What I’m Reading | Lynne Weiss

The Trayvon Generation

by Lynne Weiss | May 16, 2022 | What I'm Reading

In The Trayvon Generation, Elizabeth Alexander brings Black creativity to the forefront of necessary responses to injustice.

Unaccustomed to Grace

by Lynne Weiss | May 11, 2022 | What I'm Reading

This stunning short story collection rewards with satisfying insights.

A Community Revival of a Forgotten Woman Writer

by Lynne Weiss | Apr 14, 2022 | My Fiction & Essays, What I'm Reading

A dedicated community is reviving interest in Ruth Moore’s depictions of coastal Maine.

Heroines for Our Time

by Lynne Weiss | Jan 9, 2022 | What I'm Reading

Maria Tatar offers a fresh vision of “heroinism” from a feminine and feminist perspective.

Hell of a Book

by Lynne Weiss | Dec 8, 2021 | What I'm Reading

Jason Mott’s polyphonous novel explores the impact of police murders on even the most success-insulated Black men.

These Walls Between Us

by Lynne Weiss | Nov 13, 2021 | What I'm Reading

These Walls Between Us As a white woman with a long-standing interest in understanding race and racism in the United States, I have read many books that examine the structures of racial inequality in the United States and beyond. Books such as The Sum of Us by Heather...