Sloan Crosley delivers wit and sadness, an odd pairing but one that made for an excellent reading experience, somehow turning parts of grief into hopeSloan Crosley delivers wit and sadness, an odd pairing but one that made for an excellent reading experience, somehow turning parts of grief into hope for living on and remembering those we’ve loved and lost. ...more
A great collection of essays and speeches by one of our most progressive and forward thinking activists— one who has been on the frontlines of freedomA great collection of essays and speeches by one of our most progressive and forward thinking activists— one who has been on the frontlines of freedom struggles of minorities and the marginalized for so long.
What struck me most listening to these eloquently and passionately styled arguments were how ahead of their time they were at the time they were being spoken and published. Davis had her hand on the pulse of culture and progressive activism was ahead of the times. Reading this as a new work in the wake of George Floyd and the newest developments of Palestinian struggle for freedom made it feel all the more important to analyze and digest at this moment in time....more
Minor Detail seared itself into my consciousness and memory and to me is a brilliant and near perfect work of fiction written of Palestine, Israel, anMinor Detail seared itself into my consciousness and memory and to me is a brilliant and near perfect work of fiction written of Palestine, Israel, and the line between history and the present.
The book is a short but unnerving, forensic-like narrative that is seemingly less interested in emotion, but more focused in delivering scenes to the reader in a way similar to that of a wide angle camera lens, capturing the facts and movements, telling us what exactly is happening without inner monologue to convolute the story. It is unsettling but effective for the story. The prose gives the reader an abundance of sensory and visual information that is both dazzling and frightening and leaves us to interpret how we must for ourselves in both the first and second halves of the book. In the first half we are given history. In the second half we are given the present. What do we do to reconcile the two? It is a reading experience that left me breathless until the final paragraph.
Everyone should read, given our current moment....more
It’s absolutely fucked up what happened to her and what she went through. I’m so happy but shocked she came out of this alive, with kindness still in It’s absolutely fucked up what happened to her and what she went through. I’m so happy but shocked she came out of this alive, with kindness still in her heart and a lust for life still somewhat in tact. This entire book was so terribly heartbreaking. I think a great many of us would have reacted just the same as she did if not worse if we were put under that much pressure, scrutiny, and surveillance, not to mention abuse from the paparazzi and the culture at large. And the abuse and mistreatment from the people closest to her - that is probably the most awful of it all.
My husband said it perfectly when he described this as a text book case of how the legal system can be used to essentially enslave people. It happened to someone so clearly in the limelight it is unfathomable to think of what happens to people in worse circumstances.
I’m just so glad she is now free and I hope she never has to do anything she doesn’t want to for the rest of her life. She deserves so much peace and happiness. ...more
