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An account of life

I Won't Pretend These Missiles Are Stars: Life in Iran During the 12-Day War by Tehran's Cartoonist Collective / The Cartoonist Collective

March 2, 2026 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

The short stories inside of I Won’t Pretend These Missiles Are Stars by Tehran’s Cartoonist Collective deal with the weeks of war between Israel and Iran. Set in Iran, each of the people giving their story has a different way of dealing or not dealing with the events around them. Some worry about the big picture (death), others worry that they never got to wear the special outfit to their presentation. Each author has a unique way of showing what was and wasn’t important to […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Short Stories, Young Adult Tagged With: 12-Day War, family, friendship, human rights, Iran, political science, Tehran's Cartoonist Collective, Tehran's Cartoonist Collective / The Cartoonist Collective, The Cartoonist Collective, war

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:77 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Short Stories, Young Adult · Tags: 12-Day War, family, friendship, human rights, Iran, political science, Tehran's Cartoonist Collective, Tehran's Cartoonist Collective / The Cartoonist Collective, The Cartoonist Collective, war ·
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He writes, raps, educates and isn’t hard on the eyes either!

December 11, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I will admit I have only read a little more than half of Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre’s A Love Song, a Death Rattle, a Battle Cry. However, I like to think I have read enough and seen enough of his work on Facebook videos, YouTube, etc. to write this review. Kyle Tran Myhre is not an easy read. I have only found a few poems, songs or essays that I can relate to. There are several beautiful lines that he has created, but those taken […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: american, Civics & Citizenship, Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre, political science

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:447 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: american, Civics & Citizenship, Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre, political science ·
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What made, and still makes, America great.

December 5, 2017 by thewheelbarrow Leave a Comment

First and foremost, I’m sorry for the sensationalized header. I hope I didn’t make your eyes twitch but I think it is an accurate title independent of the political climate. Back in February, I had the opportunity to ask a question to a Two-star Army General and I asked him what books he recommended.  He said this was the most recent book he finished and that he highly recommended it so it entered the queue.  A few months later, the Army Chief of Staff added […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Army Chief of Staff, economics, globalism, Human Geography, Peter Zeihan, political science, Professional Reading, United States

thewheelbarrow's CBR9 Review No:4 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Army Chief of Staff, economics, globalism, Human Geography, Peter Zeihan, political science, Professional Reading, United States ·
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