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Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
Jason De León
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Heavy
Kiese Laymon
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There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
Hanif Abdurraqib
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hey guys it is ollie from booktok i am in desperate need of this book pls lmao
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Please recommend me your favourite engaging reads, something that will take my mind travelling to "other worlds", discoveries, adventures, etc. Recently I read Atalanta and this was exactly what my ADHD mind craves, as it follows the quest of the Argonauts and included lots of different exciting scenarios. It doesn't necessarily have to involve travelling, but if a book gave you this feeling of being constantly engaging, discovering new things, or exploring new topics/territories, please let me know! thaaank you!
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Atalanta
Jennifer Saint
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Someone You Can Build a Nest In
John Wiswell
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I am jumping head first into N.K. Jemisin's writing. I do NOT know what to expect with this--other than this is a meaty book. I've barely glanced at the summary. I don't know if my heart will pound. Will I cry? Will I shake my fist in anger? Will I question my own existence?? Let's see!
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Heretic: A Memoir
Jeanna Kadlec
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Miss Major is a brilliant guiding light. Her love for her community is luminous. She is insightful, cutting through the noise and obfuscation, straight to the marrow of what it means to genuinely and effectively care for each other.
The first 30 pages are an introductory biography by her co-author, and the rest of this short book are transcribed conversations between the two. In other works, Iāve sometimes found transcribed conversations awkward or overburdened by the filler of vernacular. Here, the format feels clear and natural. I get the impression that Miss Major has had a great number of warm and life-affirming conversations with others, and here is one that we are blessed to be able to witness.
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A number of films emerged using our material to make claims that are not accurate. For example, David Franceās film How to Survive a Plague visually and formally argues for an understanding of AIDS activism on the heroic white male individual model, since he did subscribe to the four-to-six-characters prescription, while Jimās film, United in Anger, argues that the success of the movement was, by contrast, a consequence of the profound range of difference in the large group relationships that produced the AIDS coalition, reflecting our understanding that, in America, diverse grassroots movements for change must work together in order to be successful.
Infuriating. I remember hearing about How to Survive a Plague. I didnāt hear about United in Anger. To know that How to Survive a Plague used other peopleās footage and cut around the women, poor people, and people of color to tell a false and palatable-to-power story is rage inducing.
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Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993
Sarah Schulman
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Read Until You Understand has many moments of profound beauty. Griffin writes powerfully about Black American literature and her own connections to it. I found the memoir sections both moving and successfully integrated amongst the literary criticism. I love that Griffin situates the impact of these works in her life, not on some abstract scholarly plane.
I wish that the book had a little more structure, were a little longer, or had a more narrow focus. Many of the sections seemed to end abruptly. Abrupt endings are, sadly, thematic for the work, but I donāt think that was the intention here.
I would recommend this book, both if youāve read many of the works she discusses and are interested in an analysis, or if youāre interested in broadening your reading of Black literature and are seeking an introduction.
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Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
Farah Jasmine Griffin