When I was in high school, one of my favorite blogs was Sarah Bunting’s Tomato Nation. I read it obsessively, along with most of the other content on DamnHellAssKings, which sadly doesn’t seem to exist any longer. Bunting published an essay at one point called Yes, You Are, and I distinctly remember printing it out and bringing it to school to show this obnoxious boy in my science class (I was a lot of fun in high school). Yes, You Are listed the dictionary definition of feminism, […]
Sometimes Something Simple Can Comfort The Most
This was a perfect graphic novel for newbies to the genre like me. I read Persepolis a looooong time ago, but this year I’ve been wanting to explore the genre more and this seemed like the perfect follow-up to the wonderful Hyperbole and a Half. I’ve always loved eating and cooking, so this graphic memoir was a perfect fit. Lucy Knisley grew up surrounded by family and friends in the food business (chefs, gourmets, critics, restaurant owners), so delicious food filled her life from the […]
Cannonball!
In conversation with some friends a couple months ago it occurred to me that I don’t know anyone who is transgender. Or, I might, but I don’t know. I also realized that I have a rather cursory understanding about the issues facing the Transgender community outside of the coverage of said issues in the media over the past few years. It was fortuitous then that as part of the Read Harder Challenge task number five is reading a book either about or by someone who identifies […]
“It’s actually quite a good ethos for life: go into the unknown with truth, commitment, and openness and mostly you’ll be okay.”
I love Alan Cumming. I don’t know exactly when or where he entered my life but I have always had affection for the Scotsman. When I discovered that he had written a memoir and that it was well received I decided to add it to my list of summer reads memoirs. Summer is officially underway (I just finished working my first week of summer camp) and I have listened to Mr. Cumming tell us a series of stories about his life. Cumming does not aim […]
Getting lost, going wild, finding yourself.
One of my students read Cheryl Strayed’s Wild for her book review and oral report this last spring and raved about it. I’ve had several friends recommend it to me, and I just haven’t gotten around to it yet. I thought that summer vacation would be an excellent time to finally break into Wild. I’m honestly really sad that I didn’t read it a lot sooner. When Wild opens, a 26-year-old Cheryl Strayed is in the process of losing her boots while in the middle […]
A life in urban foraging
I’m in the midst of reading for my Fall Composition class, and when I heard about Ava Chin’s Eating Wildly, I was intrigued by the concept of foraging. Would it be a survival skills book? A how-to in wild plants, herbs, fruits, and lore? Or would it be more dystopian in nature—a sort of book that explains how someone like Katniss Everdeen could eke out a living in a ruined landscape? As it turns out, no. Chin’s book is a memoir in food. Eating Wildly […]
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