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Steve Chisnell - Educator, writer, podcaster, book critic, democracy advocate, Creator of Waywords Studio - Wanderings on Literature and Language WaywordsStudio.com

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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ผ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ -

Freire always resisted "method" for his philosophy for obvious reasons: engaged humans aren't formulas. Even so, here he relents (a little) to offer teachers some more direct ideas.

#books #pedagogy #education #booksky #edusky

09.03.2026 14:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ -

Some internal politics as an indigenous artist dares to create with nuance and irony. Can the modern political native tolerate it? Vizenor is candid, funny, and subtle all at once!

#books #bookreviews #IndigenousFiction #booksky

05.03.2026 15:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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05.03.2026 00:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐–๐š๐ฒ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ: "๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ญ-๐ž ๐Š๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ" -

Masnavi is a Persian narrative poetry of rhyming couplets, often with morals around Sufi mysticism and ethics. My lessons are ... different.

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#poetry #originalpoetry #masnavi #mathnawi #language #writingcommunity

04.03.2026 15:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Heading to the AWP conference this week! Hit me up if you'll be there and would like to chat, divide and conquer, or compare foot blisters! #booksky #writingcommunity

02.03.2026 23:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐‘ต๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…๐’” - ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘จ๐’“๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ซ๐’–๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’: ๐‘ป๐’๐’๐’Š ๐‘ด๐’๐’“๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† 13๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘จ๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’…๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•

The Omelas basement has a physical address: the prison-industrial complex. ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ & the film 13๐˜ต๐˜ฉ .

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#podcast #books #americanliterature #booksky #edusky

01.03.2026 23:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ธ -

After reading Dunbar-Ortiz's history, Blackhawk slows down to offer a more thorough examination of indigenous America. Will be taking my time on this one!

#books #history #ushistory #indigenoushistory #colonization #booksky

26.02.2026 15:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐–๐š๐ฒ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ: "๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ" -

When writing children's verse, it's hard to see where sincerity ends and parody begins . . . .

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#poetry #originalpoetry #childrensverse #parody #cautionarytale #writingcommunity #edusky

25.02.2026 15:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’‰๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ณ๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚ ๐‘บ๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’“" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐‘น๐’‚๐’Ž ๐‘ฝ -

God decides to downsize and lays off Death, who then finds herself demoted to a strange kind of mortality. Not sure where this is going to go . . .

#books #bookreviews #death #mythology #fantasy #graphicnovel #booksky

23.02.2026 15:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have some digital recordings on DVD of Zinn in Detroit, MI from 2006. Are you interested in a gift of them?

22.02.2026 23:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐‘ต๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…๐’” ๐‘ฌ๐’‘๐’Š๐’”๐’๐’…๐’†: ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘บ๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’”: ๐‘ป๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’š ๐‘ถ๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’† & ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘บ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’ ๐‘ช๐’†๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“ -

What happens to the story when the โ€˜objectโ€™ of our sympathy looks back & refuses the role weโ€™ve written for them?

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#podcast #literature #books #addiction #survivance #booksky #edusky

21.02.2026 13:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€:

- Tommy Orange - ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด
- Gerald Vizenor - ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด

The podcast: ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€, Feb 20
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#LiteraryNomads #indigenousSovereignty #epigenetics #Survivance #WritingBack #literarysovereignty #cheyenne #booksky #eduksy #bookpodcast

19.02.2026 21:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ -

Birkerts has plenty of angst over the demise of the paper book, and I don't share his view, I suspect. But let's give him a fair hearing as he laments the shift from static to dynamic text.

#books #reading #internet #refuseit #booksky

19.02.2026 15:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐–๐š๐ฒ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ: "๐๐ก๐š๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ" -

Concrete poetry depends on the poem's shape on the page for some of its meaning. I remember doing these as kids, yes, but now . . . ?

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#poetry #originalpoetry #concretepoetry #diminishingverse #writingsky

18.02.2026 15:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐——๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ -

Prose, poetry, and art from Jamaican-American Rankine which opens up a reflection on American loneliness, race, and depression follow 9/11. Twenty years later, I dread how much will still feel true.

#books #hybrid #parataxis #booksky

16.02.2026 15:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ฌ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž: ๐„๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐กโ€™๐ฌ ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ต๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’•๐’„๐’‰๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ -

Your interpretation is colonial.

