Tag: culture

• December 1, 2021

  in the in-between

  I read an interesting description of Advent this morning in Common Prayer. While describing Advent as a time of waiting and expectation, the author wrote…

• April 14, 2021

  SING, UNBURIED, SING

  This family drama was true southern prose full of spirits and stories and spells. Sin and family and forgiveness. No one dies quite like a…

• May 31, 2020

  THE NAME JAR by Yangsook Choi

  I remember it clearly. I was in 4th grade, Mrs. Adams’ class at Alton Elementary School and I was up next to give a talk…

• May 28, 2020

  THE LOVE U GIVE

    I spent the day reading THE HATE U GIVE. I would like to say it’s eerily ironic that the storyline is so similar to…

• May 4, 2020

  A WOMAN IS NO MAN by Etaf Rum

  I will admit, it makes me a little nervous to review a book that a) has been popular and critically acclaimed, b) promotes gender equality…