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Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick

Zora Neale Hurston

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Suswatibasu (1702 KP) rated What We Lose in Books

Mar 3, 2018

What We Lose

Zinzi Clemons | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry, Gender Studies

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Wonderful variety but something missing

This is an interesting literary debut from Zinzi Clemmons, with many semi-autobiographical elements discussing her heritage.

Thandi, a girl of mixed race, has to endure taking care of her dying mother, all the while battling various social aspects of living as a daughter of a South African and an American parent. Written in different formats, from a text message to hip hop lyrics, Clemmons explores the rich tapestry of her life and layers it with various threads.

While I mostly enjoyed this story, I do feel there is something missing and could have been weaved together a little more clearly.

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Russ Troutt (291 KP) rated Green Book (2018) in Movies

Jul 2, 2019

Green Book. It breaks my heart that such a book ever had to be printed, as it was a list of safe places for African-Americans to stay and eat at while vacationing. The movie takes us on the true story road trip of Dr. Don Shirley, a world class pianist, who hires a Tony Lip to be his driver and bodyguard while touring in the south in the early 1960's. The movie drives us through the racial tensions of the time which leads to some tense situations, but we also get plenty of laughs watching the making of a life long friendship between Doc and Tony.