50books-poc Uncounted: Rotten English: A Literary Anthology

Nov 24, 2009 18:03

in short: Rotten English: A Literary Anthology edited by Dohra Ahmad (white? editor) is an anthology of poetry, short fiction, novel excerpts, and essays that use, discuss or otherwise engage with vernacular/non-standard/dialectical/world English(es), has a 5:2 ratio of PoC writers to white writers, and has writers from and stories set on every ( Read more... )

anthology, reading, creator: dohra ahmad, 50books_poc

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sumofparts November 24 2009, 23:18:33 UTC
...because anytime someone says something stupid about how other people talk and how it's "bad", "wrong", "uneducated", "ghetto", etc. I want to throw this book at their head... THIS. Well, except for the book-throwing because I haven't read it yet but it's on my to-read list. Thanks for posting about it.

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dhobikikutti November 25 2009, 18:17:10 UTC
Oh dude, thank you. I have added this to the list of books on my ever increasing need to read list.

Also, that poem was RIGHTEOUS!

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couldbesunshine November 25 2009, 18:53:02 UTC
This is going straight on my reading list. I've been aching to find a book on this subject for awhile - specifically, ever since reading the poems of Louise Bernice Halfe.

Thank you for the in-depth and informative review!!

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