Category: Literary Fiction

by Myra Garces-Bacsal June 2, 2022 Number of comments0
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[#DecolonizeBookshelves2022] The Tyranny Of Gratitude in Dangarembga’s “Nervous Conditions” from Zimbabwe

“It would be a marvelous opportunity, she said sarcastically to forget. To forget who you were, what you were and why you were that. The process, she said was called assimilation…” – Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions

by Myra Garces-Bacsal May 28, 2022 Number of comments0
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[Saturday Reads] #DecolonizeBookshelves2022 – Tragic Humor in Paul Beatty’s “The Sellout”

“That’s the problem with history, we like to think it’s a book – that we can turn the page and move the fuck on. But history isn’t the paper it’s printed on. It’s memory, and memory is time, emotions, and song. History is the things that stay with you.” – Paul Beatty.

by Myra Garces-Bacsal May 26, 2022 Number of comments0
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[#DecolonizeBookshelves2022] Our Sister Killjoy from Ghana

“My Brother, if we are not careful, we would burn out our brawn and brains trying to prove what you describe as ‘our worth’ and we won’t get a flicker of recognition from those cold blue eyes. And anyway, who are they?” – Ama Ata Aidoo.