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From White Sand to Red Clay | Robert Bailey

Aficionados of Southern Literature who read this book will put it high on their list of worthy efforts in that genre.
The big takeaways from this memoir covering a life lived from the 1920s through 2015 are the tragic and humorous vignettes Mary Margaret serves up with an economy of verity and compassion.

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave | Frederick Douglass

• If you've read "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass," please leave your comments below ⬇️⬇️ •

#TBR #MountTBR #AfricanAmerican #history #Americanhistory #antislavery #abolition #historicalmovements #autobiography #memoir #lifestory

Kenyazero I read it for a class on the history of American literature. It was a very interesting read. 5y

bibliobliss @Kenyazero Thanks! I'm hesitant lately to read another book in the genre after failing to stick with

The Souls of Black Folk

(edited) 5y

bibliobliss @Kenyazero But I'd like to try Narrative bc I have it available 5y

Kenyazero @Readage This one is a pretty good narrative to take a chance with, I‘d say! 5y

bibliobliss @Kenyazero 👍 5y

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Thunder Through My Veins: A Memoir | Gregory Scofield

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Gregory Scofield‘s memoir, written when he was only 33, outlines his struggles with intergenerational trauma and with the internalized self-loathing he‘s experienced as a gay Métis man. I wasn‘t prepared for how hard it hit me; for the sheer depth of feeling, or for Scofield‘s ability to make the specific feel universal. I highly recommend it in its own right and as a successor/cognate text to Maria Campbell‘s HALF-BREED.

4.5 stars

tvscag Sounds interesting. I'll have to check it out. 5y

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xicanti

Thunder Through My Veins: A Memoir | Gregory Scofield

I made a big pot of turkey chili this afternoon, partly because I‘ve gotta eat and partly because I wanted to do something productive while I finished THUNDER THROUGH MY VEINS. What an amazing book. I‘ve enjoyed a couple of Scofield‘s poetry collections, but they in no way prepared me for this hard-hitting memoir. #audiocooking

MrBook Whoa!!! 😳😁 5y

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My Little Blue Dress | Bruno Maddox

#TheBlueDress #SoaringScores @CrowCAH @Cinfhen

CrowCAH Perfect! 👏🏻 👗 5y

Cinfhen This sounds fun 💙 5y

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In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin | Lindsey Hilsum

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Well that was disappointing.
Not what I was expecting at all.

Again the only thing I learnt about her was apart from smoking, drinking and can't hold a man is she is a good story teller and a adrenaline junkie!
I am very sorry she was assassinated but sometimes you do see the warning signs and maybe you should listen to them.

#readingthelibrary #librarybook #warjournalist #mariacolvin #reading #lifestory

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In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin | Lindsey Hilsum

85 pages in and the only thing I have learnt is she likes to drink, party and have sex... Oh and she can't hold a man and has daddy issues!
Does this get any better?

#readingthelibrary #librarybook #warjournalist #mariacolvin #reading #lifestory

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