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Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals by Saidiya Hartman
Did not finish book. Stopped at 32%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 32%.
Didn't have time before the end of the semester— will continue when I have time!
Mend: Poems by Kwoya Fagin Maples
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Racism, Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Medical trauma
Twice Alive by Forrest Gander
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
This book was so so so solid. So much of it was surprising and fresh, and other pieces, while heavy, felt deep and wild and attractive.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual content
Lots of euphemism between the lover and the beloved and nature/natural processes— feels steamy sometimes!
Look: Poems by Solmaz Sharif
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: War, Xenophobia, and Violence
Minor: Islamophobia
Silencing the Past by Michel-Rolph Trouillot
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Colonisation, War, Violence, Slavery, and Racism
Who makes history, how, and why? Trouillot's book seeks to illustrate these questions. An accessible yet dense read with challenging subject material, pair this reading with Silencing All the Brutes, available to stream on HBO Max. Worth the read!
Silent Anatomies: 2014 Kore Press First Book Winner Selected by Joy Harjo by Monica Ong, Joy Harjo
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Minor: War and Medical content
Tracheal Centrifuge by Steve Carll
adventurous
dark
funny
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
3.75
A collection of chapbook-size projects, ("Drugs", "Hamburger", etc.,), Tracheal Centrifuge addresses questions of consumption, culture, and politic in a balance of serious and humorous prose and free-verse poems.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug use, War, and Grief