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Gissy
Ayiti | Roxane Gay
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February 2025 Book #5

This is a collection of short stories, powerful ones in terms of topics. First book I read by this author and looking forward to read more books by her. However, my experience with short story collections is that I like some more that the others and this is not an exception. Also, some stories I saw them more narrative, informative than a short story per se. It was the same experience I had with In A Dream Hoyse ⬇️

Gissy (Cont.) by Carmen Maria Machado. That one is not a short story collection but sometimes I saw also the story as one informative, giving statics or facts that disconnect the idea, the flow, the line, premise of the book. That was my experience with both readings. But I really liked this book and the message. 3.5⭐️ 2w
Gissy #BookSpinBingo #1 #AuthorAMonth (read in designated month) @Soubhiville @TheAromaOfBooks
#Readatgon #Read2025 @DieAReader
#AcquiredViaLitsy #BlitsySwap2022 @Karisa @Chelleo
#OffMyShelf2025 @wanderglynn
#NationalBlackHistoryMonth (2nd book read for this month celebration even if it doesn‘t appear in Google or any o other platform
#UltimateReadingChallenge2025 prompt #32 book from swap shelf @faranae
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TheAromaofBooks Lovely cover!! 2w
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Jen2
Libertie: A Novel | Kaitlyn Greenidge
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Very good! Bought this on a trip to Crystal Bridges.

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Suelizbeth
We're Alone: Essays | Edwidge Danticat
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Edwidge Danticat‘s writing is clear and succinct. She is a master of the essay form. This book covers a wide range of topics, both personal and global. One of the later essays in the book is about Haiti and its political climate and it sounded eerily familiar. Definitely a book to add to your library. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Texreader
An Untamed State | Roxane Gay
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Reading this book about the same time i read Gay‘s Hunger, it is obvious it is partly autobiographical. Gay and the protagonist suffered much the same trauma and the recovery was/is a journey of a lifetime. They have similar internal dialogue, the disturbed response to people trying to help them, the revulsion of being touched. Gay‘s family was from Haiti, so there‘s that connection, too. There‘s the inability to forgive and the desire to know ⬇️

Texreader what happened to the culprit years later. This is an exceedingly difficult book to read, but it is written from the heart, and well-written. Countless trigger warnings. So be careful and prepared for it. #authoramonth @Soubhiville 3mo
BarbaraBB I was very impressed by this book 3mo
Deblovestoread This book is probably in my top 5 of books that have stayed with me. Impactful! 3mo
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Bookwomble
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Next up, a poetry collection by a Canadian author of Haitian descent, using zombie folklore as a metaphor for slavery, being Black in a White-dominated world, immigration narratives, generational trauma, and healing, the book's title being the traditional remedy for zombiïsm.
🇭🇹 #Haiti 🇨🇦 #Canada

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Texreader
An Untamed State | Roxane Gay
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I‘m starting this book today, my second book for #authorabook this month. @Soubhiville

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego This one is a tough read, but it's really well done. 4mo
Ruthiella This book was very difficult for me due to the subject matter. 4mo
Deblovestoread Such a hard read but written so well and important. 4mo
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Texreader
Ayiti HB | Roxane Gay
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These short stories about women in Haiti or its diaspora are painful and poignant, sometimes hopeful and sometimes despairingly sad. Some feel so real I thought they were autobiographical. They are not but I felt I learned so much about the author from reading them. This is the first I‘ve read by Gay and it was so good. I look forward to reading another one by her. Having just finished a book of short stories about Nepal, with what I felt were ⬇️

Texreader Incomplete and contained gratuitous scenes of se*, Gay has some stories without endings and certainly contain very intimate scenes. But it feels like her stories have real purpose and so does the intimacy—they are important parts of the stories. This is a short read, and worth anyone‘s time to read. #authoramonth @Soubhiville 4mo
Soubhiville Great review 🙂 4mo
JacqMac I have read her other books and I was looking for one for this month. It sounds good. Adding to my February list. 4mo
Texreader @JacqMac I‘ll be interested to see what you think 4mo
Texreader @Soubhiville Thank you! 4mo
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Texreader
Ayiti HB | Roxane Gay
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“She has been dying for nearly twenty years…” 🤣

#authoramonth @Soubhiville

Soubhiville 😆 4mo
JacqMac My grandmother was like this. “You can have it when I die. It won‘t be long.” She started saying that at 40 and she lived to be 93. lol (edited) 4mo
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Texreader
Ayiti HB | Roxane Gay
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@Soubhiville I‘m starting my first read for #authoramonth this month.

Soubhiville Ooooo, I haven‘t read this one. 4mo
Scochrane26 I haven‘t heard of this one but love her books. 4mo
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TheBookgeekFrau
Breath, Eyes, Memory | Edwidge Danticat
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👌🏻 5mo
Eggs 👏🏻🙏🏻👌🏼 5mo
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