Tag: fiction

Wright

Native Son by Richard Wright My rating: 5 of 5 stars Phew. This novel is exhausting. I needed to go for a run and have a drink after this unbearable tale of grief, hopelessness, ennui, and racism. Wright’s prose is sparse and philosophical, resulting in the sort of haunting, detached narration that makes this novel…… Continue reading Wright

Octavia Butler and Diversity in Sci-Fi | Tokyo Jupiter

A cool discussion of my girl Octavia and the exclusion of women and authors of color in speculative fiction. Political science fiction is real and important, and sci-fi nerds need to join forces with social justice ideologies and actively advocate for non-white, non-male authors and narratives. Afrofuturism, y’all. Octavia Butler and the Question of Diversity…… Continue reading Octavia Butler and Diversity in Sci-Fi | Tokyo Jupiter

“50 Books” – Flavorwire

50 Books That Define the Past Five Years in Literature – Flavorwire. Another interesting list from Flavorwire on literature. This one includes my writer-crush Kate Zambreno’s Heroines and Sheila Heti’s How Should A Person Be? (which I obsessively gobbled up in two days, but everyone in the universe still loves to hate), so I forgive some of their…… Continue reading “50 Books” – Flavorwire