Monthly Archives: February 2010
Review: The House You Pass on the Way
The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline WoodsonPenguin Books (SPEAK imprint)Published 1997114 pagesFinished Reading February 11, 2010 I first heard of Jacqueline Woodson when I read her short story in How Beautiful the Ordinary, and while her addition … Continue reading
Filed under 2010 Challenges, 2010 Reviews, A, GLBTQ, Print, Young Adult Fiction
Review: Black Girl/White Girl (audio)
Black Girl/White Girl by Joyce Carol OatesBBC Audiobooks America, 2006Nine hoursFinished Reading February 4, 2010 I don’t like to do this, but here’s the Indie Bound summary of this novel: In 1975 Genna Hewett-Meade’s college roommate died a mysterious, violent … Continue reading
Filed under 2010 Reviews, Audio Books, B, Fiction
Quick Quote: bell hooks
Again and again, I have to insist that feminist solidarity rooted in a commitment to progressive politics must include a space for rigorous critique, for dissent, or we are doomed to reproduce in progressive communities the very forms of domination … Continue reading
Filed under Quick Hit
Masterpiece Theatre Presents Emma
My long standing refusal to have anything to do with one Jane Austen subsided a bit last year when I agreed to watch the Ang Lee-directed, Emma Thompson-adapted screenplay of Sense and Sensibility (I mean, Alan Rickman was in it!). … Continue reading
Filed under 2010 Reviews
Review: Kindred
Kindred by Octavia ButlerBeacon Press 25th Anniversary EditionOriginally Published 1979 by Doubleday264 pagesFinished Reading January 29, 2010 Dana is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her husband in their Los Angeles apartment. The year is 1976–until it’s not. The first time … Continue reading
Filed under 2010 Reviews, A, Fiction, Print
Review: How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity
Edited by Michael Cart Published by HarperTeen, 2009369 pages How Beautiful the Ordinary is a collection of short stories that tackles issues faced by GLBT youth, in the tradition of the now-classic 1995 anthology Am I Blue? Coming Out From … Continue reading
Filed under 2010 Challenges, 2010 Reviews, B, GLBTQ, Print, Young Adult Fiction
