My love affair with poetry began young. So young in fact I don’t actually remember which teacher it was who first read Shel Silverstein’s iconic…
Author: Hannah Bergstrom de Leon
Poetry Recommendations: 2022 Book List
For Beginners… Accessible for all and speaks to universal experiences A stunningly vulnerable journey to care for your soul in the midst of pain and…
Review: Come As You Are
– Completes Me! It may be cheeky but “Completes Me!” is entirely appropriate for both what this book is about and my experience reading it.…
Book Review: Melissa
– It Completes Me! A story which begins and ends with Charlotte’s Web, but like most tales, it is the middle that counts. Alex Gino,…
Book Review: 13 Reasons Why
– Completes Me! There may come a time when references to cassette tapes and a walkman no longer make sense, but the heart of this…
Becoming: A Journey with Black Feminist Writers
Self-reflection is a daily hobby, habit and Haddi would probably say, obsession for me. If I take the time to tie that process to my…
More Black Feminist Reads: Book List
I’m Still Here is an illuminating look at how white, middle-class, Evangelicalism has participated in an era of rising racial hostility, inviting the reader to confront…
Where to Start – Black Feminist Theory: Book List
Audre Lorde is one of the preeminent voices in the Black Feminist and Black Liberation movement. Sister Outsider is a primer on the visceral, embodied…
Book Review: Black Girl, Call Home
– Worth It Readers have a lot of opinions on the resurgence of poetry in this modern age of social media and Instagram poets, but…
Book Review: Definitive Audio Works of Sherlock Holmes
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