Cindy Simmons

“Lucretia Mott’s Heresy: Abolition and Women’s Rights in 19th Century America” is a delicious history. The book draws heavily from the letters of Lucretia…

I believe in party dresses.My mother and I both use clothes to make a statement.For 26 years, my mother, Margaret Simmons, worked as a high school home ec…

I got Michael Pollan’s book “How to Change Your Mind” because I am interested in how hallucinogenic drug use influenced the counter-culture of the…

I heard an interview with Nadine Burke Harris and immediately bought her book “The Deepest Well.”Nadine Burke Harris is a doctor in a clinic that serves…

I have been a fan of Sherman Alexie’s since I saw his 1998 movie “Smoke Signals.” His new memoir, “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me,” gives a…