Hi Everybody! The latest episode of the Adapt Me Podcast is up right now. In it, guest Amy Thomasson from the Women InSession Podcast and I talk about how we would adapt The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison into an opera. We discuss the gorgeous prose and how it would be difficult to translate it toContinue reading “Adapt Me Podcast – The Bluest Eye”
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The Bluest Eye Book Review
Content warning: this review discusses racism and sexual assault. I have read books by many famous authors, but there has been one that has eluded me until now: Toni Morrison. She is one of the most prolific African-American authors and wrote some of the most well-known titles in the late twentieth century. These include Sula,Continue reading “The Bluest Eye Book Review”
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Book Review
You know how there’s always that one book that has a cult around it? For example, if someone tries to criticize it, fans will dismiss them as ignorant of the novel’s true message and insist on reading the title in order to understand or in other words, “drink the Kool-Aid.” That’s the vibe that IContinue reading “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Book Review”
Hearts Unbroken Book Review
As a librarian, I come across books that have never been checked out all the time. Recently, I decided to check out a YA book called Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith. At that time, it hadn’t been checked out at all, and had been out on the shelves for nearly two years. There isContinue reading “Hearts Unbroken Book Review”
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