by lauralizbuckley | 20 Mar, 2021 | Book Reviews
Men Explain Things To Me summary In this collection of essays, established non-fiction author Rebecca Solnit covers a range of feminist topics. From mansplaining (before we had a word for it) to sexual violence, to the overall progress of the feminist movement, Solnit...
by lauralizbuckley | 31 Aug, 2019 | Book Reviews
It felt a little odd to be reading this book some twenty-five years after its initial publication. Barack Obama wrote Dreams From My Father after having been elected the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, and it was republished in 2004 after he won the...
by lauralizbuckley | 17 Aug, 2019 | Book Reviews
Mae Martin—stand-up comedian, Bette Midler enthusiast and chronic over-sharer—sets out on a tour of sexuality, discussing a wide range of topics and definitions. In between personal anecdotes, quotes from friends and the opinions of experts, Martin covers basically...
by lauralizbuckley | 13 Jul, 2019 | Book Reviews
In ‘City of Thorns’ Ben Rawlence, a former researcher for human rights watch, tells the story of the world’s largest refugee camp by focusing on some of the individuals who have, as best they can, made their lives there. The camp in question, Dadaab, began its life in...
by lauralizbuckley | 25 Jun, 2019 | Author Interviews
Caroline Giammanco—college educated, daughter of a deputy sheriff—seems an unlikely candidate to find herself inside a maximum-security prison. When she got a teaching job at the South Central Correctional Center she assumed she’d need to watch out for the...
