8 Books on Being Childless by Choice or Circumstance
Women Without Kids: The Revolutionary Rise of an Unsung Sisterhood by Ruby Warrington Foregoing motherhood has traditionally marked a woman as “other.” With no official place setting for her in…
Book Review: A Concise Chinese English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo
I always find myself gravitating towards books written by women of color, particularly Asian women. They have no qualms about writing things plainly. When they talk about poverty, they lay…
8 Essential Texts for Female Empowerment
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit In her comic, scathing essay, "Men Explain Things to Me," Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men…
8 Memoirs By Comedians That’ll Make You Laugh & Cry
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act:…
9 Inspiring Celebrity Memoirs by Black Women
Just as I am: A Memoir about Cecily Tyson “Just as I Am is my truth. It is me, plain and unvarnished, with the glitter and garland set aside. In these pages, I…
10 Poetry Collections For Deep Feelers
For people who grew up repressed, it can be difficult to allow feelings to come to the surface and be felt. More than that, it can be hard to identify…
5 Celebrity Memoirs For Your 2023 TBR List
“Hi, my name is Matthew, although you may know me by another name. My friends call me Matty. And I should be dead.” So begins the riveting story of acclaimed…
9 Classic Books Free on Amazon Kindle Right Now
Growing up, there were always books around me. There were books on shelves, underneath the coffee table and on desks around the house. My father is the impulse book-buyer of…