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Patrisse Cullors recommended Who Fears Death in Books (curated)

 
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death
Nnedi Okorafor | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
4.0 (1 Ratings)
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"Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okora was a favorite book because I was only reading news articles when my partner, Janaya, bought if for me. It reminded [me] that Black girl magic is everywhere."

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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about Sheikh Jackson (2017) in Movies

Oct 19, 2017  
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SHEIKH JACKSON Trailer

The sudden death of Michael Jackson sends a former King of Pop devotee - now a young imam - into a tailspin, in this tender and comedic film from Egyptian filmmaker Amr Salama.

   
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ClareR (6253 KP) rated NOS4A2 in Books

Apr 11, 2018  
NOS4A2
NOS4A2
Joe Hill | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry, Horror, Science Fiction/Fantasy
8
8.5 (23 Ratings)
Book Rating
This scared me half to death. It seems quite an innocuous story to begin with, but it just builds and builds. It's very reminiscent of a few Stephen King stories (involving cars or creatures of the night), but at the same time, we shouldn't compare Joe Hill to Stephen King (I have GOT to stop doing that!). He very much has his own stories to tell. And this is a good one. And I quite like being scared to death, for the record.
  
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Reagan Elizabeth Grainger (288 KP) rated Hitting the Apex (2015) in Movies

Jul 8, 2020  
Hitting the Apex (2015)
Hitting the Apex (2015)
2015 |
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Very balenced documentary
This documentary follows up where Faster finished it sensitively deals with the risks riders take the injuries and death that happened in the 2 seasons covered. As a Moto GP fan it added insight as to how the death of rider effected the others, but anyone could pick this up and start watching. If you are interested in why people do jobs or sports where they could or often are injured this could be of interest to you.
  
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ClareR (6253 KP) rated Mrs Death Misses Death in Books

Feb 15, 2021  
Mrs Death Misses Death
Mrs Death Misses Death
Salena Godden | 2021 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is such an original idea: Mrs Death. Death in this book is a black, working class woman. This turns on its head everything we’ve all grown up believing about Death, and I love this. Why shouldn’t Death be a woman? As it says in the book:
“For surely only she who bears it, she who gave you life, can be she who has the power to take it.”
Seems logical to me.
“And there is no human more invisible, more easily talked over, ignored, betrayed and easy to walk past than a woman; than a poor old black woman.”
The thought of walking past death on a daily basis and not realising that’s who you’re passing, is rather a disconcerting thought!
I liked the playful language, starting with the title and moving on through prose mixed with poetry, and parts were written in script form too. This wasn’t reading for the lazy: it kept me on my toes. The historical deaths seen from Death’s point of view were fascinating too.
I did find myself wishing that Mrs Death had found herself another ghost writer, because Wolf Willeford is clearly a vulnerable person with mental health issues - I did wonder if it was written to illustrate a form of psychosis.
Either way, I loved it and read it FAR too quickly. If this is Salena Godden’s first foray into prose, I will be looking out for what she writes next - and looking out for some of her poetry too, when I can get back in to a library!
Many thanks to the publisher for providing me with an e-copy of this book through NetGalley.