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The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West

December 7, 2020

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  So fine, if you insist. This is a witch hunt. We’re the witches, and we’re hunting you. November and December are my months of backlist reading—the time of year when I abandon ferreting ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: book clubs, essays, social issues, women

More Than A Woman by Caitlin Moran

October 26, 2020

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  I’ve loved all of Caitlin Moran’s fiction (How to Build a Girl, How to Be Famous) but had never read any of her nonfiction, so was interested to see she has a new book out. More Than a Woman ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: contemporary life, essays, humor, women

Text Me When You Get Home

August 28, 2020

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Today is the last of my summer nonfiction reviews, but it’s a bit unusual. It’s only partially a review of Text Me When You Get Home and mostly a rumination on all the thoughts the book brought me. ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: book clubs, friendship, women

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life

May 25, 2020

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Samantha Irby is a 36-year-old, black, lesbian living in Chicago. She also grew up broke-ass poor—all of which she lets you know from the get-go in her essay collection We Are Never Meeting in Real ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: essays, humor

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

September 9, 2019

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Sometimes a book comes my way not from reviews or recommendations, but from simple proximity—I see it at the library and decide to read it. Very often these are some of my favorite books. This is the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: life, marriage, memoir, relationships

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