Okay, so I know I don't have a review posted for Nnedi Okorafor's, Binti, but I just have to gush about the sequel, Home for a second. And I really wanted this to be my last review of the year. First off. Wow. The Binti series is the first in a new wave of Afro-futurism that I've only recently … Continue reading Review: Home (Binti, #2)
Month: December 2017
Review: Rime
Rime, by Tim Lebbon, was my first Kindle Single that I got my hands on and I will say that I was not disappointed, in fact, far from it. The title is an homage to Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and the story itself is a sci-fi repackaging of Coleridge's poem. For contemporary readers, who have read the original, this … Continue reading Review: Rime
Review: Between The World And Me
Ta-Nehisi has crafted a blunt, honest letter to his son, and in turn all of us. He does not sugar coat his experience, and unlike others that I have read of the black experience in America he does not try and fabricate a hope when he feels none. In some ways, this book is lost … Continue reading Review: Between The World And Me
Review: The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror by Thomas Ligotti is by no means an intro text into the wild world of nihilism and subversive thinking. (Note: I use the term subversive liberally here.) Both a literary criticism and an exploration of nihilism as a perspective, Ligotti is a preeminent figure in this sphere of … Continue reading Review: The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
Writing in Brevity: Shorts
Note: This piece was originally published on Medium.com by me on December 6th, 2016. I thought it would be good to post it again here. I've revised some small sections, but otherwise, it is the same article. *** So, over time, I’ve taken to the practice of writing shorter or even what you could call “micro” … Continue reading Writing in Brevity: Shorts
Review: We Come Apart
I don't often read YA, and it's even less that I am moved by a YA novel, so when I finished We Come Apart by Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan, I was taken aback. I will say that this book is fantastic. Written in free form verse, we follow Nicu, a Romanian immigrant, transplanted in London and Jess, … Continue reading Review: We Come Apart
