5/24/2023 0 Comments Eloquent rage author![]() As if white populations would not be interested in Black books. As if all a Black populace would be interested in is Black books. ![]() Quelle surprise. As if Black books were not able to take up space in a predominantly white space. Every time I would search a book that I wanted ( The New Jim Crow, Audre Lorde’s Collected Poems, Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti, Eloquent Rage, etc.), my heart would leap with excitement upon noting that the library had the book, and do a mild decrescendo upon realizing the availability was at the library downtown.Īs I left the library fuming about the inconvenience of having to drive all the way across town to the other library, it struck me that all the books that I wanted were Black books and they were all housed in the library smack in the middle of the Black neighborhood. After spending about five minutes in the search engine, I began to notice a trend. When nothing did, I took to the computers to see if they had any of the books that I needed for comps. I didn’t have any books in mind– I thought I’d just go have a look around and see if anything caught my eye. I drove up to the north part of my city to the public library that I prefer– brand new, new books, and a general sparkle that always inflates my mood. ![]() So, I decided do what I always do when I’m feeling in a funk: I get books. Weird things were happening with my mood, I couldn’t sit still and I was feeling generally out of sorts. ![]() This week and I got off on the wrong foot. ![]()
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