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PETRUS

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4. That's awesome.

Reply to ismnotwasm (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 24, 2018, 01:51 PM

Jun 2018

I'm a white male who grew up in the US. I read quite a bit and make a point of choosing books by women, people of color, and people from other parts of the world. (Although I still read plenty of white male American authors.) But I've never dedicated an entire year's worth of reading to nonwhites or females or anything.

Have your read Ursula Leguin, NK Jemisin, or Nnedi Okorafor? If you appreciate Octavia Butler I think you'd like those authors as well.

Any recommendations for me?

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Soooo, author Octavia Butler pretty much predicted the times we're in [View all] MariaCSR Jun 2018 OP

I read that book about a year ago murielm99 Jun 2018 #1

I spent a year reading female only authors ismnotwasm Jun 2018 #2

That's awesome. PETRUS Jun 2018 #4

That slogan was used by American nazis in the 30s WhiteTara Jun 2018 #3