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Jackson Pollock: An American Saga by Steven Naifeh. “The Jackson Pollock bio really is a saga — it’s 800 pages long. I’m on page 650 and loving every bit of it. I only recently saw the movie, for which Marcia Gay Harden won the Oscar playing his wife, Lee [...] The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor: “This was my favorite book growing up, and possibly my favorite book ever. I literally felt like I was Cassie (the protagonoist) or a close friend. The book is set in the early 20th century and is centered around a hard-working African-American [...] Zora Neale Hurston: A Life In Letters by Carla Kaplan: I am currently researching and writing my thesis on Ms. Zora. As much as I would like to say I found her, I know, in a sense, that she found me. These letters written by her to, well, anybody you could imagine to be “in” [...] SheReads looks at the reading lists of cool chicks. If you want to be featured, send an email to uptown.literati@gmail.com. Changing My Mind by Zadie Smith “Zadie Smith novels are beautiful but I’ve always admired her as an essayist. This collection is everything I love about Smith – she writes fluidly and easily moves from literary criticism [...] SheReads looks at the reading lists of cool chicks. If you want to be featured, send an email to uptown.literati@gmail.com. Lately by Sara Pritchard “I love this book because it is both hilarious and sad. Pritchard populates her fictional Cook County with strong, unconventional characters, who look back over their lives and wonder at how it deviated [...] SheReads looks at the reading lists of cool chicks. If you want to be featured, send an email to uptown.literati@gmail.com. We are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness by Alice Walker. “This book is a beautiful collection of essays and speeches by Walker that reflects wisdom, compassion, and [...] SheReads looks at the reading lists of cool chicks. If you want to be featured, send an email to uptown.literati@gmail.com. Christina’s favorites… Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk “Give me anything in this whole fu*king world that is exactly what it looks like. Flash.” Chuck Palahniuk is [...] SheReads looks at the reading lists of cool chicks. If you want to be featured, send an email to uptown.literati@gmail.com. Feminista by Erica Kennedy “At first glance, you might think this is another chick-lit book, but upon closer inspection you realize this is much more. The main character, Sydney, already has it all: a well-paying seemingly [...] Mademoiselle M. About me: I have subscriptions to more magazines than I can possibly read in a month (how stupid right) |
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