Ivy Digest
New Year with Old Friends
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions because I don’t like setting myself up for failure. Instead, I declutter my books.I always start off the year with high hopes of reading a bundle of books. But […]
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The Gift of Books
I’m always thrilled when I get a new book. I can’t wait to go home and read it. I love being the first to crack open a book and flip its pages. Sometimes I can […]
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The stigma of mental illness
A mental illness is a condition that affects a person’s thinking, feeling, behavior or mood. These conditions deeply impact day-to-day living and may also affect the ability to relate to others.” (National Alliance of Mental […]
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When a recipe for murder is ignored
I was excited to read “Arsenic and Adobo” by Mia Manansala, a Filipino-American in Chicago. This year’s book trends show that US publishers have actively sought non-white, Asian, and female writers—authors historically ignored in the […]
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BOOK TRENDS 2021
While the 2020 pandemic raged around the world, racists raged against Asians. Amid the abuse, Asian books surged in popularity. The book-into-movie “Crazy Rich Asians” in 2018 signaled the worldwide bankability of Asians in movies […]