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Short story review dump (Part IV)

Cuisine des Mémoires by N.K. Jemisin

Valedictorian by N.K. Jemisin

Blur by Carmen Maria Machado

Staying Behind by Ken Liu

Recitatif by Toni Morrison

The Foster Portfolio by Kurt Vonnegut

July 5, 2020 by ingres77 1 Comment

This is something new I’m trying this year, where I review short stories as stand alone stories, not part of anthologies or collections. Here are parts I, II, and III. Cuisine des Mémoires by N.K. Jemisin (5 stars) This little experiment of a short story read every day (which I’ve already failed at) has led to some wonderful discoveries. Along with Ken Liu, N.K. Jemsisin (who I’ve long wanted to read) are definitely at the top of the list, though. A man is taken to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: Blur, carmen maria machado, cbr12bingo, Cuisine des Memoires, ken liu, kurt vonnegut, Latinx, n.k. jemisin, Recitatif, Staying Behind, The Foster Portfolio, Toni Morrison, Valedictorian

ingres77's CBR12 Review No:35 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: Blur, carmen maria machado, cbr12bingo, Cuisine des Memoires, ken liu, kurt vonnegut, Latinx, n.k. jemisin, Recitatif, Staying Behind, The Foster Portfolio, Toni Morrison, Valedictorian ·
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These chapters put forth an argument for extending the study of American literature into what I hope will be a

Playing in the Dark by Toni Morrison

June 18, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I am sure I made the same point when I reviewed Toni Morrison’s collected nonfiction last year, but reading a well-known fiction writer’s nonfiction, especially as it bends toward literary or cultural analysis is fraught. On the one hand, I think that a writer’s vision of fiction (as a reader) is often passionate and alluring, but when they wander into analysis and interpretation is often falls apart. My point here is that Toni Morrison’s does not fall apart. In one essay she mentions AS Byatt […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: playing in the dark, Toni Morrison, toni morrrison

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:323 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: playing in the dark, Toni Morrison, toni morrrison ·
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Toni Morrison’s lyrical tale of female friendship

Sula by Toni Morrison

April 27, 2020 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

Sula was the Mocha Girls Read book club selection to celebrate Toni Morrison’s birthday in February. I had read excerpts from some of her other books, but this was my first time reading her cover to cover. The novel tells the story of two black women growing up in a small Ohio town. Through lyrical prose, we are introduced to the families of the area. Nel is a quiet girl but begins to open up when she pairs up with Sula. They become inseparable and […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: female friendship, Mocha Girls Read, nobel peace prize, Sula, Toni Morrison

teresaelectro's CBR12 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: female friendship, Mocha Girls Read, nobel peace prize, Sula, Toni Morrison ·
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See Jane. She has a red dress. She wants to play.

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

August 25, 2019 by KimMiE" 1 Comment

CBR11bingo: Own Voices I struggled for quite some time trying to decide what to read for CBR11 Bingo’s center square. I’m so glad that I finally landed on Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, not just because it’s a book I definitely should have read by now, but because it’s moving and beautiful and painful. I expected The Bluest Eye to be powerful; I didn’t expect it to be poetic. This novel tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, a young African American girl growing up in […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #ownvoices, african american history, African American literature, cbr11bingo, KimMiE", Own voices, Toni Morrison

KimMiE"'s CBR11 Review No:36 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #ownvoices, african american history, African American literature, cbr11bingo, KimMiE", Own voices, Toni Morrison ·
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Our Beloveds

Beloved by Toni Morrison

July 24, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Not too much to say about this one except every word just drips with rawness. The question is what would you do? Would you do as Sethe did? Would you have done something differently? I can’t imagine being owned by someone. I can’t imagine my body not being mine to command. I can’t imagine my children being someone else’s property. “Beloved” follows Sethe, a former slave that managed to escape to Ohio more than a decade ago. However, Sethe is haunted by the choices she […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: African American literature, Beloved, cbr11bingo, Toni Morrison

Classic's CBR11 Review No:174 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: African American literature, Beloved, cbr11bingo, Toni Morrison ·
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Literary Jazz

Jazz by Toni Morrison

February 23, 2019 by Halbs Leave a Comment

This book was featured on my library’s Black History Month display shelf, and I grabbed it based purely on the author and title. Toni Morrison pops up early and often in How to Read Literature Like a Professor, so her work has been on my To Read list for some time. Also, I like jazz (Hank Mobley, Art Blakey, Wes Montgomery). It feels kind of silly to say that a book written by a Nobel Prize/Pulitzer Prize winner is “really good”. That’s what I thought, though, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Toni Morrison

Halbs's CBR11 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Toni Morrison ·
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