Cane by Jean Toomer
ok toomer
Tag: racism
Two Lives by Janet Malcolm
great literary biography but not AS GREAT as other malcolm i’ve read
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
great prose-verse novel about nunavut in the 70s
Obasan by Joy Kogawa
very “literary fiction” literary fiction about WW2 non-Nazi racism
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolomé de las Casas
very early protest against colonialism
Native Son by Richard Wright
surprisingly good protest novel; thoughts on UK election result
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
great early[ish] essays from one of america’s best
The Mask That Sang by Susan Currie
impressive, purposeful, children’s fiction
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
I read another great, serious, time travel novel
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
a solid, if unambitious, novel from a major contemporary voice
