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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 1mo
BarbaraBB I was very impressed by this book 1mo
Deblovestoread This book is probably in my top 5 of books that have stayed with me. Impactful! 1mo
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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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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. 2mo
Ruthiella This book was very difficult for me due to the subject matter. 2mo
Deblovestoread Such a hard read but written so well and important. 2mo
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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 2mo
Soubhiville Great review 🙂 2mo
JacqMac I have read her other books and I was looking for one for this month. It sounds good. Adding to my February list. 2mo
Texreader @JacqMac I‘ll be interested to see what you think 2mo
Texreader @Soubhiville Thank you! 2mo
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Ayiti HB | Roxane Gay
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“She has been dying for nearly twenty years…” 🤣

#authoramonth @Soubhiville

Soubhiville 😆 2mo
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) 2mo
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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. 2mo
Scochrane26 I haven‘t heard of this one but love her books. 2mo
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Breath, Eyes, Memory | Edwidge Danticat
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👌🏻 3mo
Eggs 👏🏻🙏🏻👌🏼 3mo
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julieclair
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This was my first graphic novel, and I found it fascinating. The graphic format made it easy to understand Haiti's very complicated, sad, and violent history. I will read more of this series.

TieDyeDude That's cool! I'll have to check this out. If you like historical graphic novels, I recommend Joel Christian Gill's work: The Talented Tenth and Strange Fruit series. 3mo
julieclair @TieDyeDude As it turns out, I do like historical graphic novels! Who knew? 😂 Thanks so much for the recommendation of Joel Christian Gill. Turns out he has written a book about Robert Smalls, a local hero! I live in the South Carolina Lowcountry, and Beaufort, where Smalls was born, is our county seat. I can‘t wait to read this! Just ordered a copy. 😃 (edited) 3mo
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What Storm, What Thunder | Myriam J. A. Chancy
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This is a haunting recollection of the earthquake that shook Haiti in 2010. Each chapter tells the story of someone affected by the tragedy; lives and relationships intertwined in one way or another. Almost 300,000 people lost their lives and 1.5 million were left homeless.
This is an important piece of literature and I‘m glad it was chosen as our One Maryland One Book this year, though it was heartbreaking and tough to get through.