A review by bibliophage
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

“I was jealous, of course, partly that by avoiding the academic race beat, Genie had sidestepped the daily trauma of the historical record, the sometimes brutality and sometimes banality of anti-Blackness, the loop of history that was always a noose if you looked at it long enough.”
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A collection of short stories that looks closely at race, history, culture, and relationships. Some of these stories felt fully rounded out and some felt more like vignettes (I like both forms) and at least two of these stories has stuck with me weeks and months after I read this collection. Overall I thought all of the stories were relevant in 2021 and some stories were much stronger than others––but isn't that often the case with short stories?