Resistance, Rebellion and Life: 50 Poems Now
This is a short book of poems - I was able to read the whole thing in a sitting at Barnes and Nobles - but it is powerful, and for me, it felt like a lifeboat in the sea of tumult that is my emotions about the political climate these days. Many times, I find myself unable to even find the words to my frustration and sadness, but this collection of compact and powerful stacks of words that captured the feelings without expounding or explaining, soothed me and made me feel less alone.
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
My friend recommended a podcast episode with Ta-Nehisi Coates, and after listening, I was intrigued enough to go find one of his books to read. It was a really compelling, lovely and honest description of a black man's experience growing up in the complexities of racism and varying reactions and remedies to racism, and him trying to relay those complexities, as well as his hopes, to his son.
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
I am only about a third of a way through this book, even though I started it a few weeks ago, I am going through it slowly. Partly because I don't want to rush through this and miss anything because it is so well researched, well written and thought-provoking. It grips me, makes me gasp, makes me sad, and also it makes me so appreciative that there is a book like this in existence. It is slow read because it is chock full of those facts and research, but it is absolutely worth it.
Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) by David Sedaris
This is David Sedaris' most recent book, and it is excerpts of his diaries from this particular time period (from which he pulled so many of his short stories!), and so it is a more stark and raw version of his writing in that way. I'm only a few chapters in, but I'm enjoying it like I do all of his work; reading him always inspires me to notice everything - especially the small details - and write about everything single possible thing.
I am only about a third of a way through this book, even though I started it a few weeks ago, I am going through it slowly. Partly because I don't want to rush through this and miss anything because it is so well researched, well written and thought-provoking. It grips me, makes me gasp, makes me sad, and also it makes me so appreciative that there is a book like this in existence. It is slow read because it is chock full of those facts and research, but it is absolutely worth it.
Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) by David Sedaris
This is David Sedaris' most recent book, and it is excerpts of his diaries from this particular time period (from which he pulled so many of his short stories!), and so it is a more stark and raw version of his writing in that way. I'm only a few chapters in, but I'm enjoying it like I do all of his work; reading him always inspires me to notice everything - especially the small details - and write about everything single possible thing.
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