Staff Recommendations
Staff Recommendations
Their grandmothers were comfort women in WWII. This is how it changed their lives The Post Standard published a piece detailing the dark history of “comfort women,” women and girls…
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If You See Them Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America In her memoir, author Vicki Sokolik shares firsthand her experience encountering unhoused youth. The book begins with Sokolik offering aid…
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Tell Them You Love Me Tell Them You Love Me is a true-crime documentary involving former philosophy professor Anna Stubblefield and Derick Johnson, a nonverbal man with cerebral palsy. Stubblefield…
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My Grandmother’s Hands: Radicalized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies Recommended by Lindsay, this book shines a light on the impact of psychological trauma on the…
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A Former Foster Care Youth and Advocate On Learning To Be the Mother She Didn’t Have Charell Star is the current executive director at Muse by Clio and a board…
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The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing Author Laura Love Hardin presents a candid picture of addiction and incarceration, and the tumultuous journey…
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This is Your Brain on Anxiety; What Happens and What Helps Dr. Faith Harper describes the reality of living with anxiety and debunks myths that have become popular misconceptions. In…
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Book Pick: Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing In his memoir, actor Matthew Perry reflects on the difficult period after a health scare. He contemplates his childhood, his claim…
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From books to podcasts, our staff members share what has caught their eye and kept their attention! We recommend four pieces this month that skim the surface on important topics…
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