Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: Hello, friends! As we head into the dog days of summer in the northern hemisphere, it’s a time when I enjoy getting into (or out…
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July 2023 Reads for the Rest of Us – Ms. Mag.
Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: The last few weeks have been challenging, to say the least. From threats to DEI programming to dangerous air quality to affirmative action being overturned, a lot of us are…
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June 2023 Reads for the Rest of Us – Ms. Mag.
Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: And so it is summer! Are you enjoying it? Are you on a beach with a cocktail in one hand and a book in the…
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Best Poetry of the Last Year – Ms. Magazine
Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: Happy April, and Happy National Poetry Month. Since my dormant love of poetry was reignited, I’ve found it so refreshing and inspiring to read beautiful collections each year…
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April 2023 Reads for the Rest of Us – Ms. Magazine
Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: If you’re reading this column, you have an interest in books and reading and so, by default, new ideas and expanding your knowledge base. Fiction…
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March 2023 Reads for the Rest of Us – Ms. Magazine
Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: Happy March! Historically, March is a very popular month for new books, and this year it is no exception. And more new books mean more…
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February 2023 Reads for the Rest of Us – Ms. Magazine
Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: It’s February and in Wisconsin it’s grey, cold, snowy and dark. But it’s also sparkly, comforting, restful and reflective. Between the weather, the world and…
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Reads for the Rest of Us: The Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2023 – Ms. Magazine
Through this column, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of the column are threefold: I have spent the last few months scouring catalogs and websites, receiving hundreds of books and even more emails from authors, publicists…
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2022 ‘Best of the Rest’: Our Favorite Books of the Year! – Ms. Magazine
Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: You’ve read the other “Best of” lists—now read the other one. You know, for the rest of us. Each year, I review my…
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November Reads for the Rest of Us – Ms. Magazine
Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: As we enter into cooler weather here in the U.S. Midwest, it’s not only a time of reflection and shedding of old skins—it’s clearly the…