camilla_hoel OP , 3 days ago

@bookstodon June:
5: Maryse Condé’s I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem, which plays around with history to glorious effect.

10: Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which manages to capture horror and delight and oppression and so is naturally regularly banned.

17: George Takei et als’ They Called Us Enemy, which illustrates both the injustice of collective punishment, the nuanced modes of resistance, and the limitations thereof.

The cover of Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, title in curly white font on turquoise background alongside the profile of a Black child.
Cover of George Takei et als’ They Called Us Enemy, showing a drawing of the young George in a line of Japanese people facing an armed soldier and an internment camp.