My office, i.e. a corner of my childhood bedroom that I decorated just to teach this class. The personal essay I wrote on Black girl fantasy for Catapult. Student Truthtellers Dissertation Woes Birthday Twins with Miss Greater Richmond Marked up Legendborn and The Source of Self-Regard “Micah Watson did something with Black Enough.” Professor Still Life The Teaching Assistant, Genghis. When there is lots happening in your house. Music. Life. Micah Watson’s visit to class. Dissertation. Again. Good-bye.
Galleries
My Top Favorite Books of 2019
December is a time to reflect on the year past and plan for the year ahead. My favorite thing to do, at least twice a year, is do a quick write up on my favorite books of the year. Though I’ve previously written about a few texts I loved during my comps process, this is more a list of things I’ve read for fun recently. They are in no particular order:
- With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Thick and Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
- Superman: Dawnbreaker by Matt de la Peña
- Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo by Ntozake Shange
- Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno
- Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
- Dear Martin by Nic Stone
- Riri Williams: Ironheart by Eve Ewing