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Guantanamo Voices, edited by Sarah Mirk [Review]

This is an absolutely phenomenal graphic novel. It tells the real-life stories of the people working and living in the prison at Guantanamo.

I learned about Guantanamo during my MA in Politics in 2012-16 and was instantly reminded of the camps that Nazi Germany operated during WWII. History repeats itself time upon time, as we watch certain religious, ethnic and racial groups profiled and their lives made a living hell. Today, Islamophobia is on the rise and it is something we each have a responsibility to squash within our communities. Guantanamo was established upon – and is maintained by – racism and Islamophobia.

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The Residue Years by Mitchell S Jackson [Review]

Set in Portland, Oregon in the 1990s, The Residue Years is Jackson’s autobiographical novel of coming of age in a neglected neighbourhood.

We have two narrators (which you’ll know if you follow my reviews, that I love in a novel): Champ and his mother Grace. Grace has just completed a drug treatment program and is now trying to manage her addiction, find work and get custody of her children. Champ has dreams of purchasing his family’s old home and wants to do right by his Mum and brothers. In a world of few opportunities, selling drugs is the only way Champ feels he can achieve his dreams.

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Bezoar and Other Unsettling Stories by Guadalupe Nettel, translated by Suzanne Jill Levine [Review]

Bezoar and Other Unsettling Stories is a collection of short stories from Mexican writer, Guadalupe Nettel, translated from the Spanish by Suzanne Jill Levine. Nettel is a prolific writer who has had her work featured in both Spanish and French language publications. Bezoar and Other Unsettling Stories is Nettel’s most recent work to be translated into the English language, published by Seven Stories Press.

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May Reading Wrap Up

During the month of May, I took part in a reading challenge we called #PagesforPeriods to raise money for the charity Bloody Good Period.

The aim was to read 100 pages a day for 26 days, inspired by the 2.6 challenge.

I closed out the month having read 13 books, 4,518 pages. As a collective, we raised over £2,500 and it’s one of my proudest achievements since joining the book community.

Here’s what I read throughout the month:

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