by Naomi Fontaine
★★★
Category archives: ★★★
Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution
by Susan Stryker
★★★
Exhalation: Stories
by Ted Chiang
Many of the stories are glaringly built around a fixed idea so that the notes at the end are redundant—or are more interesting than the stories themselves. The surrounding texts are more filler than breathing worlds. “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate”, “The Lifecycle of Software Objects”, and … Read more
Flight
by Sherman Alexie
★★★
Interior Chinatown
by Charles Yu
★★★
The Whale Rider
by Witi Ihimaera
★★★
The Seep
by Chana Porter
★★★
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
by Cathy Park Hong
★★★
Whose Story Is This? Old Conflicts, New Chapters
by Rebecca Solnit
Her metaphors seem to take on the teetering logic of numerology. “Voter Suppression Begins at Home” brought up something I never thought about before though.
Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being
by Amy Fung
★★★
The Sasquatch at Home: Traditional Protocols & Modern Storytelling
by Eden Robinson
★★★
Empire of Wild
by Cherie Dimaline
★★★
Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories & Songs
by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
★★★
How We Fight White Supremacy
by Akiba Solomon, Kenrya Rankin (Editors)
★★★
I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes from the End of the World
by Kai Cheng Thom
★★★
Celia’s Song
by Lee Maracle
★★★
The Deep
by Rivers Solomon
★★★
The Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing
by Anneliese A. Singh
★★★
Searching for Sylvie Lee
by Jean Kwok
The parts I appreciated touch on the experiences of children and grandchildren of immigrants in Europe. The socialisation of dehumanisation—with a quick sampling in racist children’s songs, the German version of rock-paper-scissors (if you point it out to them they say, ‘What? That’s what Chinese sounds like’), television … Read more
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
by Laila Lalami
★★★