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Memoir, Non Fiction

How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair Book Review

How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair Book Review. Sinclair’s memoir completely wrapped me up in the world she grew up in- Jamaica but well away from billboard luxuries. Her father stifles her with his oppressive version of Rastafarian beliefs, seeking to silence her in every sense. To keep her away from Babylon Continue reading How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair Book Review

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Fiction, Translated Literature

Guadalupe Nettel Still Born Book Thoughts

There’s so much to say about Still Born. I loved it, for one. I’m not really a crying in my pages person but this is one of few that did make me cry  Continue reading Guadalupe Nettel Still Born Book Thoughts

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book and coffee
Book Review, Fiction

Every Drop Is a Man’s Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimot Book Review

The stories depart from ideas of Hawaii as an idyllic paradise and instead focus on lasting impacts of colonisation on contemporary life for women. The balance of myth and cold realism make for surreal reading.  Continue reading Every Drop Is a Man’s Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimot Book Review

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