book reviews
Reviews of the best poetry books, collections and anthologies; discover poems and up-and-coming poets across all cultures, genres and themes.
The Joy Luck Club
Generational Gap of mothers and daughters, Circumstances shared. "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan is one of my all time favorite books which embraces the long term relationship of four women from China and their daughters. It was later turned into a movie starring Ming-Na Wen. It is another book where efforts were made to ban at high school in Wisconsin back in 2004 although it has not faced being banned at this time.
By C. H. Richard3 years ago in Poets
The Color Purple
Pain struck her throughout Yet the color of peace would Show her the way home. "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker has faced book bans since it was first published in 1982. Yet it is a novel based on a woman finding her own self-worth while facing racism and domestic violence all through her life. The book won a Pulitzer Prize and was turned into an Academy Award nominated movie starring Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey. The ending still makes me cry. I highly recommend both book and movie if you have not read or seen.
By C. H. Richard3 years ago in Poets
Brave New World
Dystopian tale Caste line, where technology Controls life. Wait, what? Brave New World by Aldous Huxley was a must read in my sophomore year of English class at an all girls Catholic high school. There are just some books that will stay with you for your entire life. This was one of them for me. Now it is banned in many school districts for explicit content. I guess the nuns in the 1980's were ahead of themselves.
By C. H. Richard3 years ago in Poets
