Rebellion, Civil Rights, and the Paradoxical State of Black Citizenship” – Chicago Review of Books

Rebellion, Civil Rights, and the Paradoxical State of Black Citizenship” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] For Hawa Allan, history is a recurring nightmare. “Does this sound dramatic?” she asks in the beginning of her book Insurrection: Rebellion, Civil Rights, and the Paradoxical State of Black Citizenship. “I don’t care, because it’s true.”  Allan is a lawyer, but also a writer of fiction and poetry. She is a lecturer at … Read more

Exploring a Man’s World in “Sea State” – Chicago Review of Books

Exploring a Man’s World in “Sea State” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Tabitha Lasley’s new memoir is built upon a flawed premise. When she explains her plan to travel to Aberdeen and talk with offshore workers to discover “what men are like with no women around,” her editor points out “you’ll be around.” One of the men Lasley interviews responds to the same explanation of the … Read more