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“Translations” by Adrienne Rich – Kinna Reads

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A blog of books, reading and world literature. 2016 Africa Reading Challenge. Reading Lists and Resources on African Literature. May 13, 2015. May 24, 2015. 8220;Translations” by Adrienne Rich. Adrienne Rich (1929-2012), American poet, essayist. Enjoy! You show me the poems of some woman. My age, or younger. Translated from your language. Certain words occur: enemy, oven, sorrow. Enough to let me know. She’s a woman of my time. With Love, our subject:. We’ve trained it like ivy to our walls. She said it ...

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A Suggested Reading List for Penny (and you) – Kinna Reads

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A blog of books, reading and world literature. 2016 Africa Reading Challenge. Reading Lists and Resources on African Literature. June 11, 2015. June 7, 2015. A Suggested Reading List for Penny (and you). Is a “Book worm. Book lover. Raised on Enid Blyton but have progressed to sterner stuff. Only read real books. e-Reading does not work for me as I immerse myself in the book, I live in its pages and I need that to be physical even though it is virtual in a way.”. Penny’s Reading Challenge in 2015. 8220;T...

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The Diverse Books Tag – WOCreads

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Reading and Reviewing Works by Women of Color. Follow WOCreads on WordPress.com. Ifyoucanreadthis at hotmail dot com. Diverse Book Bloggers Directory. Follow Blog via Email. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 1,394 other followers. Bogi Reads The World. Books Ft. Politics. Reading and Gaming for Justice. Silicon of the Internet. The Misfortune of Knowing. What the Log Had to Say. Follow me on goodreads. December 20, 2016. December 20, 2016.

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these days… – nothing of importance…again

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Nothing of importance…again. A diary of my days as I strive to live a more creative, sustainable, informed, giving, and appreciative life. In the craft room. In the reading room. September 20, 2016. September 20, 2016. So, what’s been going on in my mundane little life…. I’m still working on. In the meantime, I finished a reread of one non-fiction comic and read two novels. Economix: How Our Economy Works (And Doesn’t Work) in Words and Pictures. Next up was The. The Devil’s Arithmetic. And started the s...

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Reasons to Stay Alive – Matt Haig – bookskeptic.com

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Reading Ireland Month 2016. Reasons to Stay Alive – Matt Haig. January 9, 2017. December 31, 2016. There was a lot of hype about this book, so finally I caved and bought it. I read it as a break from my pretty depressing reading Ireland month. Light was everything. Sunshine, windows with the blinds open. Pages with short chapters and lots of white space and. But so, increasingly, were books. I read and read and read with an intensity I’d never really known before. As much as I liked the raw honesty of th...

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Once on a Moonless Night, by Dai Sijie | a few of my favourite books

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A few of my favourite books. Laquo; the sound of waves. Once on a Moonless Night, by Dai Sijie. March 9, 2011. So many ways to begin — first, isn’t this book cover gorgeous? I’ve begun to take an interest in China and Chinese fiction/literature/culture/movies/etc since picking up. Love in a Fallen City. So on my next trip to the bookstore, I began to look for Chinese authors and I found Dai Sijie, author of. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Once on a Moonless Night. Almost like a dream, there ar...

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love | Grab the Lapels

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Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass. –Maya Angelou. Melanie’s Lit Work. In His Genes #science #BookReview. October 13, 2016. Felt like it followed standard protocol for a romance novel: the good-looking male boss and the woman who works way below her intellectual abilities for no money because she’s happy to be near the man. The old. 8220;this woman is so smart that she. Should be the boss, and honestly, he can’t do anything without her”. 8220;she’s like a comfortable shoe”. I just… r...

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social media | Grab the Lapels

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Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass. –Maya Angelou. Melanie’s Lit Work. Tag Archives: social media. Only Ever Yours #bookreview #readwomen #YAlit. June 6, 2016. By Louise O’Neill. Published by Quercus in 2015. Procured from the library. At a chunky 406 pages,. Between the World and Me. I had read too. The library, I discovered, kept O’Neill in the Teen section, which is when it dawned on me that. Is a young adult book. What’s the big beef, you might ask? This was the cover of my library copy.

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Word Contessa: Muslims Represented in YA Fiction

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Sunday, March 20, 2016. Muslims Represented in YA Fiction. ISLAM, FICTION AND MEDIA. I can't quite remember a time when I didn't. Read I progressed from Ladybird books to Enid Blyton to Nancy Drew to Jeffrey Archer to Jane Austen and then much later to Suzanne Collins. Despite devouring hundreds of book, I can count on one hand the number of times I have seen myself portrayed in these books. I identify as a South Asian Muslim. And the handful of books that have portrayed people of color? Don't get me sta...

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Limpets and Penguins: Teaser tuesday 100601

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010. Is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB. Of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:. 8226;Grab your current read. 8226;Open to a random page. 8226;Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. 8226;BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! Make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others! The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. Great teaser. Sounds intriguing. June 1, 2010 at 3:36 AM. I read...