Welcome to Litsy!

Good collection of essays with different takes on how the Black experience of racism intersects with shame, trauma, and vulnerability. I had varying responses to the essays, but found most of them moving and informational, with a wide range of themes. I particularly appreciated Burke and Brown's dialogue at the beginning about why they wanted to work together.

#SheSaid

#Nonfiction2024 #IKnowWhytheCagedBirdSings

#summer #booked2020 @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

#redwhiteorbluetypeoncover #akatawitch #nnediokorafor - 5 stars
#eccentricmc #amancalledove #fredrikbackman - 4 1/2 stars
#yanovelbypoc #childrenofbloodandbone #tomiadeyemi - 4 1/2 stars
#wineorwhine #ayearinprovence #petermayle - 4 stars
#bannedbook #iknowwhythecagedbirdsings #mayaangelou - 4 stars
#armchairtravel #thewolfandthewatchman #niklasnottochdag - 4 1/2 stars

Other #booked2020 prompts I've completed during this first quarter:

#Spring:
#makesyoulol #crimesstrangestcases
#parentandchildmemoir #notmyfathersson

#Summer:
#eccentricmaincharacter #amancalledove
#bannedbook #iknowwhythecagedbirdsings

@Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

We‘re both excited by this acquisition! Especially since she talks about her previous careers in Letter to my Daughter. #iknowwhythecagedbirdsings

It‘s almost the end of the year, so it seems about time to mention my top six books from the last 12 months. Sadly, I only had the time to read 20 books, but I‘m hoping to increase that number in 2019! ✨ #favoritebooks2018 #IKnowWhytheCagedBirdSings #MayaAngelou #TheAutobiographyofMalocolmX #MalcolmX #TheChaosofLonging #kyrobinson #TheLastUnicorn #PeterSBeagle #CallMeByYourName #AndreAciman #FromExcusestoExcursions #GloriaAtanmo

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ― Maya Angelou

Re-reading a #BannedBook!

#spinesvines #books #wine #diversespines #bannedbooksweek #iknowwhythecagedbirdsings #mayaangelou #wocwriters #rereading #sundayfunday

"The command to grow up at once was more bearable than the faceless horror of wavering purpose, which was youth."
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#mayaangelou #iknowwhythecagedbirdsings #currentlyreading #windowart #stainedglasseffect #chelobartwork #memoir

"I liked her for being able to fall in the sky and admit it."
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#supbooks #quotes #iknowwhythecagedbirdsings #readharder #readingchallenge #litsyreadingchallenge2017 #lovebooks #booknerd #books

"I discovered that to achieve perfect personal silence all I had to do was to attach myself leechlike to sound. I began to listen to everything. I probably hoped that after I had heard all the sounds, really heard them and packed them down, deep in my ears, the world would be quiet around me."