by Kate Raworth
★★★★
Tag archives: nonfiction
The Cancer Journals
by Audre Lorde
★★★★
A Burst of Light: and Other Essays
by Audre Lorde
★★★★
This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America
by Morgan Jerkins
★½
So You Want to Talk About Race
by Ijeoma Oluo
★★★½
How to American: An Immigrant’s Guide to Disappointing Your Parents
by Jimmy O. Yang
I enjoyed reading most about his return visit to Hong Kong, his personal reflections on identity and belonging. Even tempered with self-deprecation, the rest is a little bit too in the belly of noxious standards of success and masculinity. I would be like his father, though, and … Read more
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
by Pénélope Bagieu
I like the artwork and intention but the writing is awkward to troublesome. There’s a white feminist implication that ‘of course’ racism didn’t exist in France. Two women incidental to a featured woman are called ‘jealous shrews’. Just a couple of examples.
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
by Audre Lorde
★★★★★
Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics in the Age of Crisis
by George Monbiot
★★★½
Double Cup Love
by Eddie Huang
★★★
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
by Jane Mayer
★★★★★
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
by Roxane Gay
★★★½
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.
The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin
★★★★½
The Chinese in America: A Narrative History
by Iris Chang
★★★★★
The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up
by Liao Yiwu
★★½
Mom & Me & Mom
(Maya Angelou’s Autobiography #7)
by Maya Angelou
This is not written in Maya’s voice. Her previous six autobiographies are among my favourite books. Mom & Me & Mom is largely a diminished retelling—of an incredible and heartening life.
Citizen: An American Lyric
by Claudia Rankine
★★★
A Bestiary
by Lily Hoang
★★½