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It’s Complicated. The book.

Posted by Run Wright on March 22, 2016March 22, 2016

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Book 24 of my 2019 reading was The Good Earth by Pearl Buck, an American #femaleauthor who won the 1932 #pulitzerprize for this novel set in pre-revolutionary China. In this story, we meet a poor farmer on the day he is to be married and gradually we learn that his wife has been redeemed from slavery in a rich man’s house, but her ownership is merely being transferred from one man to another. While the novel describes a harsh patriarchy, where sons are valued and girls are called slaves from birth, the author clearly shows the role of women both in acquiring wealth and losing it, and so it is a clever discussion of women’s real and perceived roles. If you haven’t read this before, I highly recommend it! #bookstagram #runwrightreads #fiction #whatiread #readersofinstagram

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Book 23 of my 2019 reading was She Would Be King, a strong debut novel by Liberian-American author, Wayetu Moore. The novel has 3 main settings and we meet a different primary character in each - an outcast in an African village, a baby born in supernatural circumstances in the American south and the son of a Maroon mother in Jamaica. The eventual meeting of these 3 people and the union of their diverse gifts is what will help to establish the fictional Liberia, the culmination of black effort and the symbol of black success. This novel explores important topics like race and tradition as well as the strength of belief and faith; it makes suggestions about what we can accomplish when we overcome our differences and prejudices and work together, but it is also rife with feminine tragedies, which explains the sad title. However, don’t let that stop you from picking this up, if only to see how this author explores her themes and the multicultural background she positions them against. #bookstagram #fiction #blackauthor #runwrightreads #debutnovel #blackhistory #wayetumoore #shewouldbeking @wayetu

John Lewis’ graphic memoir in 3 parts made Book 20, 21 and 22 of my 2019 reading and they provided a riveting journey through his beginnings on a sharecropping farm in Alabama, his involvement in the struggle against racial discrimination and his continued work in helping shape American government. I learned some things about #americanhistory that I didn’t know so I highly recommend these books, for their content as well as for the presentation. Kudos to the illustrator. #bookstagram #graphiccontent #blackhistory #blackauthor #nonfictionbooks #runwrightreads

Book 19 in my 2019 reading was this collection of short stories and what felt like non fictional essays where Roxane Gay chronicles part of the experience of being Haitian - those who remain in their native land but constantly look towards distant shores, the second generation immigrants who have been forced to make a new home in the US but struggle to assimilate as well commentary of what their ancestors have relinquished of their identity and pride regardless of which choice they made. I highly recommend this authors writing, whether she is creating fiction or telling her own stories, her narrative is emotional and affective. 5 stars for this small book #blackhistory #blackauthors #femaleauthor #bookstagram #fiction #shortstory #runwrightreads #readersofinstagram

Book 18 in my 2019 reading was this novelized version of an incident where a white American college student was killed when she went to South Africa to help organize black participation in the first democratic elections in 1993. Mother to Mother was written as a letter from the mother of the young man charged with committing the violent act, offering some kind of explanation to the mother of the victim. The author, Sindiwe Magona is a black South African mother herself so the fictional voice she lends to her maternal character carried with it a complex history of demoralization and rage suffered under the patriarchy and the plunder and trickery experienced during colonization and apartheid, a frustration that her generation would have unwittingly passed on to their children. Reading this generated some complicated responses for me. Swipe right to see screenshots of where I discussed this book further - blog: Runwright.Net and YouTube: Runwright Reads #bookstagram #readersofinstagram #whatiread #runwrightreads #fiction #blackhistory #bookssetinafrica

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