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The World Doesn't Require You: Stories
The World Doesn't Require You: Stories | Rion Amilcar Scott
Breathtakingly imaginative and unapologetically original, The World Doesnt Require You announces a bold, generational talent. Deftly spinning genres of his feverish literary invention, Rion Amilcar Scott creates his very own Yoknapatawpha County with fictional Cross River, Maryland. Established by the leaders of Americas only successful slave revolt, the town still evokes the fierce rhythms of its founding. Among its residents are David Sherman, a struggling musician who just happens to be Gods last son; Tyrone, a ruthless PhD candidate, whose dissertation about a childhood game ignites mayhem in the neighboring, once-segregated town of Port Yooga; and Jim, an all-too-obedient robot who serves his Master. Culminating with an explosive novella, these haunting stories of the denizens of Cross River serve to explore larger themes of religion, violence, and loveall told with sly humor and a dash of magical realism. Shattering rigid literary boundaries, Scott is a necessary voice in American literature (PEN Award citation), a writer whose storytelling gifts the world very much requires.
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HiMyNames_Alyssa
Bailedbailed

I usually don't bail on books. But I had a really hard time getting into this one. Just not for me. Onto the next.

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PaperbackPirate
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Late post, but I joined in the #SuperSeptember Readathon with this excellent book of short stories.
Goals:
📙 finish this book (221 pages to go after today)
📚 start Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie for book club
💛 Thank you for subbing @EadieB !

EadieB @PaperbackPirate Thanks for joining in on the readathon. I just read a book of short stories and enjoyed them very much. Hope you are enjoying your book. Great first day for readathon! 3y
PaperbackPirate Thank you @EadieB ! I don‘t know why I don‘t read short stories more often. 🧡 3y
EadieB @PaperbackPirate I never liked short stories until I read my first book of them! 3y
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triplem80
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Panpan

This book was just not for me. A few of the stories were okay, but overall, not my taste. Honestly, I should have bailed early on, but sometimes I can be stubborn about a book I really want to like!

On the plus side, it helped me knock out a prompt (#MustacheonCover) for #Booked2021! 😄

@Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

Cinfhen Woohoo!!! #SilverLining 🥸🥸 4y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Yup, that‘s a strong mustache entry! 🥸 4y
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Naltez
Pickpick

I loved this collection of short stories all based around a fictional town and intersecting each other in different places. The writing was tremendous and darkly hysterical and uncomfortable - but all in an excellent way to point out absurdities in our own world. Very well done, looking forward to reading more of his work

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PaperbackPirate
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📚 I had some good book mail this week! I used some gift cards, got my next book club book, and got the most perfect chihuahua reading stamp from a friend!
✊🏽 In light of the disgusting terrorist attack on our Capitol this week, I am reminded by BIPOC Instagram friends that “the books are not enough.” I promise I know this and I am continuing my work on being anti racist.
#amplifyblackvoices #readblackauthors
#bookmailisthebestmail #bookmail

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Nitpickyabouttrains
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Mehso-so

Stories set in a fictional City. Many of them were loosely connected.

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j9brown
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Pickpick

A strange and complex and surreal collection of shorts (thought the last short is more of a novella). A worthwhile read, if you're in the mood for some weird.

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nataliejaneece
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I needed a light read and this exceeded my expectations. I am not sure what I am reading, but it is good - very good. So far the stories are hilarious, clever and insightful. The part in the first story about Jesus getting a message from himself was brilliantly funny.

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Bertha_Mason

"David didn't mind sin, but he knew he had to pretend to hate sin if he ever wanted to engage in some."
-"David Sherman, The Last Son of God"

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rachelm
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Pickpick

Surreal and tightly wound, this collection of loosely-connected stories is one of the stranger I‘ve read in recent years. A sentient robot, a cult, a conniving professor, all set in his vision of Cross River, MD.

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rachelm
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My #weeklyreport is focused on three books I‘d like to finish! Just started the tagged book tonight. It is a #2020resolution to read more short story collections.

#weeklyforecast

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rachelm
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Here‘s my #weeklyforecast!
📕finish SIGNS
🔈finish SECRET HISTORY
📖start REAL LIFE
📖start the tagged book

Not sure what I‘ll start on audio after I finish my relisten of Secret History. None of my audioholds are due from Libby so I might have to spend a credit.

What‘s the best audiobook you‘ve listened to lately?

Megabooks And since you‘re not afraid of long fiction on audio, this is my all-time fav! 5y
rachelm @Megabooks I loved the Nix on audio!! 5y
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Megabooks @rachelm Thank you!! It‘s fantastic!! You‘re the first person I‘ve talked to who made it through. So good! Have you tried The Interestings? It‘s good, but you‘ve probably already read it. 5y
Megabooks Another all-time fav fiction audiobook 5y
rachelm @Megabooks okay How to start and The Interestings are both totally on my to read. Sold. Thank you!! 5y
writerlibrarian Have you ever tried Librivox? It offers free audio books, classics. Both their Persuasion and Sense and Sensibility are amazing. You want the Elizabeth Klett ones https://librivox.org/persuasion-by-jane-austen-2/ 5y
rachelm @writerlibrarian I‘ll have to check it out! 5y
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merelybookish
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A bit late but here's my weekly forecast.
- finish Virginia Woolf's The Waves 🌊🌊 (💙💙)
- listen to Nell Zink's Doxology (enjoying the 90s nostalgia so far) 🎶🎧
- read Act II of King Lear 👑 👴🇬🇧 for #shakespearereadalong.
And then...perhaps something from the library stack...either essays or short stories.
I like this new tag @cinfhen 😘
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Cinfhen So happy to “see” you!!! I like the lineup you‘ve got 🥰 5y
merelybookish @Cinfhen Me too! I feel like I go a long time without "seeing" you! 5y
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QueenKayeNandi
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Rion Amilcar Scott has some great work. The World Doesn‘t Require You is a worthwhile read. Also, check out his short story “Shape-Ups at Delilah‘s” in the Oct 7th edition of The New Yorker, also another awesome read.

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strandbookstore
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Here are 17 genre-spanning works—memoir to short story to poetry, and more—that consider power and memory in relation to contemporary and historical spaces: https://www.strandbooks.com/strand-blog#/entry/entry238-memor...

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Liberty
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🎉IT‘S NEW BOOK DAY!🎉 Here are some of today‘s new books! There are several more out today that I am excited about, including Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver, The Warlow Experiment, Meet Me in the Future: Stories, Color Me In, Girls and Their Cats, I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays, and The Trojan War Museum: and Other Stories. What are you excited to read?📚❤️📚

Graciouswarriorprincess Anthony Bourdain the last interview and the World Doesn't Require you. Happy Reading :) 5y
Lcsmcat I heard an interview on My Life as a Cave Diver and it sounded interesting and intense. 5y
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PNWBookseller85
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Pickpick

What a brilliant book. Complex and layered, funny yet so sad. Many of the stories dealt with the idea of freedom or lack thereof. I highly recommend it. Out in August.

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