Tag Archives: Reading Well

Reading Well: When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost by Joan Morgan

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

I meant to read When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down (1999) along with Tricia Rose’s work. But the book was back-ordered, so I was unable to dive into Joan Morgan‘s manifesto until more recently. This … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Amor Towles’ A Gentleman in Moscow (2016) is a pleasant diversion wrapped around a very intriguing idea: the protagonist, a thirty year old Russian aristocrat, is, in 1922, sentenced to house arrest for the rest of his life. His house happens … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Provenance by Ann Leckie

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Set in the same universe as The Ancillary Trilogy, Ann Leckie‘s Provenance (2017) is, essentially, a police procedural. Leckie’s ability to create both characters you care about and cultural settings deep enough to hold your attention shines through, but your … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Published in 2017, Jesmyn Ward‘s Sing, Unburied, Sing is actually the 3rd entry in a loose trilogy, but it is the first I have read. It is magnificent. The plot is disarmingly simple: two children, deeply dependent on each other; … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Published in 2016, Sylvain Neuvel‘s Sleeping Giants is the first book in a trilogy. It’s a delightful, surprising, quick read, exploring what might happen if we discovered a giant robot powered by massively advanced technology whose pieces are scattered across … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Lucifer’s Hammer, first published in 1977, is a result of the fruitful collaboration between Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. This is a page-turner of a sci fi/disaster novel, focusing on the impact of a sizable comet colliding with the Earth. … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

This is the second book by Paul Auster to appear here, after In the Country of Last Things. 4 3 2 1 is a much more literary, serious work, and one that explores a concept dear to most writers’ imaginations: … Continue reading →

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Reading Graphically: Five Graphic Novels

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

{After a really nice run of novels, I took a break to dig through a pile of unread graphic novels. More and more, I like having a record of what I read in the entirety, so here are some quick … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi‘s Kintu (2014) has received a lot of positive buzz, even being hailed as the first great Ugandan novel, whatever that means (I don’t mean to dismiss the praise, rather to problematize the terms first, great, and Ugandan). It’s an ambitious novel: … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Tricia Rose on Hip Hop

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

You may have noticed a lot of content on hip hop here lately … As part of that, I re-read Tricia Rose‘s 1994 book Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America and read for the first time … Continue reading →

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