Posted in voice, tagged homeland narrative, organic storytelling, present tense, To See and See Again on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(Note: Please excuse the lateness of this. I beg birthday, having turned 33 last night.)
Oh, I had the slow burn on this one at first. Another 400 page person of color second generation homeland narrative? But I have deadlines and my birthday and a keynote speech to write and blahhhh. Do I have [...]
Posted in Soldier, tagged Black queer female genius, child's eye, choice in writing about violence, limited time, present tense, Soldier, vignettes on March 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I passionately love Solider. The book’s writing style is one I would never choose (because I’m too wedded to going into detail and backstory), but I love what June does with this book. She is so smart, and this book is so fascinating and important in the cannon of queer writers of color writing about [...]
