Laura Lippman is a badass and a woman who loves herself, and that is a feminist revolution in and of itself.
Category: NonFiction
Here’s a bunch of reviews for all the nonfiction I read.
Childhood Trauma in Alan Cummings’ Not My Father’s Son
A beautifully honest dive into heartbreaking memories that helped create an incredible talent in actor Alan Cummings. He revisits the childhood trauma and violence endured from his father with the grace and raw honesty any survivor can relate to.
I’d Like All Advice to Be As Friendly As Amy Poehler’s in Yes Please
Yes Please is a great book to make you laugh during these dark times. It’s real in the way you want memoirs to be; it’s funny in the way you hope a comic’s memoir is; and it’s raw in a way a strong woman who knows her own mind is.
Racial Consciousness in Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
Asians have been a part of the fabric of the United States for as long as the country has existed, yet they are often over looked, forgotten, and excluded. Cathy Park Hong explores racial consciousness and her own feelings of shame and sadness in her book and theory Minor Feelings.
Humanization of Donald Trump in Mary L. Trump’s Too Much and Never Enough
Mary L. Trump is Donald Trump's only niece and a doctor of clinical psychology. She has more reasons than most to eviscerate Donald, but she humanizes him, giving background to one of the most powerful and dangerous men in the world.
Raygun Humble Brags in The Midwest: God’s Gift to Planet Earth
Raygun writes more than quippy sayings for shirts; they also write books. As a proud Iowa native, I love when someone else brags about how great the Midwest is. Raygun does just that in The Midwest: God's Gift to Planet Earth. No exaggeration. We may only be 67 million strong, but that's enough people to earn a reputation as a region home to the attractive and nice. Don't take my word for it, take Raygun's!