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Minnesota · MinnesotaReviewed by Leslie Lindsay Twenty years ago, in a Prairie-style community hospital in the middle of a Minnesota cornfield, I gave birth to my first daughter. Like Erica Stern, I was on the edge of a new frontier. Like Erica Stern, I had idealized motherhood through tender diaper commercials and anodyne magazines with blisteringly serene mother-baby moments. Having lived in New Orleans, Stern relocated to Chicago. After my time in Minnesota, I re…Read Article
REVIEW: Frontier: A Memoir & a Ghost Story by Erica Stern
United States · United StatesReviewed by Carolyn Roy-Bornstein What many of us know about orphans has been shaped largely around fiction. From the comic strip Little Orphan Annie to the novel series The Boxcar Children; from Annie the musical to after school TV specials like Party of Five, the narrative arc of the American orphan is the same. Parents die an untimely death. Orphaned children are taken in by cruel adults who serve to magnify the children’s misfortune. Ultimat…Read Article
REVIEW: The Sun Won’t Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood by Kristen Martin
North Korea · North KoreaReviewed by Dorothy Rice The Boat Not Taken: A North Korean Daughter and Her Mother’s Story (Betty; May 2025) by Joanna Choi Kalbus is one of the first titles from WTAW Press’ (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit) new imprint, Betty, established by director and editor-in-chief Peg Alford Purcell specifically for books by women, with the goal of showcasing the diversity of women’s voices. Choi Kalbus’ memoir is a particularly apt choice for the fledgling impri…Read Article
