Category: Book review
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Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life by Matthew Dicks: Book Review
This was supposed to be a podcast episode I did with Matthew Dick, but my audio file was damaged, so I am sharing my opinion of the book. About Matthew Dicks Matthew Dicks is a novelist, storyteller, columnist, playwright, blogger, and teacher. His first novel, Something Missing, was published in 2009. He has since published Unexpectedly, Milo (2010), Memoirs of an…
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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg: Book Review
In “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead.” Sheryl Sandberg’s point, in a nutshell, is that notwithstanding the many gender biases that still operate all over the workplace, excuses and justifications won’t get women anywhere. Instead, believe in yourself, give it your all, “lean in” and “don’t leave before you leave” — which…
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The life of Malcolm X by Les Payne (Book review)
in Book reviewRacial discrimination in the United States is a subject that never goes away. There are hundreds of black people murdered by the police, by white people, and by black people themselves. In an effort to understand the root and the persistence of racial discrimination, I decided to read The Dead Are Arising: The Life of…
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Den of Thieves by James B. Stewart (Book Review)
in Book reviewI admit it. If anyone would have offered me inside information, I would have been tempted to take it. After reading this book, not anymore. About James B. Stewart James B. Stewart is a columnist at The Times and the author of nine books, most recently “Deep State: Trump, the FBI and the Rule of…
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Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott (Book Review)
in Book reviewI have read so far three books on writing: The Art of War by Steven Pressfield On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft By Stephen King, and now Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott All three of them I recommend highly and all of them continue to contribute to my desire to become a better…
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357 Elizabeth Hinton: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion
About Elizabeth Hinton Elizabeth Hinton is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and the Department of African American Studies at Yale, with a secondary appointment as Professor of Law at the Law School. Hinton’s research focuses on the persistence of poverty, racial inequality, and urban violence in the 20th century United States. She is…