nonfiction – books

Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler

by Susana M. Morris

★★★¼

The Probiotic Promise: Simple Steps to Heal Your Body from the Inside Out

by Michelle Schoffro Cook

★★★¼

The Idea of An Entire Life: Poems

by Billy-Ray Belcourt

★★★¾

Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet

by Taylor Lorenz

★★★¾

Le Charme discret de l’intestin

by Giulia Enders

★★★½

Darm mit Charme: Alles über ein unterschätztes Organ

by Giulia Enders

★★★½

This Woman’s Work: Essays on Music

Kim Gordon, Sinéad Gleeson (Editors)

“Music on the Internet Has No Context” Kim Gordon ★★★★
“Broadside Ballads” Liz Pelly ★★★★★
“Sonic Seasonings: The Genius of Wendy Carlos” Sinéad Gleeson” ★★★★★

Soif de sang

by Rivers Solomon

“Blood Is Another Word for Hunger” ★★★½
“Damned and Damaged Vessels” ★★★★
“Black Girl Going Mad” ★★★★
“Flux/Feed” ★★★
“Avant d’être avalée/Prior to Being Swallowed Up” ★★½
“En appuyant sur la détente/Whose Heart I Long to Stop with the Click of a Revolver” ★★★½
“Prudent Girls” ★★★
“Certains

Drugs Are Nice: A Post-Punk Memoir

by Lisa Crystal Carver

DNF 27%

A specific era and milieu of pre-internet edgelords. Empty, mean, and aboundingly white.

★¾

Say Everything

by Ione Skye

★★★¾

Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun: An Almanac of Extreme Girlhood

by Jackie Wang

★★★½

Jokes My Father Never Taught Me

by Rain Pryor

★★★

Pryor Convictions: And Other Life Sentences

by Richard Pryor

★★★¾

Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

by Adeline Yen Mah

★★★¼