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Rory Andes’s Review of “My Stroke Of Insight” by Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD
In her remarkable book, My Stroke Of Insight by neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD, I was taken on her profoundly objective tour of her own life trauma. As a neuroanatomist who taught and performed research at Harvard Medical School, when Taylor had an abrupt...
From GED to PhD
Photo by Taha Mazandarani on Unsplash I have been incarcerated for over twenty years now, a lifetime for many. When I was 21-years-old, I took a man's life in a fight that I started. Yet, while I unquestionably deserve to be in prison, I never wanted to be a man who...
Rory Andes’s Review of “The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street” by Helene Hanff
In her follow up volume to "84, Charing Cross Road", Hanff takes you on a ride through her adventures in London in "The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street." After 20 years of corresponding with the Doel family and a burning desire to visit London, Hanff finally cashes in on...
18 and Change
Photo by kalei peek on Unsplash We don't see things the way they are. We see them the way we are. — The Talmud Most teenagers can't wait to turn 18, a time marked by the independence (and adventure) of them moving out on their own, embarking on their dreams via...
Tempted by the Taste of Tomorrow, A Work of Fiction…
Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash He knew it was deep. He felt the blade push against his body and knock him off center. And another one. And another. Fifteen times as he tried to get out of the grasp of the two guys holding him. He felt no pain though. All he could...
Rory Andes’s Review of 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
After finishing "84, Charing Cross Road" by Helene Hanff, I couldn't help but be mesmerized by the power of correspondence. Hanff, through her own personal accounts, shares the ability to know the people you've never met. As an incarcerated person myself, most new...