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The People Don’t Get Their Way

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

January 20, 2021 by Nannerbears Leave a Comment

This should be required reading. It was a bit of a coincidence that the hold I had on this volume at the library became available as the new year rolled around. I listened to the audiobook on my daily walks and was continually struck with the thought of “history repeats itself, history repeats itself.” There were many declarations made by Howard Zinn that could have easily been applied to life in America today. I also coincidentally read the chapter about the end of World War […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Howard Zinn, important, People's History, timely, US History

Nannerbears's CBR13 Review No:3 · Genres: History · Tags: Howard Zinn, important, People's History, timely, US History ·
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cbr12bingo – UnCannon

Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg

July 25, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Jordy Rosenberg is a transgender writer and scholar. He teaches 18th century literature and queer/transgender theory. He is clever as all get out, well-researched, funny, and overflowing with empathy- all of these things brought into vivid color in his debut novel, Confessions of the Fox. I’ve selected “UnCannon” for this Bingo Square- but it was close call between UnCannon, Debut, Violet, and Pandemic (plague ships ahoy). I also almost gave it an “I Wish”, because good gravy, do I wish I could sit in on any […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: 18th century London, adventure, anticapitalist, antiracist, Beggar's Opera, cbr12bingo, gender-fluid, Jack Sheppard, Jordy Rosenberg, lgtbqia romance, mass incarceration, metafiction, Philosophy, queer, Three Penny Opera, timely, UnCannon

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:78 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: 18th century London, adventure, anticapitalist, antiracist, Beggar's Opera, cbr12bingo, gender-fluid, Jack Sheppard, Jordy Rosenberg, lgtbqia romance, mass incarceration, metafiction, Philosophy, queer, Three Penny Opera, timely, UnCannon ·
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