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Troy is on page 21 of 160 of Donny Hathaway Live

— Nov 02, 2016 09:39PM Add a comment

Troy is on page 69 of 336 of The Hirschfeld Century: Portrait of an Artist and His Age

Good lord, this book is awesome.

— May 11, 2016 01:32PM Add a comment

The Hirschfeld Century: Portrait of an Artist and His Age

Troy is on page 305 of 414 of The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

This is a long slog, but so dense and entertaining.

— Feb 02, 2016 09:43AM Add a comment

The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

Troy is on page 157 of 268 of The Soldiers' Press: Trench Journals in the First World War

— Oct 06, 2015 06:19PM Add a comment

Troy is on page 32 of 224 of Breaking the Ice: The Black Experience in Professional Hockey

— Sep 26, 2015 09:36AM Add a comment

Troy is on page 210 of 414 of The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

— Sep 26, 2015 09:35AM Add a comment

Troy is on page 59 of 268 of The Soldiers' Press: Trench Journals in the First World War

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Troy is on page 125 of 240 of The Sketchbook War: Saving the Nation's Artists in World War II

— Sep 26, 2015 09:35AM Add a comment

Troy is on page 40 of 152 of Between the World and Me

Good lord, this is awesome.

— Jul 14, 2015 07:14PM Add a comment

Troy is on page 90 of 414 of The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

This is astounding. Just 200 years ago, the concept of skin color as an indicator of class or humanity was just being thought up. Imagine!

— Jun 16, 2015 03:42PM Add a comment

Troy is on page 90 of 414 of The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

— Jun 16, 2015 03:41PM Add a comment

Troy is on page 25 of 414 of The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

This is dense, and may contain instances of racism that will make me want to throw the book. Still, it is engaging.

— Jun 07, 2015 12:06PM Add a comment

Troy is on page 219 of 528 of The Jazz Fiction Anthology

Good gravy, this is awesome. Some new names for me to find work by.

— May 11, 2015 06:26AM Add a comment

Troy is on page 150 of 304 of Book One: Work, 1986-2006

Oh my damn, this is awesome.

— Apr 05, 2015 08:18PM Add a comment

Troy is 65% done with Bad Feminist

In talking about this to friends, I'm finding a universal praise for her tone and words, but a lack of viable politic that is not respectability-based.

— Jan 04, 2015 11:50AM Add a comment

Troy is on page 125 of 464 of To the Letter: A Celebration of the Lost Art of Letter Writing

THis is probably the most exhaustive history and treatise on the use and impact of letter writing I've ever read.

— May 05, 2014 07:47AM Add a comment

To the Letter: A Celebration of the Lost Art of Letter Writing

Troy is on page 14 of 243 of Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile

— Feb 20, 2014 07:02AM Add a comment

Troy is on page 79 of 189 of Miles and me

I got issues...but they'll keep til I finish...

— Feb 18, 2014 07:35AM Add a comment

Troy is on page 155 of 366 of Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond

This is a quick read, and SO MANY GREAT STORIES.

— Sep 27, 2013 07:52PM Add a comment

Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond

Troy is starting The Graphic Canon, Vol. 1: From the Epic of Gilgamesh to Shakespeare to Dangerous Liaisons (The Graphic Canon, #1)

— Jul 11, 2013 02:15PM Add a comment

Troy is on page 39 of 845 of Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945

So interesting, but so SLOW a slog. Have to add this to my "I'll be back!" bookshelf.

— Jun 12, 2013 04:38AM Add a comment

Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945

Troy is finished with Zen & the Art of Writing

This book needs to be in the hands of everyone who writes or wants to.

— May 30, 2013 08:18AM Add a comment

Troy is on page 140 of 291 of Little Green (Easy Rawlins, #12)

— May 15, 2013 05:19AM Add a comment

Troy is on page 70 of 280 of The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities

The notion of a "starvation economy" is REALLY pertinent to a ton of interactions I've seen and been a part of...

— May 07, 2013 11:15AM Add a comment

The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities

Troy is on page 350 of 378 of The Granta Book of the African Short Story

This is largely great.

— Feb 18, 2013 04:55PM Add a comment

Troy is on page 20 of 378 of The Granta Book of the African Short Story

Really liking this.

— Feb 07, 2013 06:02AM Add a comment

Troy is on page 115 of 438 of Snow Crash

I am really digging this story!

— Feb 01, 2013 06:42PM Add a comment

Troy is starting American Pastoral

Need to give it back to someone I used to know, so I'll try it again...

— Jan 11, 2013 02:04PM Add a comment

Troy is on page 154 of 217 of This Is How You Lose Her

Oooookay.

— Oct 11, 2012 08:36AM Add a comment

Troy is starting Graffiti Art Styles: A Classification System and Theoretical Analysis

Lord, help me. Finally, an academic treatise on graffiti styles, trends, and mores as they come together in typographical elements. YAY!

— Aug 22, 2012 02:30PM Add a comment

Graffiti Art Styles: A Classification System and Theoretical Analysis

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