The Scandal of White Complicity in U.S. Hyper-Incarceration
Book Review: The Scandal of White Complicity in U.S. Hyper-Incarceration: A Nonviolent Spirituality of White Resistance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) by Alex Mikulich, Laurie Cassidy, and Margaret Pfeil Alex Mikulich, Laurie Cassidy, … Continue reading
Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
Victor Frankl’s book Man’s Search for Meaning is known for the following quote: Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms — to choose … Continue reading
Slow Dancing with a Stranger: Lost and Found in the Age of Alzheimer’s by Meryl Comer
Book Review: Slow Dancing with a Stranger: Lost and Found in the Age of Alzheimer’s (HarperOne, 2014) by Meryl Comer Slow Dancing with a Stranger was published earlier this month, and all proceeds … Continue reading
Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America’s Greatest Tragedy by David Sheff
Book Review: Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America’s Greatest Tragedy (Mariner Books, 2013) by David Sheff David Sheff wrote Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction, which received quite a bit … Continue reading
Prison Baby: A Memoir by Deborah Jiang Stein
Book Review: Prison Baby: A Memoir (Beacon Press, 2014) by Deborah Jiang Stein Written in the form of a novel, Prison Baby is an autobiography that tells the life story of Deborah Jiang … Continue reading
The Next Tsunami: Living on a Restless Coast by Bonnie Henderson
Book Review: The Next Tsunami: Living on a Restless Coast (Oregon State University Press, 2014) by Bonnie Henderson. Non-fiction (306 pages) Last spring, I visited the very beautiful state of Oregon … Continue reading
Freedom Summer by Bruce Watson
Book Review: Freedom Summer: The Savage Season That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy (Penguin Books, 2010) by Bruce Watson This summer marks the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer. In … Continue reading
The Final Leap: Suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge by John Bateson
Book Review: The Final Leap: Suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge (University of California Press, 2012) by John Bateson. I used to live in San Francisco, and I have photos and … Continue reading
Screaming Through the Silence by Mary Ann Ricciardi
I just finished reading Screaming Through the Silence, a short book written by Mary Ann Ricciardi and published late last fall. Several decades ago, when she was a brand new … Continue reading
Rape New York, a Memoir by Jana Leo
* A home located on a cul-de-sac with very few routes leading to a main road has fewer “get-aways” for a burglar and may therefore hold less appeal. * As … Continue reading
Sociological Ruminations 