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Poet, Social Activist and Storyteller Cleo Wade Talks from the Heart

The Cut called her The Millennial Oprah,  Fast Company named her one of the country's 100 Most Creative People of 2017, and with featured articles and photoshoots in Elle, Time, and Entertainment Weekly, it is clear: Cleo Wade is not your average "Instagram poet." A self-proclaimed social activist, poet, artist and storyteller,…
BookTrib
April 4, 2018
MiscellanyNonfiction

BookTube Episode: Jason Reynolds on “Stamped,” Racism and Antiracism

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/booktube-jason-reynolds3.jpg Today YouTube unveiled a special October episode of BookTube featuring number-one New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds in a unique discussion about his book, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers). The book is a YA treatment of Stamped from the Beginning by Dr. Ibram…
BookTrib
October 22, 2020
Nonfiction

What, Me Worry? Jen Epstein Tackles Her Inner Demons

If Jen Epstein wasn’t worrying about something, we’d all be worried. Such is the life of a born worrier. As a child she worried her uvula would break off and she would swallow it and choke to death. Then she worried high voltage wires would get her. Eventually, she was…
Jim Alkon
November 27, 2018
Nonfiction

Life Stories Help Others Connect To Peace and Wisdom

In 2011 Polly Wirum ran her last marathon. It had been part of her lifestyle, part of her identity. But struggling with her health, she spent almost a year seeking answers and eventually was diagnosed with a circulatory issue. That propelled her on another journey to seek different answers. “I…
Jim Alkon
October 22, 2018
Nonfiction

Immigration Attorney Memoir Reads Like Espionage Thriller

It’s a collection of immigration case histories that read more like espionage thrillers, populated with KGB agents, nuclear whistle-blowers, and even accused terrorists fighting for their lives as well as legal standing in the U.S. With the publication of Safe Haven in America: Battles to Open the Golden Door (American Bar Association),…
Jim Alkon
September 6, 2018
Nonfiction

How Oxenberg Saved Her Daughter from Cult Clutches

Sometimes a book is ripped from the headlines. Sometimes it’s the other way around. Captive (Gallery Books), a blow-by-blow account of actress Catherine Oxenberg’s determination to save her daughter and bring down the Nxivm sex cult, reads like fiction. But you can’t make a story like this up. Oxenberg says Nxivm brainwashed…
Joanna Poncavage
August 20, 2018