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Shuang-zi Yang, Lin King: Taiwan Travelogue (EBook, 2024, Graywolf Press)

A bittersweet story of love between two women, nested in an artful exploration of language, …

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This book is a heartbreaking representation of the ways colonialism & racism affect our most intimate relationships. As Kimmortal says, “Real, real love’s in decolonization / total liberation of all nations.” This book is a step on the path towards love. 🥲

Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Message (2024, Random House Publishing Group)

Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of …

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For me, the last section of The Message was the most impactful. I am so grateful that Coates returned to “the Palestine question” here and treated it with the care and respect it deserves. It’s refreshing to see a celebrated author admit that he got something wrong.

L. E. (Lynn E.) Bragg: A river lost (1995, Hancock House)

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I think that all children growing up in the “Columbia” River basin (the region whose lands and people dams like Grand Coulee have devastated) should read this! Virgil “Smoker” Marchand was a locally famous metal sculptor & Arrow Lakes tribal member. It’s lovely to see his illustrations in here.

adrienne maree brown, Walidah Imarisha: Octavia's Brood (Paperback, 2015, AK Press)

Whenever we envision a world without war, without prisons, without capitalism, we are producing speculative …

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I am thankful to this anthology for giving me some tools to survive the next phase of the disaster we are living in. I love the concept of visionary fiction. Definitely worth a read!!

Francis Dupuis-Déri, Benjamin Pillet, Clifton Ariwakehte Nicholas, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Véronique Hébert: Anarcho-Indigenism (2023, Pluto Press)

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I loved reading about a wide variety of approaches & contexts in one place. The text provided some context to make commentary fairly accessible to someone with little background, but it also prompted me to do my own research to engage more meaningfully with the critiques. I found the interviewees’ challenges to the interviewers were informative and useful and appreciated their inclusion, though I take other reviewers’ points about the interviewers’ shortfalls. I learned a lot and have ideas of where to look to learn more.

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Me encantó todo. En partículas fue muy interesante que incluyeran dos historias traducidas con su versión original (en inglés y kaqchikel respectivamente).

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My favorite part was the poetry written in stanzas, and I especially loved listening to the author’s Theory of Ice album using the poems as lyrics.

R. F. Kuang: Yellowface (Hardcover, 2023, HarperCollins Publishers Limited)

What's the harm in a pseudonym? New York Times bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not …

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I am a huge fan of Babel. This book is so different! The biggest similarity is that weeks later, I still keep thinking of certain scenes. Kuang’s use of an unlikeable main character made the entire book uncomfortable to read. I think that’s part of why so many turns of phrase stuck in my mind. Also, I’ve started making pandan pancakes…

Louise Erdrich: Mighty Red (2024, HarperCollins Publishers) No rating

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The writing is excellent, and I loved learning about the internal lives of the large cast of characters. The commentary on environmental destruction was devastating and beautiful. But I did not love this book. The plot was strange in a way that is not as interesting to me as the way others of Erdrich’s plots are strange.

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback, 2000, Ace Trade)

"One of my favorite novels is The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K Le …

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I really enjoyed what I perceived as the romantic subplot. After the first 75 pages or so, I was drawn in and read the rest very quickly.

Matika Wilbur: Project 562 (Hardcover, 2022, Ten Speed Press)

A photographic and narrative celebration of contemporary Native American life and cultures, alongside an in-depth …

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The last line of this book - “The future is Indigenous.” - hit me so hard after reading all of the stories in the book, including so many people who had passed on before the book’s publication. I’m so thankful this beautiful book exists! I bought it for my parents, and it sits in their living room where they flip through it and read a story at a time rather than reading it cover to cover. I appreciate that Project 562 offers multiple ways to engage with its content.

P. Djèlí Clark: Ring Shout (Hardcover, 2020, Tor.com)

IN AMERICA, DEMONS WEAR WHITE HOODS. In 1915, The Birth of a Nation cast a …

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I really enjoyed immersing myself in this world that is almost ours but not quite. The violence throughout and conclusion were satisfying.