A Journey Through Voice: Reflecting on Rachel Kolb’s Articulate: A Deaf Memoir of Voice When I first came across Rachel Kolb’s Articulate: A Deaf Memoir of Voice, I felt a stirring curiosity mixed with personal insight. Having read several compelling memoirs by deaf authors, I deeply appreciated their perspectives on identity and disability. Kolb’s narrative, …
Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America – A Call to Action Worth Heeding When I first stumbled upon Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America by Robert Reich, I was instantly intrigued by its promise of unvarnished truths wrapped in personal stories. As someone who often feels like a lone voice in …
Book Review: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez From the moment I picked up I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, I felt my heart grip with familiarity. As someone who has navigated the complex dynamics of family expectations, especially within a cultural context, I was drawn to Erika L. …
We Should All Be Birds: A Memoir by Brian Buckbee A few months ago, I stood at the precipice of abandoning memoirs about animals. I had waded through pages featuring hawks, otters, chickens, and pigs, and the repetitive motifs began to wear thin. Just as I was ready to close the chapter on this genre, …
Unraveling Complexities: A Review of Broken Country I stumbled upon Broken Country by C. Meserole with a mix of curiosity and skepticism. The buzz surrounding this novel was impossible to ignore, and as I read through trending reviews, I felt compelled to explore what lay beneath its emotional surface. The premise, with its promise of …
A Gripping Exploration of Parental Love and the Shadows of Trust: A Review of One of Our Own by Lucinda Berry When I first picked up One of Our Own by Lucinda Berry, it was the tantalizing promise of a psychological thriller akin to The Push that caught my attention. As a mother, the threads …