Can the monster speak? by Paul B. Preciado
arguments to make the world better in language that can only make it worse
Tag: prejudice
The Evidence of Things Not Seen by James Baldwin
it’s not Baldwin’s best, but it’s better than most books by everyone else!
Tales from Earthsea by Ursula le Guin
reading more earthsea, hating everything else
Passing by Nella Larsen (Norton Critical Edition)
a stunning harlem renaissance novel; scott muses on the hangover of growing up in a cultural desert
Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine
while we seek relief in schadenfreude over self-esteem, the world will never be fixed
Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga
powerful stuff on racism, colonialism and botched governmental attempts to move on
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
well, it’s a “classic” and now i’ve read it
Cane by Jean Toomer
ok toomer
The Mask That Sang by Susan Currie
impressive, purposeful, children’s fiction
Cruising by Alex Espinoza
Are you done with the sofa, floor, kitchen table, baby?
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
a solid, if unambitious, novel from a major contemporary voice
The Sign of the Cross by Colm Tóibín
a book almost squarely aimed at me
Mixed-Race Superman by Will Harris
glorious, wonderful, contemporary non-fiction
My Brother’s Husband: Volume Two by Gengoroh Tagame
part two of a beautiful graphic novel
Africa’s Tarnished Name by Chinua Achebe
a bit of African history and more white opinions on racism #facepalm #alwayspublish
Street of Thieves by Mathias Enard
another ruddy belter from enard who i love
Remembering Oluwale: An Anthology edited by SJ Bradley
a powerful anthology of poetry and prose
Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
essential reading, especially if you’re a racist
Through your blood by Toby Campion
i went to a poetry open mic night
The Bricks That Built the Houses by Kate Tempest
The publishing industry has fucked over Kate Tempest.
do u have a sexist friend?
relentlessly promoting my anti-london agenda
Baldness Article #2
Mr Hip-Scott himself is back on the HuffPo
It ain’t easy being a bald man under thirty…
A bald man on a dance floor is as welcome as a corpse
The Book of Daniel by E. L. Doctorow
The Cold War is a period loved by fiction. The world at that time was cast into blurry, grey-stained, blackContinue Reading
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a big, serious novel all about big, serious things. It is intelligent, articulate, humaneContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 