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Black Is the Body
Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine | Emily Bernard
"A collection of essays on race"--
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rjsthumbelina
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I really enjoyed the stories contained in this one. Unfortunately, I'm not sure that much of it will stick with me long-term. It's still one that I would recommend, but not a new favorite. I listened to the #audiobook via #libby

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JackieGreco
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This book is incredible. I was captured by Bernard‘s story telling and insight. I thoroughly enjoyed this read and will recommend it to anyone who wants a better understanding of what it is like to live as a black person in America.

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Leslie7
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This month's reading kind of chose itself. Absorbing and learning with some stellar authors.

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Sharpeipup
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Honey Do Day Camp continues & I‘m listening to a book while I stay out of the way. #audiobook

Hestapleton “Honey Do Day Camp” has me over here CACKLING 😂😂😂 4y
Sharpeipup @Hestapleton @julesG ladies normally he meets up with another friend & together they tackle their honey do lists. It‘s a win win. They get to socialize & we (the ladies) get our projects completed. He has to go this one alone thanks to quarantine. 4y
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Sharpeipup
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1. Dressed up as a dog once but costume was too big & nickname stuck
2. Administrative assistant
3. Staying busy - online classes, reading, exercise, cleaning, unpacking from move
4. Whatever I can get my hands on since libraries are closed
5. Sunshine, exercise, gratitude & avoid the news
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks #allaboutme

megnews Love that one! 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💛💛💛 4y
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SW-T
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An interesting collection of essays on race, gender, motherhood, adoption, interracial love, food, belonging, and identity. Not flashy or showy, but quiet and thoughtful, though no less impactful for its quiet poise.

#nonfiction #essays

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Diving into a book from my TBR pile (tagged), enjoying a cup of tea, and listening to some quirky “auctioneer rap” because sometimes you just need a chuckle. Multi-tasking! 😂

https://youtu.be/LwF9MfW-xMU

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Anna from Gustine
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A quiet and thoughtful book about race. It has flown under the radar and that is unfortunate. Bernard writes about being a black woman from the South who lives and teaches in Vermont, is married to a white man and adopted twins from Ethiopia. She asks hard questions in less flashy ways, but still challenging. The most compelling sections to me? Her discussion of using the N-word and the adoption of her two daughters.

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suzisteffen
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Superb essays. A contained, rigorous, thoughtful, very occasionally funny, in-depth investigation and presentation of the author‘s life, choices, experiences, and analysis, especially about being Black in a majority white state, adopting twins from Ethiopia, and figuring out where she fits in her family history and in her state - and in herself. 5⭐️. #essays

suzisteffen 📸: University of Vermont, where the author teaches 5y
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suzisteffen
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Just finished the essay “Her Glory,“ and what an intense mix of gender, race, hair, and parenting choices it is. This book of essays is so thoughtful, and definitely in the spirit of Montaigne's investigations. Bernard takes scenes and examines them, and the issues around them, from different angles, examining and re-examining what her father's sexism, the world's racism, her daughters' hair desires are - & how a celebrity can change it all.

suzisteffen I just realized that, although I've been savoring one essay a day, this library book was due two days ago and I'm going to need to crack on through four or five more essays today so I don't get fined - and so the next person waiting for it can have it. It's worth buying, and after I finish it, I might see if my local store has it as well. 5y
Weaponxgirl Good luck with the speed reading 5y
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suzisteffen
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I cried reading this. So many emotions in this essay, whew.

“We all met up at Queen of Sheba, one of the many Ethiopian restaurants in Washington. When I took Isabella to the bathroom, Giulia agree to stay behind with the waitress, a beautiful young woman in traditional dress, who knelt and held Giulia‘s hands.

“‘Twins?‘ asked the waitress when Isabella and I emerged from the bathroom. I nodded.⬇️

suzisteffen “She asked me what part of Ethiopia they were from.
'Tigray,' I said.
I knelt with Isabella while the waitress began to speak to Giulia in Tigrinya. Giulia alternately nodded and shook her head.“
5y
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suzisteffen
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“Most of all, I didn't want to be a consequence of history; I wanted to invent my own story. That was before I understood that the drive to create a new story for oneself is the oldest black story there is.“

This book is incredible - rigorous, sharp, truly a book of essays in a classical sense - but so far, this fourth essay, “Interstates,“ is the best.

Weaponxgirl That quote is amazing! 5y
suzisteffen @Weaponxgirl she is one heck of a thinker! 5y
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suzisteffen
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The reviews for this one have been so great! Can‘t wait. (Also it‘s due back at the library next week, so. 😉) #essays

Weaponxgirl Yet another I have yet to get my grubby paws on. Looking forward to your quotes as always 😁 5y
suzisteffen @Weaponxgirl so far HOLY SHIT. 5y
suzisteffen @Weaponxgirl (that‘s after the first essay, which, WHOA) 5y
Weaponxgirl @suzisteffen ohhh, my library doesn‘t have yet unfortunately. 5y
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GlitterGirl
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This was a great read! I am thankful for coming across the #2019BookHoroscope article. This introduced me to so many good books! This is the second book this year to give me lots of food for thought about the language we used towards other people and how we experience each other!
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😎😎😎

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megnews
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March 5 ⭐️ reads. Tagged is my favorite this month.

#LiteraryLuck #FavoritesofMarch

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Awesome! 📖💖 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🎊🎉🙌🏻💚 5y
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megnews
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I LOVE this essay collection. From Bernard‘s frankness regarding interracial friendships as the foundation to better understanding in “White Friend” to her honest struggles with her daughter‘s hair-beautifying techniques through the years in my favorite “Her Glory,” Emily Bernard makes you wish she was a friend you could sit in a coffee shop with and talk to all afternoon. 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Please read this beautiful collection.

Book 95/165 3/13/19

suzisteffen Oooh yes, diving in today! 5y
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megnews
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So true! Often lamented the same thing.

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Well-ReadNeck
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There have been some great essay collections published recently and this is definitely one!

RebeccaH I really liked this one! 5y
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razmanda
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A deeply personal book of essays with an academic lens that explores the life of a Black woman in different stages of her career and family. She delves into the international adoption of her twin girls, her interracial relationship and how both those huge events play out in her understanding of her own race and perception. Perfect for Black History Month.

Tamra 💜 5y
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razmanda
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Next up while toddler-beast is distracted by Doc McStuffins. #readingblackout #readdiversebooks

CouronneDhiver Curly ‘do!!! 👩🏽‍🦱👨🏼‍🦱 5y
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RebeccaH
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My favorite books from January. There‘s only one I read I didn‘t like — I could easily have added a couple more here. It was a good month!

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Hornsby78
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For your TBR lists featuring Black History Month in February. From @Bookpage. The author of the review is Vanessa Willoughby.

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Schlinkles
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Interesting collection of essays on a range of topics from the author being stabbed to her adoption of her two daughters. I‘m excited to hear her speak about this book in February.

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Schlinkles
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We have an event coming up next month for this book so doing a little reading homework #ilovemyjob

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RebeccaH
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I really liked this essay collection on race in America. The pieces on teaching were particularly strong and her stories about her family and her experiences with motherhood were great as well. Out at the end of January.

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RebeccaH
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Finished my first book of the year — a fun one but now I have to read the sequel! — and on to the next, my first essay collection of the year, probably the first of many.