At the end of 2016 I read a lot of year-end lists from people who’d only read books by women or books by people of color or queer writers. These were justice-minded readers, whose goals were to support expanded diversity in the literary community. I wanted to be that kind of reader, and I wantedContinue reading “On Reading Widely: 2017 book list”
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“To overcome, to live, rise, and reign at last”: 2016 book list
As the world—both mine personally and more generally—shifted this year, I have been reminded of what it takes to make change and to maintain a peaceful, powerful center. In my reading I turned to the steadfast lessons of literature and, to my surprise, non-fiction. If any year called for how-to texts, this was it. IContinue reading ““To overcome, to live, rise, and reign at last”: 2016 book list”
Grey Sea & Sky 