Top Backlist Books of 2020
At the end of 2019, I challenged myself to read 100 books from my own shelves. What I meant by from my own shelves were the books that had been sitting there some time, often for years. I was fed … Continue reading →…
December 2020
Best Books of 2020
I’ve read more books this year than I’ve ever read in a year before. It’s been a very strange time, but these are the books published this year that have resonated with me. This Mournable Body – Tsitsi Dangarembga (Faber) … Continue reading →…
Explore Diversity During the Week of December 17-21
Things have been slightly derailed by my despair at the situation in the UK and being exhausted at the end of term. I also wanted everything I recommended to be fairly recent publications and I over-estimated how much reading I … Continue reading →…
Strategies for Navigating the Holiday Season with Abbott Canada
Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Abbott Canada. All expressed opinions and experiences are my own words. ‘Tis the season to be jolly! It’s no doubt that the holidays are a busy time for all. Some of my favourite traditions include sitting by the fireplace surrounded by my family, drinking hot cocoa and sharing stories. […]
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Abidemi Sanusi Searches for U2 Frontman Bono During #DiverseDecember #16
Baba, a middle-aged, unemployed man lives in Palemo, Lagos with his wife Munira. Palemo is a poor district with no fresh water. One morning, Baba, sitting in the auto repair shop opposite his home, sees a man on TV wearing … Continue reading →…
Natasha Tretheway’s Poem “Memorial Drive”: A Reflection on Race and Family
When Natasha Tretheway was 19 her stepfather murdered her mother. Thirty years later Tretheway returned to the scene of the crime to begin to try to make sense of it and how it had shaped her life. When I left … Continue reading →…
Earthlings – Sayaka Murata (translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori) #DiverseDecember #14
My town was a collection of nests, a factory for manufacturing babies. I was a tool for the town’s good, in two senses. Firstly, I had to study hard to become a work tool. Secondly, I had to be a … Continue reading
Postcolonial Love Poem – Natalie Diaz #DiverseDecember #13
If you are where you are, then whereare those who are not here? Not here. from ‘Manhattan is a Lenape Word’ In Postcolonial Love Poem Natalie Diaz investigates the body as a site of trauma and of desire. She connects it to … Continue reading
An Unkindness of Ghosts – Rivers Solomon #DiverseDecember #12
“You can’t see the big picture, only the petty, small, meaningless pleasures and pains of your tiny lives. Mating and drinking and carrying on no better than the draft horses who stubbornly refuse to work when they’ve got a sore … Continue reading
Lauren Wilkinson’s Novel “American Spy” Explored in #DiverseDecember #11
American Spy opens with an explosive chapter in which the narrator, Marie Mitchell, confronts an invader in her home. Across the hall, her twin boys, William and Tommy are asleep. Knowing that this won’t be the last time someone comes for … Continue reading →…