Searching for Home in England and Africa 2005, Penguin Brought up in Britain as the son of an expatriate Ghanaian dignitary, Ekow Eshun...

2023, Editions de l'Herne translated by Brice Matthieussent SUMMARY: Véra Nabokov's previously unpublished journal (1958-1959),...

I love the expression "Hope springs eternal." To me it means: "It's not likely but possible, so you may as well keep hoping." As in: "I'm...

Hello readers, I've been busy working on a book about my mother and haven't had time to post. But I'm back, with a story in the form of...

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...

Jonathan Cape, 1937 Persephone, 2006 Interview with Susan Hudson kb: Sue, I loved reading this unique book you recommended. Summarize it...

a play by Jessica Swale, 2013. What is a Blue Stocking? Answer here (be sure to unmute the video). Women who wanted to get an education...

Drink wine with a robust heart. Oh yes—God takes pleasure in your pleasure! Dress festively every morning. Don’t skimp on colors and...

"Creativity is a mysterious thing. It visits who it wants to visit, when it wants to, and I think that that, and that alone, gets to the...

1992, HarperCollins In these short stories set in Washington D.C., the author of The Known World invites the reader to see the uniqueness...

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

Chona runs a grocery store in the poor section of town, and refuses to move when her husband starts moving up in the world. She loves her...

Not all cultures have the same outlook on gender. For example, Native North American societies use the expression Two-Spirits to...

2022, Harper In Demon Copperhead, Kingsolver courageously tackles two crises in the United States: a deficient foster child care system,...

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...

Effroyable jardins, original French title, 2000 I found this short novella lying around the house and decided to read it. It's told by a...

My bookies* Jane, Yvonne and I read Louise Kennedy's first novel many months ago. Longlisted for the 2023 Women’s Prize, it's about a...

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....

I saw no movies this summer until September, when I made up for it, starting with Oppenheimer, which Kat and I went to see on a hot sunny...