jeanthesecond-deactivated201201 asked: oy, trolling for reading inspiration here, so what 5 ( or 10 or 3) books do you think I should get into? Any kind- fiction, nonfiction whatever, whatever.
I love questions like this. First, in the fiction/biographical area:
- Zoe Wicomb, David’s Story
- Frank Wilderson, Incognegro: A Memoir
- Amos Tutuola, The Palm Wine Drinkard
- Marta Traba, Mothers and Shadows
- George Lamming - In the Castle of My Skin
Everyone these days is telling me I need to read Ian Baucom’s Specters of the Atlantic: Finance Capital, Slavery, and the Philosophy of History. In terms of books that I’d find myself repeatedly recommending, the following are almost among them.
- Elaine Brown - The Emancipation of Little B
- Avery Gordon - Ghostly Matters
- Édouard Glissant - Poetics of Relation
- Robert Reid-Pharr - Once You Go Black
- Elaine Scarry - The Body in Pain
- Johannes Fabian - Time and the Other
If you get to read any of these, would love to know what you think.
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