Forty-three Septembers: Essays | 
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My bookspin list for September. Looking forward to seeing which random book is chosen... Still way behind on catching up this year but at least I get to read the books I've been putting off for so long.
@bookspin @thearomaofbooks
My bookspin list for September. Looking forward to seeing which random book is chosen... Still way behind on catching up this year but at least I get to read the books I've been putting off for so long.
@bookspin @thearomaofbooks
My list of 20! I‘m behind on posting for August but I swear to catch up soon 🤣 back to school has been hard! #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks
Jewelle Gomez never says "empathy" when she means "compassion," and me and my cluster B personality disorder appreciate that so much.
The only quote I've posted from this book is a rather peurilely interpreted (on my part) one about Gomez's Catholic upbringing, but please don't think that that reflects on the quality of the book. I don't quote heavily from it because the jewel-like essays resist that sort of dissection, and because in a real sense it isn't FOR me as a white reader. Just read it. It's phenomenal.
100% consistent with my experience of being raised Catholic.
