#What do you do when your mother is Miriam Toews?

#What do you do when your mother is Miriam Toews?

“What do you do when your mother is Miriam Toews?” Midway through Georgia Toews’s debut novel, Hey, Good Luck Out There, the protagonist, Bobbi, has just finished a gruelling stint in rehab for alcohol addiction. Kicked out of her bedbug-infested apartment, she ends up wandering through the streets of Toronto dragging along a small carry-on…

Read More
#NYC kids need real books, not woke BS

#NYC kids need real books, not woke BS

“NYC kids need real books, not woke BS” Anastasia Higginbotham, a white Brooklynite children’s book author, knows what New York City kids need to learn. Not math or English or science. Nope: They need lessons on racism. And queerness. And liberation.  All are themes in her “What You Don’t Know” — a book that has…

Read More
#Vice President Kamala Harris made 0,000 in book royalties

#Vice President Kamala Harris made $450,000 in book royalties

“Vice President Kamala Harris made $450,000 in book royalties” Vice President Harris hauled in nearly half a million dollars in book royalties during her first year in office, ethics disclosure forms show. Harris reported $325,000 in royalty earnings from her 2019 book “The Truths We Hold,” and another $130,000 for her children’s book “Superheroes Are…

Read More