Birth of a Dream Weaver

Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening | Ngugi wa Thiong'o

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Leaving aside the fact that I am not much into memoir at this point in my reading lifeā€”thus much of Dream Weaver was personally quite boringā€”I certainly do recommend it. It's the first book I've read by Ngugi wa Thiong‘o, and I learned a lot about the history, politics, and literature of postwar Kenya. Most of all, I am now eager to dive into his fiction ā€“ can't wait!

DaydreamingBookworm As a history major, I love memoir. I loved Trevor Noah's memoir on being born interracial when miscegenation was illegal in apartheid South Africa.

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shawnmooney

Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening | Ngugi wa Thiong'o

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shawnmooney

Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening | Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Sue This sounds like a must read. 7y

shawnmooney @Sue I don't like memoir so much, but parts of it are interesting. 7y

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Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening | Ngugi wa Thiong'o

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shawnmooney

Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening | Ngugi wa Thiong'o

saresmoore No matter how much I read and learn and experience, I just can't understand any facet (much less the core) of white supremacy. I feel infuriated, ashamed, and repulsed all at once. 7y

Suet624 I feel the same way. @saresmoore 7y

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shawnmooney

Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening | Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Starting in on this tonight ā€“ I'm excited! It's my first by him. It's a physically beautiful book, no? And what an unfortunate ā€“ I would go so far as to say downright egregious ā€“ typo on the spine! (Busy yourselves with spotting said typo, if you wish; please ignore my bookish messā€¦ :-)

Moray_Reads Oh dear, they're the hardest kind of typos to spot but it's still pretty unbelievable that no-one did! 7y

8little_paws That is egrigeous! Can't believe that didn't get caught. 7y

andrew61 Oops, I expect someone got in trouble. I read petals of blood a couple of years ago in my around world challenge and it was very good, i may try an revisit him, looking forward to your comments shawn. 7y

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saresmoore Oof. I feel a little anxious empathy for the person(s) who missed that. My eyes just skip over it! 7y

OrangeMooseReads Oh my! That is a terrible mistake. 7y

ReadingEnvy Gorgeous cover, typo aside. 7y

LeahBergen It was initially hard for to spot until I turned the photo. That's a BAD one. 7y

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Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening | Ngugi wa Thiong'o

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shawnmooney

Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening | Ngugi wa Thiong'o

I know, I know, I know: despite the mountain of books I've acquired in the last 10 days, I had to go back to the 20% off sale at the Tokyo bookstore and pick this up. It's for one of my reading challenges. That's my excuse. :-)

vivastory I love those covers. I'm pretty sure Mendelsund did them. 7y

shawnmooney @vivastory I love the cover! It says on the back the illustration is by Emmanuel Polanco. 7y

vivastory @shawnmooney My mistake. That sounds like a great bookstore that you mentioned. 7y

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Rick_Eaglestone

Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening | Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Hit my Goodreads challenge of 60 with my last book š“ so now just about to devour this

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Arbol

Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening | Ngugi wa Thiong'o

One of the most enjoyable author events I've been to in a long time. Ngugi wa'Thiongo is a wonderfully charming storyteller. As he read excerpts from his memoir I felt as if he were reliving those experiences anew.

BookishFeminist Jealous! I've always wanted to go to a reading of his. 8y

Arbol @BookishFeminist It was wonderful. I bet he is an amazing professor. I'm seriously jealous of those who've taken classes from him. 8y

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