Fine the episode now and follow the podcast!
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#podcast #literature #books #time #lineartime #ideology #history #mmiw #mmiwr #niwrc #booksky #edusky

14.02.2026 15:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐‘ต๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…๐’”: ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’–๐’„๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’š ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ฌ๐’“๐’‚๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’†: ๐‘ฌ๐’“๐’…๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’‰โ€™๐’” ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ต๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’•๐’„๐’‰๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ -

Your Interpretation is Colonial.

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#podcast #books #time #lineartime #ideology #history #mmiw #mmiwr #niwrc #booksky #edusky

13.02.2026 21:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ฌ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž: ๐„๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐กโ€™๐ฌ ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ต๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’•๐’„๐’‰๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ -

Your interpretation is colonial.

Podcast episode drops today, Feb 13!

#podcast #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #time #lineartime #ideology #history #mmiw #mmiwr #niwrc #booksky #edusky

13.02.2026 15:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€:
- Louise Erdrich - ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ
- Simon Ortiz - "Towards a National Indian Literature"

The podcast: ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€, Feb 13
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#LiteraryNomads #SimonOrtiz
#IndigenousSovereignty
#TheNightWatchman #LouiseErdrich
#Survivance #WritingBack #booksky #edusky

12.02.2026 21:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐— ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜†" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—™. ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ -

Saad writes from her space as British, as African, as Muslim, but importantly to whites her are ignorant or complacent in their positions of power. A 28-day guidebook to thinking about race and power.

#books #allyship #booksky

12.02.2026 15:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐‘ญ๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’š๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’…๐’”: "๐‘ฌ๐’‘๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’Ž๐’”" -

In the mood for some pithy wisdom? Maybe move on. . . .

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#poetry #originalpoetry #epigram #wisdom #satire #writingsky

12.02.2026 00:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ -

A kind of prequel to the amazing ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, I'll be interested to see how he translates his sharp and savvy 21st century styles to the 19th century. Sounds like it, too, will be worth a podcast episode, maybe this week!

#books #booksky

09.02.2026 15:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต -

I've never done anything but love my experiences with Erdrich's words & worlds. Somehow, this one slipped past me. Maybe, even, worth a ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ด podcast episode later this week?

#books #indigenousliterature #Assimilation #booksky

05.02.2026 15:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—ง๐—•๐—ฅ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ: ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€ -

Views from the marginalized, this month. Erdrich is always a pleasure & looking forward to Blackhawk's history along with my first book by Rankine!

#books #literature #tbrpile #tbrlist #laylafsaad #louiseerdrich #tommyorange #claudiarankine #nedblackhawk #ramv #booksky

01.02.2026 15:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐‘ต๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…๐’” ๐‘ฌ๐’‘๐’Š๐’”๐’๐’…๐’†: ๐‘พ๐’๐’“๐’…๐’” ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐‘ต๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’‚ 3 โ€“ ๐‘ฌ๐’Ž๐’†๐’›๐’Šโ€™๐’” ๐‘ท๐’†๐’• & ๐‘ฏ๐’–๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ป๐’“๐’–๐’•๐’‰

Akwaeke Emezi offers a YA novel which demands we not "walk away" from Omelas, but perhaps "Stay and Hunt."

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#podcast #books #ya #ogbanje #lgbtqiaplus #edusky #booksky

30.01.2026 21:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, I know there are some uberfans out there and I am late to the party!

30.01.2026 02:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐——๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฅ. ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† -

After my last two reads of him, this magnum opus has been eagerly anticipated (even though word on the street is that it might take me a few months)! A transgressive hallucinatory riddle? I'm there for it!

#books #sciencefiction #sf #booksky

29.01.2026 15:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've been looking forward to it! Starts a year of more intensive reading of indigenous writers!

27.01.2026 12:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ -

Acclaimed novel of the impact of residential schooling on a young boy. I haven't read Wagamese before, so looking forward to this!

#books #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #indigenouswriters #residentialschools #booksky

26.01.2026 15:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐‘ต๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…๐’”: ๐‘พ๐’๐’“๐’…๐’” ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐‘ต๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’‚, ๐‘ท๐’•. 2: ๐‘บ๐’๐’š๐’Š๐’๐’Œ๐’‚'๐’” ๐‘ป๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“ & ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ฑ๐’†๐’“๐’ -

Why have so few read Soyinka? And can we find hope through his cynical dramas?

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#podcast #literature #books #booksky #thetrialsofbrotherjero #drama #nigerianliterature

24.01.2026 02:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0