Have Whites Accepted A Black President?

Amy Alexander, writing for The Defenders Online, asks “Has Fear of A Black President Driven Some White People Crazy?” This provocative article cites Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D. of Harvard Medical School, who said in a recent interview with TheDefendersOnline that extreme racism can constitute a form of mental illness. It is not rational, but [some [...]

Sunday Salon – Review of “A Fiery Peace in a Cold War” by Neil Sheehan

Note: This book is reviewed by my husband Jim. He is not, nor has he ever been, known as concise. Military men seldom become famous except through their exploits in war. However, perhaps the most important military “event” of the twentieth century was the one that didn’t happen—the nuclear war between the United States and [...]

National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Quite a few bloggers made it to the National Book Festival, held on September 26, 2009. The day before, a few of us went on a docent-guided tour of the Library of Congress. Shown below, from left to right, are Trish of Hey Lady, the mom of Serena of Savvy Verse & Wit, Serena, Amy [...]

Review of “Rooftops of Tehran” by Mahbod Seraji

I see this book as a hybrid between a (late) coming-of-age YA book and a chick lit book (albeit with a male protagonist). But this guy-loves-girl – maybe-loses-girl – maybe-gets-girl story is not about the plot. So we could also call this a “meta” book. In sum, we have a metachick-YA book. I’ll let the [...]

“20 Questions Meme”

In keeping with the theme on my blog this week of UK books, recently I discussed my favorite Britishisms, inter alia, on a guest post over at I’m Lost in Books, in which I tackle the 20 Questions Meme. I would love for any readers to stop by and offer your own responses to the [...]

Some Awards to Acknowledge

I’m very grateful to be acknowledging some awards, and also to have some content to post, since I am busy doing some very deep cleaning of the house! (My husband (a.k.a. “Pigpen”) is away.) (And if you are reading this blog Jim, only kidding about that “pigpen” remark – HA HA HA) The first award [...]