
NOBODY ASKED LIBRARY
I just love books so much
Nobody asked me to write about books, but I wanted to... this is for all the enthusiasts with nobody to hear them babble <3
BOOK REVIEW: THE INTEREST, by Michael Taylor, and CANE WARRIORS, by Alex Wheatle
I read these 2 books and after ruminating a while to let facts and narratives seep in, I was intrigued with how they both push forward...
BOOK REVIEW: Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman
All those moons ago when I was 100 times more anxious and awkward, back in that heady chemical trap of being a teenager, I was OBSESSED...
BOOK REVIEW: THE DEEP, by Rivers Solomon
I’ve already proclaimed my love for a book on mermaids (The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey), and already written how mystical...
BOOK REVIEW: PARABLE OF THE SOWER, by Octavia E. Butler
It seems fitting that at the end of such a disastrous year I would subconsciously choose a novel about the end of the world (and how we...
BOOK REVIEW: HOOD FEMINISM, by Mikki Kendall and WHITE TEARS/BROWN SCARS, by Ruby Hamad
I’m currently trying to write poems critiquing and exploring the links between white supremacy and white femininity/womanhood, so...
BOOK REVIEW: EPIPHANEIA, by Richard Georges
Completing my masters meant reading and writing and re-reading and re-writing VERY MANY POEMS, so for the past few months I’ve noticed...
BOOK REVIEW: JUST US, by Claudia Rankine
Rankine began working on Just Us long before the chaos of anti-blackness in America (and the entire world) erupted into the fever-pitch...
BOOK REVIEW: GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER by Bernadine Evaristo
Admittedly I am late to the party on this one, but after practically inhaling the book in one go I couldn’t resist singing my praises...
BOOK REVIEW: DON'T LET IT GO TO YOUR HEAD, by Liv Wynter
Don’t Let It Go To Your Head is the first poetry book by the activist/artist Liv Wynter, and it offers up some very inspirational rage....
BOOK REVIEW: FEMINISM, INTERRUPTED: DISRUPTING POWER by Lola Olufemi
At this moment in time the world is holding its breath. Biting fingernails and pacing nervously, awaiting the dreaded fall of the...
BOOK REVIEW: A KICK IN THE BELLY by Stella Dadzie
Every month is black history month when it comes to exploring new literature and poetry, however seeing as October is the official UK...
BOOK REVIEW: THE MERMAID OF BLACK CONCH, by Monique Roffey
Anyone who knows me knows I am a lover of fairy-tales. Not so much the Disney Princess tripe pretty much all young kids assigned as girls...
BOOK REVIEW: THE DEATH OF VIVEK OJI by Akwaeke Emezi
Life has changed immensely since my last post back in April- the world is simply on fire. Again. But 'again' would imply that at some...

















