Reader's Place: March 7, 2022
This Women’s History Month we’re celebrating women artists working in a variety of media, over 3 centuries.
You got anything stronger? : stories, by Gabrielle Union, 2021. (Library Catalog, eBook, eAudio)
We're Going to Need More Wine... plus a few shots--acclaimed activist, actress, and New York Times bestselling author Gabrielle Union is back with an even more intimate, revealing, and powerful collection of essays.
Leonora in the morning light, by Michaela Carter, 2021. (Library Catalog, eBook)
As Leonora and Max embark on remarkable journeys together and apart, the full story of their tumultuous and passionate love affair unfolds, spanning time and borders as they seek to reunite and reclaim their creative power in a world shattered by war. When their paths cross with Peggy Guggenheim, an art collector and socialite working to help artists escape to America, nothing will be the same.
Luster, by Raven Leilani, 2020. (Library Catalog, eBook, eAudio)
Edie is stumbling her way through her twenties--sharing a subpar apartment in Bushwick, clocking in and out of her admin job, making a series of inappropriate sexual choices. She is also haltingly, fitfully giving heat and air to the art that simmers inside her. And then she meets Eric, a digital archivist with a family in New Jersey, including an autopsist wife who has agreed to an open marriage--with rules. Luster is a portrait of a young woman trying to make sense of her life--her hunger, her anger--in a tumultuous era.
Broken horses, by Brandi Carlile, 2021. (Library Catalog, eBook, eAudio)
As an openly gay teenager, Brandi grappled with the tension between her sexuality and her faith when her pastor publicly refused to baptize her on the day of the ceremony. Shockingly, her small town rallied around Brandi in support and set her on a path to salvation where the rest of the misfits and rejects find it: through twisted, joyful, weird, and wonderful music.
Art is a tyrant: the unconventional life of Rosa Bonheur, by Catherine Hewitt, 2020. (Library Catalog)
In 19th century France, Rosa Bonheur was one of the most celebrated artists of her day for her animal portraits and her scenes of rural life. She shared her home and life with Nathalie Micas, Nathalie’s mother and a menagerie of animals.
Sunshine girl: a memoir, by Julianna Margulies, 2021. (Library Catalog, eBook, eAudio)
Known for her outstanding performances on The Good Wife and ER, Julianna Margulies now unleashes her sharp talent with a powerful debut memoir chronicling her life and her work, examining from within, her journey from chaos to calm. Raised in fairly unconventional ways in various homes in Paris, England, New York, and New Hampshire, Julianna's role among the turmoil and uncertainty that her parents generated, was to comfort those around her, find organization among the disorder, and eventually make her way in the world as a young adult and eventually an Award-winning actress.
Compiled by Ina Rimpau