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Making knots into rainbows.

Ideas: alternative education, neurodiversity, non-violence, cultural studies, collaborative parenting, HAES, anti-racism, permaculture. Interests: memoir, BIPOC fiction, Palestine, California, Ireland, DCP stories, nature writing, creative geography, cookbooks, graphic novels, picture books, poetry, guidebooks. About: White cis woman. Unschooling parent. PhD in English/Feminist Theory, specializing in 19th-20th century California domestic fiction. Volunteer support group moderator. Healing CPTSD. Bagel maker and haphazard gardener.

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Sun Shining on Morning Snow: A Memoir of Identity, Loss, and Living Boldly (2025, Page Two Press)
Laziness Does Not Exist (2021, Atria Books)
Day in the Life of Abed Salama (2023, Holt & Company, Henry)

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Braiding Sweetgrass (Hardcover, 2013, Milkweed Editions)
Trust Kids! (2022, AK Press Distribution)
What It Takes to Heal (2024, Random House Publishing Group)

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O (2022, Penguin Publishing Group)
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage (2013, Harper Perennial)
So You Want to Talk About Race
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reviewed The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

The River Has Roots (EBook, 2025, Tordotcom) 5 stars

“Oh what is stronger than a death? Two sisters singing with one breath.”

In the …

A satisfying and puzzling dream-like fairytale

5 stars

This book felt like jumping into a raft on fast river knowing you'd be picked up and carried home at the end, but surprised over and over along the way.

It's a quick fairytale and a satisfying story, and while at first I didn't appreciate some of the strangeness of the world-making, by the end it sits right and will stay with me.

The characters are somewhat flat, but in that way it's more of a fable than a novel or even short story, so it works.

reviewed So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want to Talk About Race 5 stars

In this breakout book, Ijeoma Oluo explores the complex reality of today's racial landscape--from white …

Clarity to start conversations and move into action

5 stars

There is so much clarity in this book. I'm a white person who has been doing anti-racist work for decades, and I still get muddled when trying to talk to people about things like cultural appropriation and microaggressions. Ijeoma is gifted as combining personal stories with impactful, concise summaries of emotionally charged topics. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to take steps toward equality.