the heart of the matter by Graham Greene
1948 novel about a sad catholic with too many girlfriends
Tag: colonialism
a proper marriage by Doris Lessing (Children of Violence #2)
lessing’s children of violence continues to be excellent unlike my mood
Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
an excellent early 80s hybrid text with a distressing – and violent – context
Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes by Tariq Ali
read a great book about a very bad person and a very bad place
Ambergris by Jeff VanderMeer
a big book about mushrooms that are magic (not magic mushrooms)
As We Have Always Done by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
powerful academic text on the impossibility of decolonisation within capitalistic structures
Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga
powerful stuff on racism, colonialism and botched governmental attempts to move on
Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta by Doris Lessing
part one of lessing’s sci-fi quintet
This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart by Madhur Anand
a blog about a book (yes i do still do these)
Winter in July by Doris Lessing
short stories about non-monogamous colonial types
Paying the Land by Joe Sacco
not a sacco sh*it
The Broken Spears by Miguel León-Portilla (ed.)
historical documents on colonisation of Mexico translated from Nahuatl
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
great prose-verse novel about nunavut in the 70s
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolomé de las Casas
very early protest against colonialism
NDN Coping Mechanisms by Billy-Ray Belcourt
strong canadian poems
The Irish by Sean O’Faolain
self-hating, self-erasing history of Ireland
The Mask That Sang by Susan Currie
impressive, purposeful, children’s fiction
Famous Trials 9: Roger Casement by H. Montgomery Hyde
some strange, unpalatable, vintage true crime
The Battle for Paradise by Naomi Klein
a short post about a short, but important, book
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
it’s the most wonderful book of the year
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
i can’t believe it’s so racist
Settled Wanderers by Sam Berkson and Mohamed Sulaiman
a book about an unfamiliar struggle
The Africa In My House by Andrea Mbarushimana
A British woman considers the life of her Rwandan husband and his country.
On a Chinese Screen by W. Somerset Maugham
Very Colonial travel writing from author of The Painted Veil
The Diamond Smugglers by Ian Fleming
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The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing
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Triumph Of The Now 