Dina Gachman

4 days ago | estadao.com.br | Dina Gachman

Quando criança crescendo no Zimbábue, Peter Godwin viu vizinhos sendo assassinados por guerrilheiros durante a guerra civil que eclodiu na luta pela independência da Grã-Bretanha. Antes de completar 18 anos, ele foi convocado para o exército. Mais tarde, escreveu sobre conflitos da África do Sul à Bósnia e Ucrânia, atuou como advogado de direitos humanos e foi deixado para morrer perto de um campo de refugiados no norte da Somália.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Dina Gachman

Peter Godwin, who has seen death up close a few times over the course of his life, examines grief and belonging in a new memoir, "Exit Wounds."Credit... Ahmed Gaber for The New York Times As a child growing up in Zimbabwe, Peter Godwin saw neighbors murdered by guerrillas during the civil war that broke out during the fight for independence from Britain. Before he turned 18, he was conscripted into the army.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Dina Gachman

This month's picks include a modern spin on a classic book and a "Lion King" prequel. Based on Judith Viorst's beloved children's book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day," this new iteration of the tale centers on Alexander Garcia (the adorable Thom Nemer from FX's "Snowfall") and a road trip gone, of course, horribly wrong. Alex's mother, Val (Eva Longoria), wants to inspire some family bonding by bringing her children to Mexico City to get in touch with their roots.

1 month ago | thewest.com.au | Dina Gachman

When Ione Skye was in middle school in the early 1980s, a group of popular, mean girls she calls “the Aprils” brought her — shy, bookish, not yet famous — into their intimidating fold. She was surprised they even knew her name. “Part of me wanted to punch the girls’ smug faces,” she writes in her memoir Say Everything, just released through HarperCollins. Another part of her, though, “burned with excitement”. Those preteen memories, which she wrote down, felt important. Cinematic, even.

1 month ago | texashighways.com | Dina Gachman |Tyson Bird

A storm raged as we cruised out of the suburbs along Interstate 10 toward Houston’s Montrose neighborhood. It was 1991, and my friend Ehren and I had driven that route so many times in the two years since we’d turned 16, our tire tracks had probably worn their own grooves into the asphalt. The neighborhood was a sanctuary to us, a place ruled by misfits and artists, where we could check out vintage stores like Timeless Taffeta before catching a matinee of the Madonna: Truth or Dare documentary.