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Part 7 overall was meh. Some good parts but mostly dull

Maan has grown on me, lowkenuinely the most relatable character

“our pain is the doorway to our joy” (that one got me)

Ready to read alba’s story

Sometimes I feel like Jamie

Really started this abt 2 days ago but got a good bit of reading done on the plane. Idk why, maybe because of the strong female protagonists, but I’m feeling a slight Zora Neale Hurston influence.

I’m on “Alas, Poor Richard” rn and I might cry🥲. I’ve always had my opinions of Richard wright (specifically his political views) but learning about the intimacy of his and Baldwin’s relationship is very sentimental. I mean, after reading Native Son, I was hooked, Wright is a very gifted writer and I’m excited to read the other parts of this essay, to learn more about him through Baldwin’s eyes

Abdel Karim, while he is morally corrupt and borderline psychotic, is kinda tuff ngl. Malamine needa tighten up! Are you really bout this revolution shit? Are you ready to kill over it? To die for it?

World building and characters are already 10/10

Epistemology

I love Baldwin’s writing. He’s so explicit. Re-reading Princes and Powers I can’t even truly say he was taking a firm stance on the argument that the diaspora has nothing in common, culturally, besides oppression by the white man, he was really just questioning the other speakers’ points.