(Moon of the.. #2)
Waubgeshig Rice
★★★★
Monthly archives: November 2023
Bedsit Disco Queen: How I Grew Up and Tried to Be a Pop Star
by Tracey Thorn
Can read like fiction in memoir form for someone who hadn’t heard any of her music before picking this up. I loved the self-deprecation, thoughts on politics and music in the 70s and 80s, and the irrepressible spirit of creativity.
We Are the Crisis
Convergence Saga #2
Cadwell Turnbull
★★★★
An Echo in the City
by K.X. Song
★★★½
Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview and Other Conversations
by Octavia E. Butler
Less a parade of interviewers who haven’t read her work asking the same flat questions than usual. She only had to mention Devil Girl from Mars once out of the ten and refer to Steve Barnes and Samuel R. Delany twice. Delany’s intro is disjointed and abrupt, … Read more
Sonic Life
by Thurston Moore
Searing, poetic. Unexpectedly at least 30% music journalism. Got to know a couple of names I want to check out more of. I loved hearing about the X-Ray Spex concert, about Freezer Burn, Flower, I wanted to hear it all. The exchange with Sun Ra made me tear … Read more
The Book of Witches
by Jonathan Strahan (Editor)
- “What Is a Witch?” Jonathan Strahan ★½
- “Seed of Power” Linda D. Addison ★★
- “What I Remember of Oresha Moon Dragon Devshrata” P. Djèlí Clark ★★★½
- “The Luck Thief” Tade Thompson ★★★½
- “Good Spells” Ken Liu ★★★
- “The Liar” Darcie Little Badger ★★★★★
- “Met Swallow” Cassandra Khaw
Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business
by Roxane Gay
Essays I appreciated most:
- “Hate That Doesn’t Hide”
- “Can I Enjoy Art but Denounce the Artist?”
- “Jada Pinkett Smith Shouldn’t Have to Take a Joke. Neither Should You.”
Let Us Descend
by Jesmyn Ward
★★★½