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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September 2024 Staff Recommendations

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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August 2024 Staff Recommendations

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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June 2024 Staff Recommendations

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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May 2024 Staff Recommendations

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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December 2023 Staff Recommendations

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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March Staff Recommendations

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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