This Common Secret by Susan Wickland
In 1976 Susan Wickland had an abortion. The doctor and staff that did the abortion were very…
Reading
The God Who Begat a Jackal by Nega Mezlekia
Aster is the only child of feudal warlord in Ethiopia.  Her father values her because he spent…
Favorite Feminist Reading
The theme for The F Word this month is your feminist book/film/music/site recommendations. Whenever I think of…
Banana by Dan Koeppel
Why Book Blogging Is Not Like Real Life I work with someone who tells a story about…
The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson
Every five years the pyramidal city of Palmares Tres elects a new Summer King. In the next…
Victoire: My Mother’s Mother by Maryse Condé
Maryse Condé’s grandmother Victoire died before she was born. All that was left to remember her was…
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles by Jennifer 8 Lee
On March 30, 2005, 110 people across the country matched five of the six numbers in the…
Adding Diversity to My Reading in 2015
My 2014 reading was overwhelmingly white. I have a plan to fix that this year. I’m combining…