Book Lists
For those of you who don’t know me, I’m currently in grad school working on my MA in English. My least favorite part about this is the fact that I get assigned a lot of books by dead white dudes. I’m also studying for the MA Exam (which is pretty much all that stands between me and graduation at this point), which requires me to be familiar with about 100 books/stories/essays/poems, almost all of which are by dead white dudes.
Now, don’t get me wrong. There’s nothing wrong with dead white dudes, or living white dudes. But I’m just kind of done with reading their stuff at this point. Which leads me to needing help from all of you. I’m constantly trying to widen my reading horizons, so I’m going to set up a challenge for myself. I’m calling it “The Never-Ending Reading Challenge!” But, in my attempt to start making a list of challenges for myself, I’ve hit a mental block and am having trouble coming up with more. Plus, I’ve discovered that I’m tending to create challenges that match books already in my “currently reading” pile, which kind of feels like cheating. So I’m asking those of you who read this blog to help me come up with more challenges. To give you an idea of what I’m looking for, here are a few I already have: Read a book translated from an Asian language. Read a book that takes place in South America. Read a graphic novel written by a writer/artist of color. Read an autobiography of a politician from a political party other than your own. You can make the challenges as specific or as broad as you want, depending on how difficult you want them to be. So please, comment on this post (or if you know me on other social media, talk to me on there if you’d rather), and send me some challenges. I’ll try to keep everyone updated on how it’s going. And, if you’re also looking to branch out in your reading, feel free to join me on this journey. Now, bring on the suggestions!
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