lachellerising's reviews
174 reviews

Was recommended this book by a friend and then again by bell hooks in her book “Sister of The Yams: Black women and self-recovery” (a must-read), she mentions this book often. This was a lovely story about overcoming grief, rediscovery of self, the interconnectedness of the Black diaspora and healing.

This is such a challenging read and not due to the lexicon — the formatting is all over the place and it’s hard to follow what’s going on. One characters stream of consciousness flows into flashbacks of another character. There’s no clear distinction between who we’re talking about. Too much bouncing around and so unfortunately, I had to give up on this one.

‪This book is INCREDIBLE. I legit teared up reading the last page. @NifMuhammad interweaves the constantly changing landscape of rap, the legend of ATCQ and the sociopolitical climate of their trajectory perfectly. A must read for music lovers, producers and rappers.‬

I really enjoyed getting to know Zora in this book. She was an extremely imaginative and idealistic person which is reflected in some of her racial politics which would be considered questionable today but overall, it was an enjoyable read -- the foreword by Maya Angelou and afterward by Henry Louis Gates Jr. were great as well!

Wow. This book was reminiscent of The House On Mango Street, Sula and Crooklyn. Woodson’s approach to writing is lyrical and minimalist— she says so much with few words. This is a pretty quick read, only 171 pages. A brief story that didn’t leave me wanting more, it gave the reader just enough.

I really enjoyed this and it definitely helped affirm what I knew to be my purpose. I wish I got my clarity on Chiron, Mid Heavens and other planetary things but overall a good read