Another Country by James Baldwin
another hagiography on Baldwin as scott packs up his north american life
Tag: American
Clotel or, the President’s Daughter by William Wells Brown
excellent, significant, 19th century anti-slavery novel
The Seep by Chana Porter
very gen x “internet is bad” vibes
It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
powerful, tho rushed, 1930s novel about fascism in the USA
Always Coming Home by Ursula Le Guin
impressive experimental speculative fiction
And The Band Played On by Randy Shilts
an essential non-fiction read and a new documentary on its legacy
Selected Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
mediocre prose and a child bride: time to cancel Poe
The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead’s intriguing, if imperfect, debut
Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
ideologically, i’d love to tear this apart, but i cannot…
Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin
there ain’t no fool like a holy fool
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker
v good poems tho a v poor blog post
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Gorgeous, sensuous, unforgettable
Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson
Finally, a book about race that makes me angry at myself
Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov
[insert Nabokov/nobokov joke or something?]
The Road To Tahrir Square by Lloyd C. Gardner
US so vain, I bet you think Arab Spring is about you
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath is an aggressive, brutal, novel that tears a reader through the depths of starvation, disease andContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 