Sydney Valerio
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The Weeds
- De: Katy Simpson Smith
- Narrado por: Cindy Kay, Mia Hutchinson-Shaw
- Duración: 6 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 2
A Mississippi woman pushes through the ruin of the Roman Colosseum, searching for plants. She has escaped her life, apprenticed herself to catalog all the species growing in this place. Crawling along the stones, she wonders how she has landed here, a reluctant botanist amid a snarl of tourists in comfortable sandals. She hunts for a scientific agenda and a direction of her own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Touching… refreshing… pretty dope!
- De Sydney Valerio en 07-28-23
- The Weeds
- De: Katy Simpson Smith
- Narrado por: Cindy Kay, Mia Hutchinson-Shaw
Touching… refreshing… pretty dope!
Revisado: 07-28-23
This novel’s attempt to experiment with form while documenting in a fictional manner the lives of women in the botany world spanning different centuries was refreshing to read. I appreciated the form of the novel, the author’s use of her research in The Bronx at the NYBG, and the way the narrative crystallized the possibilities of change in self and in our natural environment.
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Sink
- A Memoir
- De: Joseph Earl Thomas
- Narrado por: Joseph Earl Thomas
- Duración: 6 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 49
"A brilliant and brilliantly different" (Kiese Laymon), wrenching and redemptive coming-of-age memoir about the difficulty of growing up in a hazardous home and the glory of finding salvation in geek culture.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great memoir
- De Jason en 02-26-23
- Sink
- A Memoir
- De: Joseph Earl Thomas
- Narrado por: Joseph Earl Thomas
On your own terms…
Revisado: 07-24-23
Joseph Earl Thomas shares a series of moments for the reader to hear his younger self call into focus experiences that crystallize the urgency to protect the beauty he creates in this world via his voice—vividly narrated. Every page has us gripping onto how he makes it through the scene.
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dayliGht
- Poems
- De: Roya Marsh
- Narrado por: Roya Marsh
- Duración: 1 h y 21 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 6
In her stunning debut, written in protest to an absence of representation, Marsh recalls her early life and the attendant torments of a butch Black woman coming of age in America. In lush, powerful, and vulnerable verses, dayliGht unpacks traumas to unearth truths, revealing a deep well of resilience, a cutting sense of irony, and an astonishing fresh talent.
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5 out of 5 stars
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in broad daylight...
- De Sydney Valerio en 08-04-20
- dayliGht
- Poems
- De: Roya Marsh
- Narrado por: Roya Marsh
in broad daylight...
Revisado: 08-04-20
Roya Marsh sits a reader down on the front stoop & outlines the ways humanity can glisten & create rays of sunshine through the use of voice. This book deserves to receive all the prizes & accolades the publishing industry can present it. Stunningly honest, lyrical & fulfilling.
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My Time Among the Whites
- Notes from an Unfinished Education
- De: Jennine Capo Crucet
- Narrado por: Jennine Capo Crucet
- Duración: 4 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 69
Raised in Miami and the daughter of Cuban refugees, Crucet examines the political and personal contours of American identity and the physical places where those contours find themselves smashed: be it a rodeo town in Nebraska, a university campus in upstate New York, or Disney World in Florida. Crucet illuminates how she came to see her exclusion from aspects of the theoretical American Dream, despite her family's attempts to fit in with white American culture - beginning with their ill-fated plan to name her after the winner of the Miss America pageant.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Empowering
- De elvia en 10-23-19
- My Time Among the Whites
- Notes from an Unfinished Education
- De: Jennine Capo Crucet
- Narrado por: Jennine Capo Crucet
Voice of What Needs to be Unpacked
Revisado: 11-12-19
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. She uses a clear and honest narrative to unpack the complexities of being Latinx in the US.
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
- A Novel
- De: Ocean Vuong
- Narrado por: Ocean Vuong
- Duración: 7 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,422
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,937
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,917
Poet Ocean Vuong’s debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late 20s, the letter unearths a family’s history that began before he was born - a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam - and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully written, but painful.
- De NB en 06-10-19
- On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
- A Novel
- De: Ocean Vuong
- Narrado por: Ocean Vuong
exhale
Revisado: 07-18-19
this novel is a lyrical essay, a poem, a piece of a heart placed onto a reader’s palm ... each page a palpitation... thank you for writing it.
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Eloquent Rage
- A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
- De: Brittney Cooper
- Narrado por: Brittney Cooper
- Duración: 6 h y 57 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,026
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,811
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,794
So what if it's true that Black women are mad as hell? They have the right to be. In the Black feminist tradition of Audre Lorde, Brittney Cooper reminds us that anger is a powerful source of energy that can give us the strength to keep on fighting. Far too often, Black women's anger has been caricatured into an ugly and destructive force that threatens the civility and social fabric of American democracy. But Cooper shows us that there is more to the story than that.
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5 out of 5 stars
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🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 Eloquent AF
- De Erica en 03-05-18
- Eloquent Rage
- A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
- De: Brittney Cooper
- Narrado por: Brittney Cooper
Empowering & Necessary
Revisado: 08-09-18
Professor Cooper’s book created language for us to identify the intersections in today’s society and to cross those streets or know how to drive in our lanes. Necessary and empowering literary experience. Thank you for giving voice to your experiences and our world.
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