Category: Book Thoughts
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Not in Mixed Company ðŸ˜: The Role of Audience in Burn Down Master’s House by Clay Cane
This isn’t a review of Burn Down Master’s House by Clay Cane, a historical fiction novel, published by Penguin Random House in January 2026. The story itself is fine. This is a post that questions the novel’s position as a neoslave narrative when the novel centers the white gaze, something the genre rejects in both…
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Octavia E. Butler Didn’t Want A Survivor Reprint
I was shocked when I heard that Octavia E. Butler’s Survivor was returning to print. For a few seconds, I couldn’t figure out what to do with my body, my hands, this news. I went to check the official Octavia Butler Website, Hachette’s website, and their social media accounts, hoping this wasn’t true. But there…
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Your Bookshelves Tell Us Your Truth: Personal Ethics in Literature
Because who are we if not the art we consume? Literature is art. Art is political; therefore, literature is political.
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Hello God, Are You There?: The Intersection of Religion and Subversion in Godpunk
My parents weren’t particularly religious until it was time to place judgment on others. But that didn’t stop my aunt from trying to convince me otherwise. I remember one of the few times she took me to her church. We woke up before sunrise to make a trek from Brooklyn to the Bronx to an…
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Musings on “Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice”
Two days after my son’s 8th birthday, the pain in my chest decided to take permanent residence. What was occasional pain after binge eating fast food now felt like I was being stabbed after every meal. My diet fizzled into a measly ½ cup of Cheerios and the smallest amount of unsweetened almond milk I…
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Taboo Begets Inquiry and Change in BIPOC Speculative Fiction
As someone who struggles with human interactions, I’ve always found the function of taboo in society intriguing. Mostly because I wonder if people know why they are reacting to the taboo. I usually follow a line of questioning that goes:Â Why do we need to fit into molds made by these societal norms? Yes, you should…