2011 Reading #55: Angela Davis: An Autobiography
Books 1-10.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
Books 41-50.
51. What I Didn't See and Other Stories by Karen Joy Fowler.
52. Thunder and Roses: Volume IV: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon.
53. Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler.
54. Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison.
55. Angela Davis: An Autobiography. A couple of years ago I read a book of essays and speeches by Davis, but that proved to be not the best way to approach someone I knew relatively little about. The autobiography, on the other hand, is excellent. I could quibble with the placement of her fugitive days and imprisonment at the beginning of book when there doesn't seem to be any reason the story couldn't have been told chronologically, but overall this is really well-written and engaged with the turbulent events of the period in a way that few of the books I've read about the late 60s and early 70s are.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
Books 41-50.
51. What I Didn't See and Other Stories by Karen Joy Fowler.
52. Thunder and Roses: Volume IV: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon.
53. Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler.
54. Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison.
55. Angela Davis: An Autobiography. A couple of years ago I read a book of essays and speeches by Davis, but that proved to be not the best way to approach someone I knew relatively little about. The autobiography, on the other hand, is excellent. I could quibble with the placement of her fugitive days and imprisonment at the beginning of book when there doesn't seem to be any reason the story couldn't have been told chronologically, but overall this is really well-written and engaged with the turbulent events of the period in a way that few of the books I've read about the late 60s and early 70s are.