The water dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
I haven’t read a great many books set in the “old south”. Many years ago I did read Gone with the wind. I’m sure I must...
She'd much prefer to read a good book
I haven’t read a great many books set in the “old south”. Many years ago I did read Gone with the wind. I’m sure I must...
Read it online at The Oprah Magazine A short story showing that racism is a whole lot more complicated than your stance on white supremacists. I...
The Lady Astronaut ; 1 I’ve heard a lot of positive feedback about Mary Robinette Kowal, but the only thing by her I’ve ever read is...
A long time ago I read the first three books in the Noughts and Crosses series by Blackman, and really, really enjoyed them. But for some...
also published as Beartown I was going to say that I recently read Backman’s breakout novel A man called Over, but then I checked the blog...
If you want to read a book that’ll really show how horrific people can be to one another then this is it. It tells the story...
Published in Apex Magazine, August 2017 This is one of those short stories that I just didn’t gel with, I think I needed it to be...
How many harmless young black men have been injured or killed in modern cities in white countries this year, for the crime of exciting someone else’s...
Wow. This is such a great film. I mean, it is so intense and gripping that I never once wanted to look away. It tells the...
Oh, I really enjoyed this film. So much more than I thought I would. I mean a story based on maths doesn’t sound all that entertaining....
Wyoming, just after the US civil war, and bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) is bringing in his prisoner, Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh). He is...
When Lula Ann is born her mother is horrified by how dark she is. Sweetness is light skinned. So is her husband. The baby becomes a...