Interesting review - I’m intrigued! Looking forward to you reading Crying in H Mart! Maybe have some tissues at the ready. I’ve been intending to read ‘The Book of Form and Emptiness’ for a while so will be interested to hear what you think about that too.
Putting this on my list. I have read Their Eyes Were Watching God and I have another novel on my shelf(I think). I am not usually a memoir person, but this sounds really interesting. Thank you! Enjoy the sun!!
Adding this to my list. Thanks for the review. I’ve been ever so slowly going through her book of essays that was released two years ago - this would make good company .
In terms of racial perspectives… I’m not a Black woman and certainly not from that time but i’m thinking of my own mother , whose sense of identity shifted the more mine did and as I confronted a lot of her internalized racism.
A little over a year ago I read Carla Kaplan's collection, "Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters (https://www.amazon.com/Zora-Neale-Hurston-Life-Letters/dp/0385490364). Your take on her memoir makes sense to me -- she is/was a complex person, the kind you want to understand She is a shape-shifter, refuses any attempt to be categorized. Her curiosity fed both her research and her writing/storytelling. Her writing blows me away. Those "turns of phrase" get me every time. I am looking forward to reading "Dust Tracks on A Road". Another book added to my TBR.
I just started Ozeki's "The Book of Form and Emptiness" and "Crying in H-Mart" has been on my TBR for two years. Maybe this will be the year.
somehow i had no idea she had an autobio?! absolutely adding to my list!
i've also had a copy of STORIES FROM TENANTS for ages and should really prioritize reading it -- it always sounds incredible every time i read about it
Interesting review - I’m intrigued! Looking forward to you reading Crying in H Mart! Maybe have some tissues at the ready. I’ve been intending to read ‘The Book of Form and Emptiness’ for a while so will be interested to hear what you think about that too.
Putting this on my list. I have read Their Eyes Were Watching God and I have another novel on my shelf(I think). I am not usually a memoir person, but this sounds really interesting. Thank you! Enjoy the sun!!
Adding this to my list. Thanks for the review. I’ve been ever so slowly going through her book of essays that was released two years ago - this would make good company .
In terms of racial perspectives… I’m not a Black woman and certainly not from that time but i’m thinking of my own mother , whose sense of identity shifted the more mine did and as I confronted a lot of her internalized racism.
A little over a year ago I read Carla Kaplan's collection, "Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters (https://www.amazon.com/Zora-Neale-Hurston-Life-Letters/dp/0385490364). Your take on her memoir makes sense to me -- she is/was a complex person, the kind you want to understand She is a shape-shifter, refuses any attempt to be categorized. Her curiosity fed both her research and her writing/storytelling. Her writing blows me away. Those "turns of phrase" get me every time. I am looking forward to reading "Dust Tracks on A Road". Another book added to my TBR.
I just started Ozeki's "The Book of Form and Emptiness" and "Crying in H-Mart" has been on my TBR for two years. Maybe this will be the year.
i just found stories from the tenants downstairs at a library book sale for $2!!!
somehow i had no idea she had an autobio?! absolutely adding to my list!
i've also had a copy of STORIES FROM TENANTS for ages and should really prioritize reading it -- it always sounds incredible every time i read about it