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The Office of Historical Corrections
Author: Danielle EvansDate read: January 11, 2021Edition: Hardcover, Book of the Month Club Edition Goodreads Synopsis: Danielle Evans is widely acclaimed for her blisteringly smart voice and x-ray insights into complex human relationships. With The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans zooms in on particular moments and relationships in her characters’ lives in a way that allows them to speak to larger issues of race, culture, and history. She introduces us to Black and multiracial characters who are experiencing the universal confusions of lust and love, and getting walloped by grief—all while exploring how history haunts us, personally and collectively. Ultimately, she provokes us to think about the truths of American…
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Proof That Words Matter
I’m sitting here in my parents’ house on Jan 6, 2021, at 7:52 pm wondering what on earth happened today; how did we let it get this far? I had been hoping to post a nice review but that went out the window the moment my phone lit up with the news of a coup happening on Capitol Hill. And make no mistake, this was an insurrection in the United States of America. Seriously, google images of coups, in any country, and tell me they don’t look like what happened in D.C. today. I couldn’t let today pass without comment. I couldn’t watch our democracy be threatened without saying unequivocally…
