LeliaApr 307 minEdmund White, Memoir & Astro ReadingAbout halfway through reading My Lives by Edmund White, I expected to give it a two-star rating. White spends so much time narrating his...
LeliaMar 124 minDesire in Audre Lorde’s Zami: A New Spelling of My NameIn Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, Audre Lorde uses the erotic, or what Mary Karr might call the carnal, to deeply embed herself in her...
LeliaJan 24 minMy Best-of Book List for 2021I like year-end best-of lists. Reading others’ lists is a fun way to learn about things I’ve missed. And thinking about my own best-of...
LeliaJan 22 minEndeavoring in 2022I’ve never been big on making New Year’s Resolutions. In fact, the idea used to annoy me deeply back when I worked out at a gym and...