[Elaine] loved the American idea of France, but…her experience was that of Colonialism and racism, the very problems she meant to leave behind in the United States.
Everybody, sometimes, wants to give the middle finger to society and just be left alone. I understand…
Five-decade seminary professor John Frame’s Theology of My Life (Cascade Books, 2017) is a self-proclaimed theological and apologetic memoir.
Weather is the go-to topic for making small talk. Avoid religion and politics; talk about the weather. Nobody causes it, and we’ll all have to deal.
The delight of Fred Amram’s memoir, We’re In America Now, about growing up as an immigrant to America, arriving at age six in 1939, comes entirely from his verve.
Dylan’s (Nobel) win encourages a re-examination of his memoir, Chronicles: Volume One (Simon & Schuster, 2005).
Most amateur genealogists manage something less than the accounting of Solomon Grundy, of English nursery rhyme fame. Assembling names and dates into a database…
