1967, Holloway House Publishing Co. About 30 years ago, I read The Nigger Bible by Robert DeCoy. The WHAT Bible? I think I'd better stop...

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Amistad, 2022 Born into poverty in St Louis, Missouri, Dick Gregory (1932 - 1971) noticed he had a skill for being funny at a young age...

Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma 2014, Penguin Books "...most human suffering is related to love and loss..."(p 30)...

2022, Vanderbilt University Press This book is a witness and a guide to non-violent resistance against racism and injustice. Justin Jones...

1995, Vintage For a long time I've been wanting to learn more about Travellers or Roma, also called Gypsies, a term sometimes considered...

With Autumn in, I feel the need to rapidly record my rare reads of the receding-out-to-sea summer. Rememberings, Sinéad O'Connor, 2021....

1996, Riverhead Books This book is a classic I hadn't heard of until Yvonne lent it to me. I loved it. James McBride and his many...

2000, Folio On January 9, 1993, Jean-Claude Romand killed his wife, their 2 children and his parents, and attempted to kill his mistress....

2021, HQ, Harper Collins Publishers Esther Safran Foer recounts the search for her family's Ukrainian past in this Holocaust memoir. Her...

While reading an essay by Hillary Mantel, (about the British Royals), I learned of the poet Stevie Smith. I like this quote by her: Read...

2022, BlessingShares Writer and poet Blessing Okoro wrote these poems during the 2020 lockdown, which she describes as a time of ...

I was fortunate to be able to attend, on-line, the beautiful memorial service for Savonnah on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Amidst the...

My family and I are sad that my cousin's daughter, Savonnah, 23, passed away unexpectedly on April 16, 2023. Savonnah, may you rest in...

2022, St Martin's Press Original version, 2018: Sorcières: La Puissance Invaincue des Femmes, Editions La Découverte Diane gave me this...

In 1950 in the United States, young mother Jean Field lost custody of her two children because she taught them that Black people should...

I met Christine a few months ago at an event and felt a kindred spark when she was happy to talk about books. How do you decide whether...

Excerpt from Tolstoy's journal: December 15th -- I am much dissatisfied with yesterday. Tomorrow I must rise early, spend the morning...

2021, Editions du Seuil Camille Kouchner speaks out about a family secret hidden for 20 years. Olivier Duhamel, her once trusted and...