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Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals by Saidiya Hartman

lsparrow's review against another edition

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2.0

i loved the idea of this book and also how it tried to tell the stories of lives that have often been untold. But I just felt that they were only quick snap shots and I wanted a bit more. It also felt that it jumped around too much. I wanted more of a cohesive story.

lavenderwitch's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

oliviawilsson's review against another edition

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hopeful informative slow-paced

4.5

A revelation of archival work that I have been wanting to read for years. I wish there were markers for the endnotes (reading this in a digital edition would be impossible). 

docturman's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

spiralbody's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

sadepetlele's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

ratsirk's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.0

11corvus11's review against another edition

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5.0

I will be revisiting this in print form to give it the proper attention it deserves.

luvandkiwi's review against another edition

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5.0

Heartbreaking and beautiful. I held each image and each story so close to my heart. May these wayward ancestors of ours be affirmed and honored.

hornr's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0