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I Am Not a Juvenile Delinquent: How Poetry Changed a Group of At-Risk Young Women
Every time I picked up this book, I kept putting it down after a bit to reflect. And sometimes cry. Or cringe. Absorb. Pause. Reread. That’s the impact of author, poet, and family therapist Sharon Charde’s book, I Am Not a Juvenile Delinquent: How Poetry Changed a Group […]
Categories: Memoir and Autobiography
Tags: Good Books, grief, Our times, Review of the Month, Strong girls, Teens, Writers and writing
Tags: Good Books, grief, Our times, Review of the Month, Strong girls, Teens, Writers and writing
Recent Reviews
Memoir and Autobiography
Possums Run Amok: A True Tale Told Slant
It’s clear from the first pages of Possums Run Amok that this isn’t a traditional memoir in style or pace. Chapters are rapid-fire glimpses into experiences that beg for deeper reflection but instead generate mostly questions before hurtling on to the next episode. It’s also clear this is […]
Categories: Memoir and Autobiography
Tags: Addiction, Alternate-form Memoir, coming of age, Good Books, Mental illness
Tags: Addiction, Alternate-form Memoir, coming of age, Good Books, Mental illness
Wherever The Road Leads: A Memoir of Love, Travel, and a Van
I love to travel, which made reading Wherever The Road Leads: A Memoir of Love, Travel, and a Van a joy. The story begins with introductions to Katie and Tom during their courtship in 1970. Both are strong and likable characters. The author’s smooth, flawless writing makes the […]
I Am Not a Juvenile Delinquent: How Poetry Changed a Group of At-Risk Young Women
Every time I picked up this book, I kept putting it down after a bit to reflect. And sometimes cry. Or cringe. Absorb. Pause. Reread. That’s the impact of author, poet, and family therapist Sharon Charde’s book, I Am Not a Juvenile Delinquent: How Poetry Changed a Group […]
Categories: Memoir and Autobiography
Tags: Good Books, grief, Our times, Review of the Month, Strong girls, Teens, Writers and writing
Tags: Good Books, grief, Our times, Review of the Month, Strong girls, Teens, Writers and writing
A Woman of Worth: A Memoir
When you meet a mentally sharp person closer to 100 than to 90, you’re apt to ask a lot of questions, especially if that nonagenarian is a black American woman who lived through “segregation, Jim Crow, the Great Depression, the Second World War, the Civil Rights movement and […]
Categories: Memoir and Autobiography
Tags: Alternate-form Memoir, Author of Color, Good Books, History, Race relations, Women's issues
Tags: Alternate-form Memoir, Author of Color, Good Books, History, Race relations, Women's issues
Poetry
Wolf Woman and Other Poems
Jo-Ann Vega’s latest anthology, Wolf Woman, presents a moving testament to her gift for illuminating and confronting human emotions in their simplest form. Her collection of fifty free-verse poems speaks tenderly of familial connections, while at the same time revealing a struggle to find that same sort of […]
Our Favorite Authors
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An Interview with Susan J. Tweit
Author of Bless the Birds: Living with Love in a Time of Dying Winner of 2021 SCN’s Sarton Memoir Award Susan J. Tweit has been published in a diversity of magazines and newspapers, including Audubon, Popular Mechanics, High Country News, and the Los Angeles Times. Her work has […]
Categories: Author Interviews, Memoir and Autobiography
Tags: Caregiving, Family relations, Good Books, grief, Our Favorite Authors
Tags: Caregiving, Family relations, Good Books, grief, Our Favorite Authors
An Interview with Michele Weldon
Author of Act Like You’re Having a Good Time 2021 Winner of SCN’s Gilda Award Michele Weldon writes frequently for many publications, including the Washington Post and USA Today. Her books include I Closed My Eyes: Revelations of a Battered Woman; Writing to Save Your Life: How to […]