Born Into This | 
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I had a productive reading week. I've finished How the One-armed..., In the Forest, Born into This, and Eclipse of the Crescent Moon.
Clarissa is ongoing, as always. And I think I will start The Grind Benefit Her Feet next.
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Weekly Report
I had a productive reading week. I've finished How the One-armed..., In the Forest, Born into This, and Eclipse of the Crescent Moon.
Clarissa is ongoing, as always. And I think I will start The Grind Benefit Her Feet next.
pickFound in the “new “section, my library,this collection of short stories by Tasmanian Aboriginal writer Thompson doesn‘t hold back on racism, colonialism, & climate change yet they are full of wit, heart and humor.Australia Day becomes Invasion Day.They were fresh & honest , I thought I‘d only read 3 a day , but was so impressed I had to keep reading!I saw it on the shelf & hadn‘t seen the @shawnmooney video mention that he posted in Dec.Loved it!
https://youtu.be/2F3nlzUoGXQ
Books mentioned:
Born Into This by Adam Thompson
Fatty Legs: A True Story by Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton
The Identities of Marie Rose Delorme Smith by Doris Jeanne MacKinnon
Potiki by Patricia Grace
The Old Man and His Sons by Heðin Brú, John F. West (Translator)
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie by Jean Rhys
The Old Man and His Sons by Heðin Brú
pickFinished 8/21/2021.
I‘d been wanting to take a break from reading about Filipino culture and read more about indigenous experiences, so I was so grateful to find Thompson‘s short story collection, independently bound and printed.
Thompson‘s writing feels very fresh, right on the edge of being too real, too hard-hitting. There is no lie in his writing at all — only truth, however uncomfortable it is. He doesn‘t flinch from it.
