From the bookshelf: June 2023
Each month I have a goal of reading five books. Here’s my list from June 2023.
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Books (along with a smattering of movies and plays) that I have found of interest and want to share
Changing the narrative one slave dwelling at a time
Q&A with Joe McGill about his crusading efforts with The Slave Dwelling Project.
Legitimacy, once lost, is hard to reclaim
Our extremist Supreme Court is a train wreck fifty years in the making.
Indigenous perspectives
Indigenous voices provide important perspectives; counter histories that relay new ideas and concepts.
The tyranny of binary choice
Think expansively about the type of world we want instead of just bickering over the directions.
The dark underworld of the soul
Come and explore a modern, sexy, complex crime novel by a Norwegian master of the genre.
Acknowledging the difficulties
Understanding, acknowledging, and wrestling with paradox is a key to our growth as human beings.
Family, myth, and identity
A young Native American writer’s powerful push against the feeling of extinction happening in real time.
When fear and resentment take power
Given recent news events, Timothy Egan’s reminder of the history in the fight for democracy is timely.
Becoming receptive to what lies all around us
A sense of wonder leads to something deeper, lasting and significant where we are “never weary of life.”
MORE TO COME... 