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rowansbookcorner's review
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
3.75
Another good book to show people that everything happening in Palestine is not recent at all. I wish it had more exerps talking about Rwanda and Congo but other than that it's was a good book. Very quick read so there wasn't too much depth to it but I'm looking forward to reading more of Alice Walker's work.
lesleynr's review
3.0
Short little book… really just a long article. I enjoy her insights and her use of language to share her experience. The title is misleading, though. There are only a few pages about Rwanda and Congo, and don't feel like she really conveyed "overcoming speechlessness." The book is mainly a recounting of a trip she made to Gaza with Code Pink. I think it's important to add a poet's voice to the chorus of opinions about Israel and Palestine… I craved more. I went to Israel last year and came home… well, mostly speechless. How does one overcome speechlessness? I don't think loss of words is ever Alice Walker's problem… but I still haven't found mine.
blynn817's review
dark
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Torture, Violence, and Death
as_a_tre3's review
5.0
The book explores on the surface of shared struggles within the same structure of struggles based on colonial hierarchy: the Palestines on the Gaza and the Blacks, the Natives on the land of US. The author presents some narratives pointing out how elsewhere in the world, if we are to remain silent over the issues of injustices, history is bound to repeat itself.
hem's review
3.0
An interesting, honest, and sympathetic take on the conflict in Gaza as seen through the eyes of one of America's most renowned witnesses to suffering and beauty.