@[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.

@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 @siona most of the novels I read are written by women..I've been consciously reading more books by nonwhite women authors but would like to build on this. Would you share the books that stayed with you this year? I'd love to add some to my tbr list for 2023..

@eg_marro @siona oh heck yes! I promise I'll get to it, I just want to be in front of actual laptop to type it up. 😜

@Josiah_Mannion @siona thank you !

@eg_marro @siona So, a few non-academic (or not overly academic) non-fiction that stand out to me (I rely a lot on my library & ILL, so these aren't necessarily new releases):
-My Broken Language: A Memoir, by Quiara Alegria Hudes
-Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature, by Farah Griffin
-As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance, by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
-A Map to the Door of No Return: Notes to Belonging, by Dionne Brand