I don’t know whether Barbara Ehrenreich is entirely sincere in her new book, Natural Causes.   Gabriel Winant thinks she is and argues the author’s intent is to “refute the idea that it’s possible to control the course and shape of one’s biology or emotional life…”

I don’t click on Amazon much.  Their sales strategy bothers me. For example, why I should pay almost $200 a year for the benefit of “free” shipping.  Do I detect an oxymoron here?  No matter.  I’m a bricks-and-mortar person.   The last item I purchased was an electric to

  The month of May marks a new beginning for Just Read it and  for me.  Just Read it is the 10 minute YouTube video program Susan Stoner and I have co-hosted over the last 4 years.  During each show, a Portland, Oregon author joined us to discuss a book from the New York Times

I came across an excerpt from Barbara Ehrenreich’s latest book, Living with a Wild God, recently.  (“Zapped by the Invisible World,” The Baffler, Vol. 25, 2014, pg. 13.)  I’ve  never read her any of her works but this segment spoke to my interest in mystical experiences. Sh

In August, I read a review of Barbara Ehrenreich’s new book, Living with a Wild God. (Blog 8/11/14)  The work centers around an experience in her early life which she describes as a shift in her level of consciousness.  Having had a similar experience in my 40s, I decided to get m

Barbara Ehrenreich’s recent article about mindfulness gave me a laugh.  “…in the Bay Area, I learned that rich locals liked to unwind at Buddhist monasteries in the hills, where, for a few thousand dollars, they could spend a weekend doing manual labor for the monks.” (“Min

Years ago, when I was misdiagnosed with a form of incurable cancer, I resorted to meditation to battle the disease.  But, according to Barbara Ehrenreich, writing in Baffler, meditation was the  worst activity in which I could have engaged.  (“Terror Cells,” by Barbara Ehrenrei