2019-20

For 2019-20, we decided to read post-colonial novels (under 300 pages) by writers from previously colonized countries. But, once Covid hit, we changed our plans. With the BLM protests in the spring, we turned our attention to several novels by Black writers.

 

Jamaica Kincaid, Annie John

Maryse Conde, Crossing the Mangrove

Bapsi Sidhwa, Cracking India

Mulk Raj Anand, Untouchable




Let the Zoom Meetings Begin:

VS Naipaul, In a Free State

Louise Erdrich, Tracks

Jorge Amada, Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon

Yay Gyasi, Homegoing

Colson Whitehead, Underground Railroad

Gloria Naylor, Linden Hills

Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God