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Between the World and Me | Ta-Nehisi Coates

Well, fuck. I didn‘t see that coming. Not going to pause to quote now but his recollection of the queer poly family he came to know and his self-reflection on the topic is something I‘ll revisit. #POCathon

GondorGirl This was so so so good. 6y

jmofo Required reading, indeed! I got the audiobook and was floored. 6y

staci.reads This book was impactful. I read this book more slowly than I've read anything in a long time. It was worthy of slowing down to process it all. 6y

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Between the World and Me | Ta-Nehisi Coates

A screenshot... of a tweet... of a share of a Litsy post... on Litsy. #POCathon #audiobooks #mymtholyoke #mohome

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Between the World and Me | Ta-Nehisi Coates

I bought this one when it first came out and still haven‘t read it. Listening now. #POCathon #audiobooks

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From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002 | Ishmael Reed

Poetry for the #POCathon challenge. #PuertoRico 🇵🇷

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So You Want to Talk About Race | Ijeoma Oluo

The challenges for #POCathon are:
1. A book with main characters who are of 3 or more different races/ethnicities
2. A classic by an author of color or a book in translation
3. Sci-fi or fantasy by or featuring POC
4. Poetry by an author of color
5. A book that deals with racism, prejudice, or immigration

saresmoore This is really cool! I‘m reading a book right now that fits #5.

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kgriffith @saresmoore I‘m so glad you tagged the book, I just saw your post about it and was intrigued, but there‘s no summary so I figured I‘d find out eventually if it passes my no-more-straight-white-dudes bar, and ta-da! 😊 6y

saresmoore Gah! No summary! I should have checked that. Chariandy is from the Toronto area, but I believe he‘s of Trinidadian/Caribbean descent, like his MC. The novel is about a young man, the son of an immigrant, mourning the loss of his brother. I don‘t want to say much more than that because spoilers, but there‘s some beautiful illumination of the immigrant experience and police prejudice/brutality, interwoven with themes of love, loss, and family. 6y

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kgriffith @saresmoore Thank you! It sounds wonderful. (And yeah, we‘re closing in on switching over to LibraryThing data but not there yet so missing summaries are a thing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) 6y

saresmoore I think we‘ll all survive the transition unscathed. 😏 Book data has always been hit or miss ‘round here. I can‘t imagine (because I have absolutely no idea how it works) the amount of work that you are all putting into it, but I‘m very grateful! 6y

kgriffith @saresmoore I dunno, sometime I worry that a few of our friends might not make it when we have to schedule downtime 😏 6y

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Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler

Finally opening this one after having bought the set at least a year ago. #POCathon

Liatrek Loved both books. 6y

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The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science | J. Kenji L�pez-Alt

Anyone participating in #POCathon?? I just found out about it on Instagram and twitter and I‘m in. I went to my nearest shelves to find this book of poetry to meet one of the challenges, then saw my coffee table book in the background: also qualifies for the ‘thon, though there‘s no cookbook challenge 😋 Also featured: a Soul box from Penzeys, which needs to be mailed to Seattle. From like six months ago.

Christine LOVE The Food Lab/Kenji!! 6y

kgriffith @Christine Same! He/Serious Eats is/are my go-to for cooking methods. 6y

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