A review by wackomac007
How to Read Now by Elaine Castillo

5.0

For those of immigrant cultural heritage and wrestling to reconcile their colonial past and colonial imaginations with their present circumstances, not knowing how to decolonize and return to what was. Elaine Castillo’s How to Read Now is a soothing balm like the one my dad puts on his nose during a cold, it stings and burns but in its wake it leaves behind a peace and comfort.
It tackles the minutia of that which is felt subconsciously and in our body. The book helps you find them. The book is an invitation into decolonizing your story and helping you release those trapped words and embodied feelings.