Comments | annwyd: a movie, and books.

annwyd

a movie, and books.

Feb 08, 2009 00:25

Saw Coraline tonight. It was beautifully made, and it reminded me of some of the things I liked about the book. ( Snipped for possible spoilers and some rambling about Neil Gaiman. )

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a_white_rain February 8 2009, 05:43:45 UTC

Outside The Audacity of Hope, I'm not sure which books I've been reading lately are from PoC. I USUALLY DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE AUTHOR WHEN I PICK UP BOOKS. I may watch out for that. Especially since I'm reading so much history.

annwyd February 8 2009, 05:52:46 UTC

It makes me so happy that books by our president count for this list.

a_white_rain February 8 2009, 05:53:53 UTC

sdweasd did you hear that he picked an openly gay black man for his faith relations? I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S LOLING BUT I AM.

7thisgod February 8 2009, 05:48:15 UTC

What qualifies as a person of color?

annwyd February 8 2009, 05:54:27 UTC

"Not white." Which is pretty screwed up, but that's still how it is.

Black, any kind of native/aboriginal, any kind of Asian, Hispanic, Arab, I'm sure I'm missing some because it is a big world out there.

7thisgod February 8 2009, 17:10:06 UTC

Then you should really check-out Latin-American literature. I'm not completely sure if they're POC; but Julio Cortazar, Juan Rulfo, Cristina Rivera, Mario Vargas Llosa and the rest of the gang are must read material with or without "racial" limitations.

annwyd February 9 2009, 04:04:43 UTC

Oh yeah, they definitely count as PoC, and some Latin-American writers are on my list. I'll add those.

wingstodust February 8 2009, 06:07:53 UTC

Um, I know a couple authors... but, erm, I'm not sure what you like... ^^;;

Lemme see, I'll rec Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai, then. =D

annwyd February 8 2009, 08:57:45 UTC

I mostly read fantasy and sci-fi, but I'm pretty relaxed about what I read within those boundaries.

I'll check that one out!

wingstodust February 8 2009, 14:42:15 UTC

lol, I guess I hit the right spot when I said Salt Fish Girl then. It's the only sci-fi book I can think of that a POC wrote for......

Hmm, I know Nalo Hopkinson has some fantasy books, but I haven't read them in ages, so I really can't remember how good they were for the life of me...

Also, Laurence Yep has a Dragon series that I heard was supposed to be good. Um, I haven't read that series in and of itself, but I really, really liked his Golden Mountain Chronicle series, (Child of the Owl in particular), so yeah. =D

milkytint February 8 2009, 07:48:35 UTC

Stalker lurker here but I came across your Lockon/Tieria essay on the pairing community and enjoyed greatly so seeing that you'll be writing a manifesto for the pairing makes me incredibly excited! :D

annwyd February 8 2009, 08:58:01 UTC

Well, I haven't actually started the manifesto yet, so it might be a while. But thanks. :D

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annwyd February 9 2009, 04:05:03 UTC

I'll look that one up.