https://www.phiereads.com/poetry-of-the-month daily 0.75 2021-04-21 https://www.phiereads.com/poetry-of-the-month/february-potm-dont-call-us-dead-by-danez-smith monthly 0.5 2021-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607f4e4d595a72686656b7e1/1618962735449-NCZKRO1I6UPSYAAELOA5/dead.jpg Poetry of the Month - February POtM - Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith - Title: Don’t Call Us Dead Author: Danez Smith Published: 2017 Rating: ★★★★★ here, there’s no language for officer or law, no color to call white. if snow fell, it’d be black. please, don’t call us dead, call us alive someplace better. https://www.phiereads.com/poetry-of-the-month/january-potm-the-ants-by-sawako-nakayasu monthly 0.5 2021-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607f4e4d595a72686656b7e1/1618962981257-A2DAT8ZEVA523GI0ADXA/ants.jpg Poetry of the Month - January POtM - The Ants by Sawako Nakayasu - Title: The Ants Author: Sawako Nakayasu Published: 2014 Rating: ★★★★ “When I tell the story about the man who came up to me and opened up his bag and offered me one of a teeming million wiggling ants in his bag, the whole table goes silent and I am reminded all over again how hard it is to get along with the women in this country.” https://www.phiereads.com/poetry-of-the-month/tag/black+history+month monthly 0.5 https://www.phiereads.com/poetry-of-the-month/tag/Sawako+Nakayasu monthly 0.5 https://www.phiereads.com/poetry-of-the-month/tag/danez+smith monthly 0.5 https://www.phiereads.com/poetry-of-the-month/tag/book+review monthly 0.5 https://www.phiereads.com/poetry-of-the-month/tag/poetry monthly 0.5 https://www.phiereads.com/monthly-wrapups daily 0.75 2022-02-04 https://www.phiereads.com/monthly-wrapups/may-wrap-up monthly 0.5 2021-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607f4e4d595a72686656b7e1/1621813631384-7ISBJSQALVBX45WTO2HU/strangers.jpg Monthly Wrap-Ups - May Wrap-Up – The Very Musical Month of May - Talking to Strangers - Malcolm Gladwell This is the second book for this month where I definitely recommend listening to the audiobook! Malcolm Gladwell discusses in depth the ways in which we misunderstand those around us, through the lens of several famous events. He answers questions such as, why was Amanda Knox convicted in her trial even though she was seemingly completely innocent? Why did American officials believe Adolf Hitler when he swore there would be no World War? How did Bernie Madoff head the largest Ponzi scheme in history? 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