If I could have Roxane Gay follow me around for the rest of my life contextualizing my experiences as processed through her personal brain filter, I would have no more wishes for my genie, even if he insisted that I had two wishes left. I would tell him to fuck off, I’m all set: I’ve got Roxane Gay. I’m going to re-read this one. Probably twice or thrice. She is my new best friend. She is the smartest person I know (I don’t know her). […]
Order is Always One Realization Away From Disintegration
A few weeks ago fellow Cannonballer, Vermillion, was posting pictures of the swag he was getting and thoughts he was having at the State of Black Science Fiction Con in Atlanta. One of the the things he posted about was Genius, and Genius‘ artist, Afua Richardson. Genius is about a young African American woman who leads her neighbors in taking back their Los Angeles neighborhood from corrupt cops. It arrived in the mail and I gobbled it up. But I’ve been sitting on the review […]
Trying hard to sensationalize common sense.
Twenty-fifth book reviewed as part of the 130 Challenge. This is the third time I’ve tried to read Malcolm Gladwell and I’m sorry to say that I’m still not impressed. First one I tried was Blink. I grew tired of it really quickly (I want to make a ‘blink of an eye’ pun but I feel sad for Gladwell) as it just had a lot of trivia without really going anywhere. There was nothing substantial to be had there. Next came Tipping Point and it bored […]