Welcome to my adventures in reading more diversely. For the next year, I am committing to not reading books written by white men - I will be documenting my experiences here.
Hello Everyone, This past week I didn’t actually finish any books. Part of this was that I was on a backpacking trip, and I didn’t have anything that grabbed me on the trip. The other part is that I came back to some crazy, destabilizing events that I am still working out, and I just … More Week 20 : Belated Updates and Backpacking Books
Hello Everyone, As this is posted, I am headed into the back-country to backpack for a week, so I am going to make this brief. I still have one great book to share with you today, and this post also comes with a special list. The book I read this week is a memoir by … More Week 19: I love funny celebrity memoirs (with a bonus book list)
The truth is that although I love what I have been reading this year, there are times I feel uncomfortable and defensive with what is being said, or the way things are said, and that is OK with me. In general the emotions that come up when we feel threatened are hard to deal with, … More The importance of feeling uncomfortable
