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this book is gonna fuckin kill me

have to be honest, i'm not really hooked. all the stories revolve around the same themes (queerness, black/latino heritage, racism and homophobia, occasionally neighbourhood politics) but they all sorta bleed into one another. the best ones so far have been "bayou" and the reoccurring stories about the black-latino family running a restaurant

curious

started this to have some easy prose to read through. so far the stories are fast paced and collaborative, almost like a chorus

started reading this out of a whim cause i was talking to a colleague about writing and writing 'manuals,' interested

really taken by the structure and storytelling so far, i can so easily see this readapted for the stage. i tried reading "orlando" a while back and i couldn't really get myself into the story but i really resonated with winterson's take on this being far from classic 19th lit that demands a hero to follow; to "not get caught in the hero-certainties of too much sun."

jesus

sometimes the "london-speak" gets a bit too much but i'm sorta holding my breath and swimming through it cause i imagine it's leading me towards something bigger

fun! waiting for it to really explode but so far, fun!

honestly started this cause i wanted something easy to read while sun tanning

tryna do my part in reading more queer literature (not that i don't read any of it, but i never pick a book where it is a central theme) and so far winterson's introduction was very thrilling and exciting ("i was born without prospects. so i wrote myself the world i wanted to find"). story itself is intriguing, jeanette as a narrator/character is hilarious, i'm really enjoying it