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Sharon Olds' collections of poetry are always amazing, technically stellar, emotionally rich, and completely accessible. This collection is not quite as amazing as The Unswept Floor. The war poems are politically needed and right on target but leave something to be desired in execution. However, the poems chronicling the process undergone as she loses her mother are everything I could ever expect of such a masterful and seasoned poet. Truly amazing. All told, I still want to be Sharon Olds when I grow up.
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~Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town~ is a very interesting read. I especially appreciated that the author connects the consolidation of union-busting food and agricultural big business and the business lobbying of big pharma with the deterioration of small towns in the U.S. Midwest and the proliferation of meth manufacture and sales. This is a must-read for anyone interested in rural American communities, labor and the economy, drug epidemics, and social policy.
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Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home has been our family's "go-to" cookbook for the past 15 years. The recipes are absolutely delicious, vegetarian/vegan, healthy, and pretty easy if you plan ahead. The soup recipes are worth their weight in gold.
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A fantastic overview of women's experiences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic from a more global perspective. Although slightly dated, still well worth reading.
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With Sexed Work, Lisa Maher provides a stellar ethnography of female sex workers and drug users in a skid-row Bronx neighborhood. Furthermore, Maher presents an insuperable treatment of her subjects' complicated lives that balances their own agency with the context in which they make decisions. A top-notch work of feminist criminology and ethnography.
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One Secret Thing by Sharon Olds
Erica Reichert, July 7, 2010
Sharon Olds' collections of poetry are always amazing, technically stellar, emotionally rich, and completely accessible. This collection is not quite as amazing as The Unswept Floor. The war poems are politically needed and right on target but leave something to be desired in execution. However, the poems chronicling the process undergone as she loses her mother are everything I could ever expect of such a masterful and seasoned poet. Truly amazing. All told, I still want to be Sharon Olds when I grow up.(1 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)
Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town by Nick Reding
Erica Reichert, July 2, 2010
~Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town~ is a very interesting read. I especially appreciated that the author connects the consolidation of union-busting food and agricultural big business and the business lobbying of big pharma with the deterioration of small towns in the U.S. Midwest and the proliferation of meth manufacture and sales. This is a must-read for anyone interested in rural American communities, labor and the economy, drug epidemics, and social policy.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)
Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home: Fast and Easy Recipes for Any Day by Moosewood Collective
Erica Reichert, April 18, 2009
Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home has been our family's "go-to" cookbook for the past 15 years. The recipes are absolutely delicious, vegetarian/vegan, healthy, and pretty easy if you plan ahead. The soup recipes are worth their weight in gold.(4 of 6 readers found this comment helpful)
Women's experiences with HIV/AIDS :an international perspective by Lynellyn D. Long
Erica Reichert, April 17, 2009
A fantastic overview of women's experiences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic from a more global perspective. Although slightly dated, still well worth reading.(2 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)
Sexed Work 'Gender, Race and Resistance in a Brooklyn Drug Market' (CSC) (Clarendon Studies in Criminology) by Lisa Maher
Erica Reichert, April 17, 2009
With Sexed Work, Lisa Maher provides a stellar ethnography of female sex workers and drug users in a skid-row Bronx neighborhood. Furthermore, Maher presents an insuperable treatment of her subjects' complicated lives that balances their own agency with the context in which they make decisions. A top-notch work of feminist criminology and ethnography.(2 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)
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