October 1, 2017 I committed to reading 43 books in 2017 as part of the Perspectives Book Project in an effort to "explore points of view to which I'm otherwise not sufficiently exposed." A little late on this post, but... JULY July was dedicated to Working Class America: HILLBILLY ELEGY by J.D. Vance: This booked has been so widely talked [...]
July 5, 2017 I committed to reading 43 books in 2017 as part of the Perspectives Book Project in an effort to "explore points of view to which I'm otherwise not sufficiently exposed." June was dedicated to LGBTQ Awareness Month: THE LARAMIE PROJECT by: I really enjoyed reading the original play about the aftermath of the Matthew Shepard murder in Laramie, [...]
June 6, 2017 APRIL: MAY: I committed to reading 43 books in 2017 as part of the Perspectives Book Project in an effort to "explore points of view to which I'm otherwise not sufficiently exposed." I'm a little late on April and May, but here goes... APRIL For my month on Islamic Heritage, I had committed to reading these books: A THOUSAND [...]
March 29, 2017 I committed to reading 43 books in 2017 as part of the Perspectives Book Project in an effort to "explore points of view to which I'm otherwise not sufficiently exposed." March is designated as Women's History Month and I chose the above five books to read. Actually, my original list of books to read this month also included How To Be [...]
March 1, 2017 I committed to reading 43 books in 2017 as part of the Perspectives Book Project in an effort to "explore points of view to which I'm otherwise not sufficiently exposed." February is designated as Black History Month and I chose the above five books to read. How did I pick those? Well, first I ruled out all [...]
A few weeks ago I committed to reading 43 books in 2017 as part of the Perspectives Book Project in an effort to “explore points of view to which I’m otherwise not sufficiently exposed.” January is designated as U.S. Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month and I chose these books to read: Overall Thoughts I had never read a [...]
Being comfortable is not a bad thing. Sofas, beds, sports bras. But this election has shown me that I’m too comfortable in my very blue bubble. Not enough exploring of perspectives vastly different from the ones clearly visible through the suburban New York window in my home office where I work each day in my very comfortable sweats. As I [...]
