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Coates is being interviewed by local author Omar El Akkad who is an amazingly smart and interesting person himself. I am so excited for this, hoping for nothing but to learn.
Coates is being interviewed by local author Omar El Akkad who is an amazingly smart and interesting person himself. I am so excited for this, hoping for nothing but to learn.
#WeeklyForecast
It's a big one! I am going to see Ta-Nehisi Coats on Tuesday so I want to make a bit of a dent in his book before that talk; I really need to return this library book, lucky it is in verse so I am flying through The Ghosts of Rose Hill; still plugging away at 3 Musketeers! The Little Friend is my #10BeforeTheEnd for the week and if I have time I will read a bit of Nettle and Bone!
pickCoates‘s latest book is a series of essays that form a narrative through-line looking at who gets to be a full person. He impactfully explores the treatment of Palestinians in Israel (he visited before the current war), demonstrating the similarity to Jim Crow. We need provocateurs like Coates to get us talking and thinking. I‘m fully on board with him here.
pickAs always, I greatly value Ta-Nehisi Coates‘ thoughtfulness and perspective.
pickRequired reading. Equally as important, this should be discussed.
I love Coates's writing. It‘s succinct and impactful, elegant and educational. “Writing is a powerful tool of politics.”
Essential reading in the conversation of the power of narrative and how it shapes our world. It's a reminder that the stories we tell can either free us or bind us, and that the sharing of truth, however uncomfortable, is ultimately the way to true freedom.
pickThe Peace Institute in the Middle East collected contributions by Israeli & Palestinian teachers & historians into a history of Israel & Palestine since the establishment of the State of Israel that you can read side by side. The book ends with the second Intifada. It provides the reader with context & helped me understand the conflict. Sadly, it also makes it clear that there will never be peace.
Powell's book haul!
I went in last night to pick up the tagged and Olga Tokarczuk's The Empusium then kept going...
I want to read Jesus and John Wayne during Nonfiction November and they had a used copy - score! And then I found a sale edition of Wells' #7 Murderbot (now need 5&6 🤣)
I have been collecting these pretty paper mill press classics and Emma and Persuasion were half price, so had to grab them!
