extent, novelists) have responded to it is potent and challenging.
The twin poles of scientific reason and religious faith animate this vibrant and surprisingly funny memoir.
There are no good solutions to the problems Fisher isolates in his book, but this frightening text highlights the importance of confronting these issues regardless.
Auletta employs the benefit of hindsight to produce a portrait of a brash, egotistical Hollywood outsider whose power allowed his monstrous side to flourish without consequence for too long.
"If I could go back, I might tell younger me, 'Don't do this.' "
On his release, Woodfox, who staunchly maintained his innocence in the murder he was accused of, dedicated himself to educating others about systemic racism.
One need not agree with everything the author writes or believes in order to recognize the importance of his memoir as a document of the LGBTQ+ community's development in Canada.
"White supremacy makes for terrible readers," Castillo writes in this collection of provocative and confrontational essays.
Pringle's book tells the story of a dean at USC who was found in a hotel room with a twenty-one-year-old woman who had overdosed on illegal drugs.