Mychal Denzel Smith Finds the Intersection of Past and Present Invisible Man, Got The Whole World Watching (Book Review)

Sometimes I read a book and it moves me. This book stopped me in my tracks and gave me an unexpected pause.

Friday Reads (06/24/2016)

Antoinette ScullyJune 24, 2016Blavity-com, Dawn, Diversity, IndieWire, Joe Ponder, Kings of Earth, Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower, Publishing, Questlove, Shonda Rhimes, Social Justice, Women Authors, Year of YesComment

Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word by Randall Kennedy (Book Review)

ReadingAntoinette ScullyMay 13, 2016Court Cases, History, Law, Linguistics, Pop Culture, Race, Race Relations, Randall Kennedy, Social Justice, Sociology, Nonfiction, Book Review Comments

Visiting the Vintage Paperback Collector's Show and Sale (Event Review)

CultureAntoinette ScullyApril 13, 2016Brazilian Nights, Chicago Native, Culture, History, Local Author, Odie Hawkins, Short Stories, Social Justice, Vintage Paperback Show, Events Comments

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Book Review)

We Should All Be Feminists is an unapologetic declaration of feminist power. It is a collection of short essays adapted from a 20 minute, 2012 TedxEuston talk. In her book, she recounts childhood stories of discrimination and "othering." She uses her personal stories as examples in ways to enact social change. Although it's only 52 pages short, when you stop seeing this book as small, you realize it has so much to unpack.

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