Bravo: Eve Ensler and V20!
Twenty years before #MeToo, Eve Ensler broke down the silence on violence against women on V-Day, 1998 with the first production of The Vagina Monologues. It has evolved into a […]
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Book Review: Promise Me, Dad
The holidays can be brutal for those experiencing a painful loss. Former Vice President Joe Biden has walked in your shoes. He has remarkable empathy, strength, courage, faith, and love […]
Bravo: Victor Rivers!
A Private Family Matter by Victor Rivas Rivers is by far my favorite survivor memoir. He was in Everett, Washington on Thursday to be the keynote speaker at the Hope […]
Review: Our Souls at Night
Which is better? The book or the movie? Our Souls at Night has been promoted by Netflix as the 50th anniversary edition of Barefoot in the Park for 70-something old […]
Book Review: Hillbilly Elegy
I am a Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart. – J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance calls “bullshit” on the theory that he’s successful because he’s brilliant: People look at me, at […]
Book Review: Born A Crime
How do we end the cycle of violence? Love. Trevor Noah‘s memoir, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, is rich with humor, inspiration, wisdom and compassion. It also […]
RIP: Pat Conroy
Pat Conroy was one of my most favorite authors. He gave voice to everyone who ever experienced abuse. Sadly, he passed away on March 4, 2016. His widow, Cassandra King, […]
Book Review: The Shadow of the Wind
Wouldn’t you love to know what giants in the publishing world are reading for pleasure? The World’s Best Book Club was kick-started by one of these executives, and he highly […]
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Victory Speech in Brooklyn
If we stand together, we will rise together. – Hillary Rodham Clinton Last night I popped the cork on a bottle of champagne and watched Hillary Rodham Clinton’s victory speech […]
Your Vote = Your Voice: Hillary Clinton Is a Champion for Us
When there wasn’t one person anywhere in the United States ~ not my family, not my friends, not one DV advocate or shelter ~ who would protect me from Oregon’s […]
