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Had the chance to read this exclusively before it's officially published while visiting Lore Leimert Park bookstore in LA. What an evocative visual series of the trials and tribulations the Fontenelle family had. When I looked up what became of them afterwards it added infinitely to the legacy Parks intended his coverage of them to have spotlighting the gripping cycle of poverty.
I can't forget the close up photo of Norman Fontenelle Sr. with unshed tears in his eyes. This and the rest are truly what it means when pictures are "worth a thousand words."
I am only now just discovering him and the media of visual essays, but Gordon Parks did some important work in his lifetime. This is more than a read for artistry, it is the soul-felt window into the parts and people society tries to discard.
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Had the chance to read this exclusively before it's officially published while visiting Lore Leimert Park bookstore in LA. What an evocative visual series of the trials and tribulations the Fontenelle family had. When I looked up what became of them afterwards it added infinitely to the legacy Parks intended his coverage of them to have spotlighting the gripping cycle of poverty.
I can't forget the close up photo of Norman Fontenelle Sr. with unshed tears in his eyes. This and the rest are truly what it means when pictures are "worth a thousand words."
I am only now just discovering him and the media of visual essays, but Gordon Parks did some important work in his lifetime. This is more than a read for artistry, it is the soul-felt window into the parts and people society tries to discard.
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The City of Brass
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Drowned in the Name of Love (Piracy for Lovers, #1)
Rut S. Díaz
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The City of Brass
S.A. Chakraborty
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I know it's not about him but (*inhales deeply) NOT ENOUGH AKIRA.
(*exhale, gains composure)
Anyway, excellent court intrigue and myth building. Would make for a great Xianxia C-drama. Saw that there won't be a sequel (and I mean, why would there when it's been almost a decade? 😭) but an on-screen adaption of this would satisfy my curiosity because that epilogue, hello?? Criminal. Worth a thousand cuts.
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Drowned in the Name of Love (Piracy for Lovers, #1)
Rut S. Díaz