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  1. A GLORIOUS MULTI-GENRE COLLECTION of memoir, essays, and poetry exploring the lives of Black women as a group, as individuals, and in families. The clarity of Jeffers’s insights and the power of her words will leave you breathless. A MINUS

    barnesandnoble.com/w/misbehavi

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    #book #Books #bookstodon #bookreview #bookreviews #nonfiction #memoir #memoirs #essays #poetry #Blackhistory #BlackWomen #womanism #history #sociology #Blackstudies #womensstudies

  2. Another great panel at the GAPS #conference heard Cherise Fung talk about silence & agency of Asian women in care, Tola Ositelu on meritocracy in 3 #memoirs by Black British women, and Dorit Neumann on Danaé Wellington's poem "The blue jeans asks her"

    #BlackPoetry #PostcolonialStudies #LifeWriting #BlackStudies

  3. Wowzers! 'Freeing Teresa' was a triple winner at #BookFest Fall 2024 in the Audiobook, Memoir and Human Rights Categories! This brings our total to 15 awards & prizes!

    'Freeing Teresa: A True Story about My Sister and Me

    Silver, Audio Book (Overall Presentation)
    Silver, Memoirs (Personal)
    Silver, Human Rights & Political Movements (Nonfiction)

    Take a bow, @robcottingham, who plays Conrad in the audiobook. 👏 ⭐

    thebookfest.com/award_entries/

    #FreeingTeresa
    #downsyndrome
    #memoirs
    #bookawards

  4. CHARMING, INSIGHTFUL MEMOIR from megasuccessful director Jon M. Chu combines spicy celebrity insider stories with more serious reflections on filmmaking, fame, and growing up Asian in California. B PLUS

    barnesandnoble.com/w/viewfinde

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    #book #Books #bookstodon #bookreview #bookreviews #nonfiction #memoir #memoirs #film #Hollywood #AsianAmerican #ChineseAmerican

  5. 1860 Thanksgiving:
    🍞Used a large outside iron oven resembling a turtle.
    🥧Plum pudding was the crowning glory of the many desserts.
    🥘 My 3x great-grandmother was a good cook, but modestly doubted the edibility of each course.

    #food #history #memoirs #19century

    mothere.substack.com/p/the-mak

  6. #AmReading #NowReading #reading

    A Luxury Called Health: A Doctor's Journey Through the Art, the Science and the Trickery of Medicine by Kavery Nambisan

    I could relate so well from the first chapter - as a small town boy who went to study in a medical college in southern India.
    Oh, and I could never 'pith a frog.' I still can't stand frogs and reptiles.

    #books 📚 #Bookstodon
    #memoirs #MedicalBooks #DoctorsWhoWrite #IndianAuthors