Book #2: Citizen, An American Lyric
by: Claudia Rankine Genre: Poetry, Racial Justice, Tennis What Went Down: Claudia tells some truly horrific stories through her poetry. She outlines discrimination, profiling, criminalization. There is a loose theme of tennis that strings many of the poems together...
Book #1: Beloved
by Tony Morrison Genre: Fiction What Went Down: Beloved is the heart wrenching story of trauma and resilience and slavery and its aftermath. The story takes place in the years immediately following the civil war near cincinati, ohio, after sethe escapes from slavery...
2019: A Retrospective
This is NOT a completed list of the books that I read in 2019, but a brief recap of some of the important books that I finished the year reading: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter – by Erika L. Sanchez Takes place in Chicago. Julia struggles with mental...
These are a few of my favorite books
I always thought this book would be something. This is the main stuff that the post will be made of. Oh boy what a...Welcome to the last book club
welcome to the last book club, one of the “other things.”