I probably won’t make it past Toni but I’m pushing myself to finish them all anyway. If you aspire to become a great writer, you have to read great writing. I would say that it is necessary, even essential – but yall know I hate absolutes. But, if you want to get better, reading great writing is a start. You learn about syntax and ways to create suspense and tension. You’ll increase your vocabulary. And you’ll learn how writers – without the aid of CGI, or music or beautiful lighting – with mere words create experiences for their readers that trump the actual visual! (that’s why the book is always better than the movie)

BUT ANYWAY! Without further adieu:

Summer 2019 Reading List (starting from the bottom):

Black Leopard, Red Wolf – Marlon James

Virgil Wander – Leif Enger

Shook One – Charlamagne the God

We Were Eight Years in Power – Ta-Nehisi Coates

They Were Her Property – Stephanie Rogers-Jones

Habits of the Creative Mind – Miller/Jurecic

The Autobiography of Gucci Mane – Radric Davis

The Source of Self-Regard – Toni Morrison

Between Barack and a Hard Place – Tim Wise

Queen Bey – a collection of essays written by EVERYBODY who is anybody

The Plantation Machine – Burnard/Garrigus

The Construction of Whiteness – Middleton/Roediger/Shaffer

Wish me luck! 😘