21 Wednesday Nov 2012
Posted in Books, History, Non-Fiction
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Dana Frank, For Books' Sake, Haymarket Books, Labour History, Occupy Wall Street, Strke, The 1937 Woolworth's Sit-Down
The 1937 Woolworth’s Sit-Down: Women Strikers Occupy Chain Store, Win Big, a new pamphlet by Dana Frank, takes a fresh, feminist look at American labour history, with lessons for today’s Occupy movement. You can read my review at For Books’ Sake.
16 Friday Nov 2012
Posted in Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction
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Bury Me Standing, For Books' Sake, Gypsies, Isabel Fonseca, Little Gypsy, Louise Doughty, My 3 Favourite, Roma, Roxy Freeman, Stone Cradle, Travellers
Over at For Books’ Sake today, I examine three books that each take a very different look at the lives of Gypsies and Travellers.
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28 Friday Sep 2012
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, Periodicals
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My review of Lawrence Schiller’s Marilyn & Me: A Memoir in Words and Photographs has been published in Issue 25 of the Mad About Marilyn fanzine, which also includes an in-depth profile of photographer Earl Thiesen and ‘I Dress for Men’, an article penned by Marilyn herself in 1953.
You can read my review in full here. For more details on Mad About Marilyn, contact emmadowning@blueyonder.co.uk
14 Friday Sep 2012
Posted in Amy Winehouse, Books, Music, Non-Fiction
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Remembering Amy Winehouse, born 29 years ago today… Continue reading
23 Thursday Aug 2012
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction
Marilyn Monroe is one of the most chronicled women of the modern age. In the fifty years since her death, she has been a muse to the literary set, and the subject of gossipy exposés. Continue reading
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