Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

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gay's review against another edition

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medium-paced

1.0

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chroniti's review against another edition

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The bits of motivational advice in this book were rare, oh so very rare. Most of it came off as pointless rambling. That part about the smallpox blankets threw me off because comparing the struggles of publishing to the vile act of biological warfare on Native Americans was racist and tone-deaf. A lot of American exceptionalism. I couldn't stand reading through this any longer. 
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rahthesungod's review against another edition

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hopeful informative lighthearted medium-paced

2.0

For novice writers who don’t recommend outdated language regarding marginalized people and strange racism. 
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apollos_books's review against another edition

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slow-paced

2.5

revisited this book after reading it in high school and enjoying it. sadly i really did not like it very much this time around. this book is heavier on the memoir than the reference side of things, which is fine but i was searching for more guidance on writing. i took notes on everything directly related to how to write, including inspiring quotes, and in total it fit about 3 pages of a word doc. 

also...this book aged very poorly. lamott makes several extremely sus, lazy comments about race throughout the book, which significantly reduced her credibility for me. there are also a number of references in this book that i did not understand at all. at least the writing advice, when included, is timeless. 
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