@bookstodon Another really good graphic nonfiction book I've read recently, and recommend, is WE HEREBY REFUSE, regarding the Japanese-Americans forced into concentration camps in WWII.
The story addresses a common victim-blaming response to the plight of others: "Why didn't they fight back?" It's almost always the wrong question, even though indeed, they did fight back. Victim-blaming is a pernicious permission structure, allowing us not to care about terrible events that happen to other people.
@kimlockhartga@bookstodon Most Japanese Americans & Asians (in US & outside of it) called them concentration camps - not internment camps. Colonial, racist governments called them internment camps in US & Canada but that's a dishonest word for them. Internment camps are for military personnel. Japanese & Asians(anyone who looked Japanese) were rounded up & imprisoned in colonial concentration camps. Many died in them.
@kimlockhartga@bookstodon There are likely many who did try to oppose, and others who believed it was wrong but didn't know what to do, were afraid, or hopeless. All these stories would be good to study and learn from.
Book review #27 for 2024 is Steve Silberman's Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity. A helpful and informative book on the unfolding journey of and...battles with/for, regarding people who interact with their world differently. I found this book to be helpful in understanding the rise of what we today call neurodiversity. ☕☕☕☕1/2 review. @stevesilberman@books@bookstodon@bookstodon#autism#neurodiversity#books#books2024 #
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My most anticipated books in '24, by the month thread: May is always a blockbuster month for book publishing. This year is no exception. Believe it or not, this is my trimmed list:
MAY 2024:
AMÉRICA DEL NORTE, Nicolas Medina Mora
CINEMA LOVE, Jiaming Tang
THE MINISTRY OF TIME, Kaliane Bradley
WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST, Alina Grabowski
ARCHANGELS OF FUNK, Andrea Hairston
DAUGHTERS OF SHANDONG, Eve J. Chung
GHOSTROOTS, 'Pemi Aguda
HOW IT WORKS OUT, Myriam Lacroix
SEE: LOSS. SEE ALSO: LOVE, Yukiko Tominaga
THIS BOOK WON'T BURN, Samira Ahmed
ALL FOURS, Miranda
LONELINESS & COMPANY, Charlee Dryoff
LEANING ON AIR, Cheryl Grey Bostrom
WHALE FALL, Elizabeth O'Connor
THE DEEPEST LAKE, Andromeda Romano-Lax
WHEN AMONG CROWS, Veronica Roth
IN REPAIR, A.L. Graziadei
MY FIRST BOOK, Honor Levy
MY DARLING DREADFUL THING, Johanna van Veen
OYE, Melissa Mogollon
BLUE RUIN, Hari Kunzru
THE WEALTH OF SHADOWS, Graham Moore
LONG AFTER WE ARE GONE, Terah Shelton Harris
COEXISTENCE: STORIES, Billy Ray Belcourt
THE INCORRIGIBLES, Meredith Jaeger
A HOUSE LIKE AN ACCORDION, Audrey Burges
A NORTHERN LIGHT IN PROVENCE, Elizabeth Birkelund
CECILIA, K Ming Chang
EXHIBIT, R.O. Kwon
GODDESS OF THE RIVER, Vaishnavi Patel
LOST ARK DREAMING, Suyi Davies Okungbo
PERFUME & PAIN, Anna Dorn
THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD, Stuart Turton
8 days til pub day, the AMOLM virtual tour has begun, & I'm starting to organize all the book swag in my house for the onslaught of upcoming in-person events. If you're interested in a deleted scene from AMOLM and a BOOK GIVEAWAY, head over here: http://www.twochicksonbooks.com/2024/06/blog-tour-misfortune-of-lake-monsters.html