Book #201 of 2021: Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon This is a strange narrative that changes shape at multiple junctures, so I’m loath to give too much away for prospective readers. But it begins with its fifteen-year-old heroine, the black albino intersex bride of the local reverend, fleeing from their fundamentalist cult compound to deliver her …
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Book #218 of 2019: The Deep by Rivers Solomon with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes There’s a lot going on with this novella, and although I think its ambition surpasses its short length, it contains a worthwhile consideration of generational trauma as a source of both suffering and strength. Author Rivers Solomon has …
Book #204 of 2018: An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon This debut sci-fi novel from author Rivers Solomon is one of those books that many readers will justifiably love but that doesn’t quite hit the spot for me. With a dark-skinned intersex autistic heroine — and plenty of other diversity among the supporting cast …
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