2009 Reading #99: Skin Folk
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snurriBooks 1-10.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
Books 41-50.
Books 51-60.
Books 61-70.
Books 71-80.
Books 81-90.
91. The Non-Adventures of Wonderella: Everybody Ever Forever by Justin Pierce.
92. Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin.
93. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach.
94. Strip Jack by Ian Rankin.
95. Wizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
96. Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn.
97. Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton by Bobby Seale.
98. The Black Book by Ian Rankin.
99. Skin Folk by Nalo Hopkinson. For those unfamiliar, Nalo Hopkinson was born in Jamaica and grew up there and in Guyana, Trinidad, and Canada, where she lives now; as such her work is steeped in Caribbean folklore and language, as well as matters of race and sexuality. This is her only short story collection to date, so far as I'm aware. I enjoyed her first novel, Brown Girl In the Ring, when I read it about ten years ago, but it's been long enough that I can't compare my reaction to the novel to these stories. My faves in this collection included "A Habit of Waste," "Fisherman," and "Ganger (Ball Lightning)"--the last in part because it made me uncomfortable.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
Books 41-50.
Books 51-60.
Books 61-70.
Books 71-80.
Books 81-90.
91. The Non-Adventures of Wonderella: Everybody Ever Forever by Justin Pierce.
92. Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin.
93. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach.
94. Strip Jack by Ian Rankin.
95. Wizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
96. Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn.
97. Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton by Bobby Seale.
98. The Black Book by Ian Rankin.
99. Skin Folk by Nalo Hopkinson. For those unfamiliar, Nalo Hopkinson was born in Jamaica and grew up there and in Guyana, Trinidad, and Canada, where she lives now; as such her work is steeped in Caribbean folklore and language, as well as matters of race and sexuality. This is her only short story collection to date, so far as I'm aware. I enjoyed her first novel, Brown Girl In the Ring, when I read it about ten years ago, but it's been long enough that I can't compare my reaction to the novel to these stories. My faves in this collection included "A Habit of Waste," "Fisherman," and "Ganger (Ball Lightning)"--the last in part because it made me uncomfortable.
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