Elizabeth (Betsy) MarroWhat do you think the books you've read this year say about you, if anything? For the past couple of years I've looked back over the books I've read to see what the books I reach for say about where I am in my own story. I invited a bunch of folks to do the same and some great books popped up. If you're feeling reflective or looking for some new/old reads, check it out. https://elizabethmarro.substack.com/p/what-our-books-reveal-about-us #Books #BookRecs #Reading #Bookwyrm
Siona@[email protected] My book list this year has been comprised almost exclusively of #Indigenous / Black / non-white authors. During the pandemic I'd started looking at how many of the books I'd read over the course of my life had been written by white men and was so dismayed by the imbalance in perspectives and experiences. I decided to try to balance things out a bit and the process has been so rewarding; as a bonus it's made it easier to see whiteness in places where I'd formerly been blind to it.
Josiah Mannion@siona I did this some years ago, inspired by Eli Dadabhoy's project of a year reading only things by non-man or non-white authors, and not only was it great, but I've kind of not stopped. What I discovered is that I already read by proclivity mostly women authors (upon reflection, this started very early on in my reading life), but needed to read more non-white women authors. That started as a fiction reading project, but now extends bone-deep into my scholarly reading as well.
@Josiah_Mannion Yes! It's what reading is really for anyway-- that exposure to and connection with perspectives outside one's own. I was just startled-- pleasantly-- by what a profound impact it had on me.