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zippz's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.25
The sheer scope and diversity of the essays, poems, and stories in this book is amazing. Every piece is thoughtful and expanded my view of the world. I loved the poetry and essays especially. Personally, however, I'm not a fan of excerpts- I think the pieces loose something in their removal of context.
jcampbell's review
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4.5
A fantastic collection of works by various authors. The works encompassed everything; short stories, extracts, poems, and essays. I really enjoyed being able to read the works of a variety of authors the majority of whom I was unfamiliar with.
I definitely have a list of authors to look up and read more from.
I definitely have a list of authors to look up and read more from.
notesonbookmarks's review against another edition
5.0
2 contributors a day, about 10 pages. This took us 3 months and 13 days to read, but we DID IT! While not every contribution landed for me (that would be impossible) I'm still giving this 4.5 stars for the amazing depth and breadth. If I were editor, I'd change a few things about arrangement, but otherwise, excellent.
helenabythebook's review against another edition
I’m going to casually pick this up over time as it should be read 😅
eves_reads_'s review against another edition
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3.0
ka_timbuktu's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
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funny
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informative
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lighthearted
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relaxing
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5.0
The Bible of black African women letters from Cape to Cairo & the diaspora
jadenalex's review
I got the book originally thinking it was only poetry. Since it was also prose, I just read the poetry from it before returning it to the library. I’m sure the rest was good but I was specifically seeking out poetry at the time I put it on hold, so that’s what I was interested in getting from the anthology.
annagrac's review against another edition
4.0
Fascinating collection of writings from women of the African diaspora over the past 150 years. I thoroughly recommend the speech by Diane Abbott which was eye-opening for me.