In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was picked up for a murder that he not only didn't commit, but that he ridiculously couldn't have committed: he'd been locked into a warehouse working an overnight shift miles away when the robbery and shooting occurred. No problem for the prosecution, though - they just alleged he scaled a... Continue Reading →
Memoir Mini Reviews: Wiving, Negroland
Wiving is poet Caitlin Myer's memoir about growing up Mormon with a skewed view of relationships with men based on religious tenets and how her own experiences developed, and how that changed as she came into her own and achieved a form of independence. It also covers her relationship to her mentally ill mother and... Continue Reading →
Nonfiction Reading Resources for Anti-Racism, Empathy, and #BlackLivesMatter
It feels reductive even to say it, but I'm devastated by George Floyd's heinous murder by a police officer while his colleagues watched, Breonna Taylor's murder in her own home during an illegal raid at the wrong house, and all the stories that follow a similar narrative of police profiling Black Americans and abusing power... Continue Reading →