Review of the 4 book memoir Call the Midwife
Shan and I are big fans of the BBC series “Call the Midwife.” I just finished reading the 4 volume memoir by Jennifer Worth upon which...
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Aug 30, 20201 min read
Review of Gellhorn: A Twentieth Century Life and Travels with Myself and Another
I finished reading two books on Martha Gellhorn. One is Caroline Moorehead’s meticulously researched and insightful biography Gellhorn: A...
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Aug 20, 20201 min read
Review of The Ladies of Managua
For those of my students and anyone else who read my book History of Nicaragua (2010) or has taken my class on Latin American Politics,...
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Jul 9, 20201 min read
Review of Reading Lolita in Tehran
Just finished reading Dr. Azar Nafisi’s memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran. I had bought the book years ago when it first came out. It was...
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Jun 1, 20201 min read
Review of Stamped from the Beginning: the Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Ibram X. Kendi’s award-winning, meticulously researched book Stamped from the Beginning (2016) should be a must read for all Americans...
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May 17, 20201 min read
Review of What It Is Like to Go to War
Last week I finished Karl Marlantes' book What It Is Like to Go to War. Marlantes, a decorated Marine and Vietnam veteran, also a Yale...
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Apr 26, 20201 min read
Review of Think Black
Last week I finished reading Clyde Ford's memoir entitled Think Black. A memoir of the struggle for civil rights in our country, it is...
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Apr 6, 20201 min read
Review of Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights
Just finished reading Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights by Tananarive Due and Patricia...
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Jan 30, 20201 min read
Brief review of Hue 1968
Just finished reading Mark Bowden's book Hue 1968. I had read extensively about the Tet Offensive but little about Hue. Bowden is a...
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Sep 25, 20191 min read
Review of The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America
For my students interested in political economy...I just finished reading Margaret O'Mara's (Professor of History at University of...
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Jul 8, 20181 min read
Review of The Blindfold's Eyes
Sister Dianna Ortiz’ memoir The Blindfold's Eyes: My Journey from Torture to Truth is unsettling and powerful. Sister Ortiz, an Ursuline...
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