by Roxane Gay
★★★½
Monthly archives: June 2017
Anne of Green Gables
by L.M. Montgomery
★★★½
The Power
by Naomi Alderman
A fantasy I could indulge in but philosophically unimaginative, positing only that power corrupts. A simple reversal without consideration of history of oppression, blanketing humanity with the empathic capacity of a child wanting to be king of the hill.
Binti
(Binti #1)
by Nnedi Okorafor
★★★
We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation
by Jeff Chang
★★★½
Shy Radicals: The Antisystemic Politics of the Militant Introvert
by Hamja Ahsan
The title is excellent.
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
★★★½
The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin
★★★★½
The Witch and Other Stories
by Anton Chekhov
Incidentally, my favourite short stories by Chekhov are not found in this collection. They are: “At Christmas Time”, “The Horse-Stealers”, and “A Nincompoop”.