Hello, fellow readers! 2024 is well and truly underway, which means there are many, many new reasons to expand our #tbr piles. Here’s my contribution to helping you keep those piles diverse! I used to be a regular attendee at the Seoul Book and Culture Club, a monthly chance for English speakers in Korea toContinue reading “Last Week In Books: So Many Good Things Coming In 2024”
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[LAST WEEK IN BOOKS] Check In With Your People
Happy Halloween, fellow readers. This week’s diverse bookish news update will be brief. Even though I no longer live in South Korea, I do still have a lot of friends there and have spent much of the weekend tracking down loved ones to make sure they’re safe after the tragedy in Itaewon. My heart goesContinue reading “[LAST WEEK IN BOOKS] Check In With Your People”
[LAST WEEK IN BOOKS] All Black Everything
This week I feel like doing an all-Black, all-excellent diverse book news update. Y’all down? Let’s start with some iconic Black reader excellence. Legendary actor Sidney Poitier made a name for himself by starring in a lot of great film and stage adaptations of books, including Cry, The Beloved Country, To Sir, With Love, TheContinue reading “[LAST WEEK IN BOOKS] All Black Everything”
[Last Week In Books] Immigrants, Refugees, Colonizers, and Serial Killers
Hello fellow readers! I turned lots of pages last week because I broke my phone. The resulting all-analog experience has me wondering…how did any of us ever live without a computer constantly in the palms of our hands? If the last week of my life is any indication, apparently we read far more books. InContinue reading “[Last Week In Books] Immigrants, Refugees, Colonizers, and Serial Killers”
[HEAR ME OUT] Eric Jerome Dickey, in Memoriam
It was a shock to wake up this morning and discover that best-selling author Eric Jerome Dickey has passed away at the relatively young age of 59. I read a lot of Dickey in my 20s, and the news really rocked me–he was a Black cultural institution of sorts, and his work had a hugeContinue reading “[HEAR ME OUT] Eric Jerome Dickey, in Memoriam”
Last Week In Books, July 20th – 27th: Follow Me On Social Media!
Last weekend I racked up my 1000th Instagram follower. For those of you who don’t know, this blog grew out of an Instagram account that became a Facebook page and then expanded to include a blog, all in the space of less than a year. I’m not sure exactly what I did to get thisContinue reading “Last Week In Books, July 20th – 27th: Follow Me On Social Media!”
