Lady Q: The Rise & Fall of a Latin Queen – by Reymundo Sanchez and Sonia Rodriguez (non-fiction/biography) I was very interested in reading this book about a woman’s perspective on the gang life. My family affiliation was not with the Latin Kings and I myself was never in the gang, so I’ve always wondered [...]
Archive for the ‘Criticism’ Category
Lady Q: The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen
September 10, 2010
Critique & Review: The Jewel of Medina
March 7, 2009
The Jewel of Medina By Sherry Jones Beaufort Books To start with, I direct you to my review of this book that is posted at Feminist Review. The audience at Feminist Review is obviously not the same audience at this blog, and I adhere to editorial guidelines regarding word count and the purpose of [...]
Re-Writing the Words of Allah
December 8, 2008
Originally posted on the Writeous Sister Speaks blog on April 17, 2007. This is not actually a review, as to this day I have not actually read Bakhtiar’s interpretation and probably won’t ever get around to it. This post was written in response to Bakhtiar’s own words about why she felt a new interpretation of [...]
