by Laura | Jun 21, 2017
by Brittany Brolley In her first book, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned,” Lena Dunham fearlessly tackles a variety of topics with the candor and self-deprecation of a best friend. From her Obsessive Compulsive diagnosis to the...
by Laura | May 22, 2017
Around the time that Melanie Holmes read and reviewed Liberating Minds: The Case for College in Prison here the prison topic came my way again. Author Jan Smitowicz contacted me about his new memoir, Rebel Hell. Jan has quite a story to tell, and it is about...
by Laura | Apr 17, 2017
What a gem of a book. As author, anchor/reporter, Ann Nyberg writes, “The vignettes in this book are a true gift for anyone who wants a glimpse inside the real life of Katharine Hepburn – Connecticut gal who rose to the stars.” I’ll say. In Remembering Katharine...
by Laura | Jan 31, 2017
Phil Knight (Buck) writes as well as he sells shoes. The personal memoir, Shoe Dog, by the founder of the NIKE empire shows the grit, tenacity, challenges and continuous near failure endured over the course of more than a decade before finally reaching the pinnacle of...
by Laura | Oct 16, 2015
Want to jump start your creative energies? Be inspired to start that creative project you have been putting off? Dedicate yourself to not just your creativity, but living a creative life? Read Elizabeth Gilbert’s latest book, Big Magic. Elizabeth Gilbert gives...
