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Descendants of Wood and Water: A Book Review – “James” by Percival Everett

–In the Beginning– This will likely be more than a book review, as this book is more than a book. It’s a love letter of sorts, perhaps even a postcard sent from abroad, a Polaroid snapshot of a renamed landscape encompassing both past and future. Everett deserves all of the accolades garnered. Let me startContinue reading “Descendants of Wood and Water: A Book Review – “James” by Percival Everett”

We Begin With Grace: A Mother’s Day Book Review – Denene Millner’s “One Blood”

Our grandmothers proclaimed that giving birth was closest a woman got to dying without actually…dying. Denene Millner’s ‘One Blood’ reinforces this notion. From preteen to post heart-attack there’s much resurrection in her words. It is a book that hit close to home as I am a Maternity Nurse by trade. Scent. Scent of earth andContinue reading “We Begin With Grace: A Mother’s Day Book Review – Denene Millner’s “One Blood””