Category Archives: Reading

A Reading List is Not a Syllabus, Part III

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Sharyn

See part I and part II. Another text I found to be impactful and which might enhance an anti-racist reading list is Ralph Ellison’s posthumously published short story “Boy on a Train.” It is a somewhat unique story in its … Continue reading →

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A Reading List is Not a Syllabus, part II

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Sharyn

For the first book post in this series about the anti-racist reading list, I’d like to discuss Harriet Jacobs’ 1861 book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, which you can find and read for free on the Internet. … Continue reading →

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2019 in Books

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Sharyn

The last time I wrote up a post about what I read over the past year, it was for 2017! I really should have done this sooner – so the list that follows likely contains books I read in both … Continue reading →

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