Tag Archives: POC

Men in the Sun, by Ghassan Kanafani

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Thistle

My sister recommended three novellas by Ghassan Kanafani, and so I read all three. Men in the Sun was the second I read. This is the story of three desperate men from Palestine trying to make their way to Kuwait … Continue reading →

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All That’s Left To You, by Ghassan Kanafani

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Thistle

My sister recommended three novellas by Ghassan Kanafani, and so I read all three. This was my sister’s favorite of the three, so I read it first. It follows several different stories, offset by type (bold, italics, normal) to differentiate … Continue reading →

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A Wish After Midnight, by Zetta Elliott

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Thistle

Brooklyn, 2001. Fifteen year old Genna lives in the slums and dreams of getting out of her neighborhood. She wants to go to college and become a psychiatrist. Nearly every day, she goes to a local garden and wishes in … Continue reading →

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Sweet Dates in Basra, by Jessica Jiji

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Thistle

There’s a lot going on in this book, so it’s going to be a bit difficult to try to sum up in a paragraph. Sweet Dates in Basra takes place in 1940s Iraq in a time of political and religious … Continue reading →

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Black No More, by George Schuyler

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Thistle

In a dystopian 1930s America, a scientist invents a procedure to change black people into white people in appearance, thinking that he will be solving America’s racial problems. As blacks flock to his hospitals to undergo the three day treatment, … Continue reading →

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Things I’ve Been Silent About, by Azar Nafisi (audio)

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Thistle

Years ago, pre-blogging, I read Reading Lolita in Tehran, a sort of combination memoir, history lesson, and literary analysis rolled into one. It was a fascinating, wonderful book for me, especially parts 1 and 4, which dealt more with the … Continue reading →

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Kindred, by Octavia Butler

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Thistle

The year is 1976. Dana, as a black woman married to a white man, has a myriad of race-related issues in her life. It’s not a good time period for interracial marriages, and both family and friends (on both sides) … Continue reading →

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Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Thistle

I had been told that Lahiri was a master of the short story, but I’d never read any of her work. When I picked up Interpreter after that long string of failed collections, I expected nothing more than to flip … Continue reading →

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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, by William Kamkwamba

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Thistle

William Kamkwamba was a young boy from a small village in Milawi, Africa. He built a windmill and brought “electric wind” to his village. This is his story. I’m so, so sorry, but I’m afraid I’m going to have to … Continue reading →

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Esperanza Rising, by Pam Munoz Ryan

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Thistle

Thirteen-year-old Esperanza has led a comfortable and sheltered life on her father’s ranch in Mexico. Her family has money and land. Esperanza has everything she could want, from servants to wait on her to her parents’ love. After tragedy strikes, … Continue reading →

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