Currently reading & recommended
The Reads
A running shelf of the books that have shaped my thinking.
28 titles on the shelf

Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
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The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke
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Patsy by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
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Popisho by Leone Ross
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All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
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The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama
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American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
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This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz
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A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
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The Book of Night Women by Marlon James
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
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How to Love a Jamaican by Alexia Arthurs
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Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
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The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
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Miguel Street by V.S. Naipaul
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Til the Well Runs Dry by Lauren Francis-Sharma
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Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean by Peekash Press and more
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The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
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Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
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Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
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Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta
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Pleasantview by Celeste Mohammed
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Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat
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One Year of Ugly by Caroline Mackenzie
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The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
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Augustown by Kei Miller
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