books & social justice
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver Fiction Hardcover, 400 pages Published March 25th 2003 by Counterpoint LLC We Need to Talk About Kevin is one of the rare ones where I simultaneously couldn’t wait…
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Experimental Fiction Paperback, Remastered Full-Color Edition, 709 pages Published March 7th 2000 by Pantheon Books When I got to the end of this book I thought, what the…
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf Feminist Non-Fiction Paperback, 348 pages Published September 5th 1991 by Vintage (first published 1990) There was a lot to this book; definitely…
The Power by Naomi Alderman Dystopian Fiction Hardcover, 341 pages Published October 27th 2017 by Viking The Power by Naomi Alderman is an incredible and important read. It’s by far one of the best books I’ve read.…
May 7-13 is CMHA Mental Health Week. This week let’s #GetLoud, end stigma, and have meaningful conversations. Don’t let the title fool you: this isn’t a reflective piece that explores all the ways in…
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey Fiction Hardcover, 386 pages Published February 1st 2012 by Reagan Arthur Books Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they…
There’s no easy way around this: breakups are the fucking worst. They’re usually messy despite your best efforts, and in my case I felt an unfortunate cocktail of guilt, ambivalence, and emotional exhaustion. And while…
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Young Adult Fiction Hardcover, 444 pages Published February 28th 2017 by Balzer + Bray The Hate U Give totally lives up to the hype around it. What an incredible…
