#Tiphanie Yanique

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#Tiphanie Yanique #Camille T. Dungy #Jericho Brown #Youtube

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I didn't get a chance to marry a good Christian man, thanks to her. And I didn't get a chance to have babies and babies for God. Just you. And I can't rightly say that we raised you for God. Honest to goodness? I raised you for me.

Tiphanie Yanique, Monster in the Middle

#Tiphanie Yanique #Monster in the Middle #I think this is my favorite of her books! #Though granted I have not read all of her books

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Letters to a Writer of Color

Taymour Soomro (Editor) Deepa Anappara (Editor)

A vital collection of essays on the power of literature and the craft of writing from an international array of writers of color, sharing the experiences, cultural traditions, and convictions that have shaped them and their work "Electric essays that speak to the experience of writing from the periphery . . . a guide, a comfort, and a call all at once."--Laila Lalami, author of Conditional Citizens Filled with empathy and wisdom, instruction and inspiration, this book encourages us to reevaluate the codes and conventions that have shaped our assumptions about how fiction should be written, and also challenges us to apply its lessons to both what we read and how we read. Featuring: - Taymour Soomro on resisting rigid stories about who you are - Madeleine Thien on how writing builds the room in which it can exist - Amitava Kumar on why authenticity isn't a license we carry in our wallets - Tahmima Anam on giving herself permission to be funny - Ingrid Rojas Contreras on the bodily challenge of writing about trauma - Zeyn Joukhadar on queering English and the power of refusing to translate ourselves - Myriam Gurba on the empowering circle of Latina writers she works within - Kiese Laymon on hearing that no one wants to read the story that you want to write - Mohammed Hanif on the censorship he experienced at the hands of political authorities - Deepa Anappara on writing even through conditions that impede the creation of art - Plus essays from Tiphanie Yanique, Xiaolu Guo, Jamil Jan Kochai, Vida Cruz-Borja, Femi Kayode, Nadifa Mohamed in conversation with Leila Aboulela, and Sharlene Teo The start of a more inclusive conversation about storytelling, Letters to a Writer of Color will be a touchstone for aspiring and working writers and for curious readers everywhere.

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Review: Letters to a Writer of Color Anthology

Authors: Madeleine Thien, Tiphanie Yanique, Xiaolu GuoEditors: Deepa Anappara, Taymour SoomroPublisher: Random House TradeReleased: March 7, 2023Received: NetGalley Goodreads | More Non-Fiction Reviews Book Summary: Letters to a Writer of Color is a collection of essays exploring literature, and its impact on sharing experiences. As such, it delves into the lives and stories of real people,…

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Bittersweet Books: Fiction Picks

The Scent of Burnt Flowers by Blitz Bazawule

When the windshield of his Chevy Impala shatters in a dark diner parking lot in Alabama, Melvin moves without thinking. A split-second reaction marrows in his bones from the days of war, but this time it is the safety of his fiance, Bernadette, at stake. Impulse keeps them alive, and yet they flee with blood on their hands. What is life like now that they are fugitives? Pack passports. Empty bank accounts. Set their old life on fire. The couple disguise themselves as a pastor and a reluctant pastor's wife who's hiding a secret from her fiance. With a persistent FBI agent on their trail, they travel to Ghana to seek the help of Melvin's old college friend who happens to be the country's embattled president, Kwame Nkrumah. The couple's chance encounter with Ghana's most beloved highlife musician, Kwesi Kwayson, who's on his way to perform for the president, sparks a journey full of suspense, lust, magic, and danger as Nkrumah's regime crumbles around them. What was meant to be a fresh start quickly spirals into chaos, threatening both their relationship and their lives. Kwesi and Bernadette's undeniable attraction and otherworldly bond cascades during their three-day trek, and so does Melvin's intense jealousy. All three must confront one another and their secrets, setting off a series of cataclysmic events. Steeped in the history and mythology of postcolonial West Africa at the intersection of the civil rights movement in America, this gripping and ambitious debut merges political intrigue, magical encounters, and forbidden romance in an epic collision of morality and power.

The Next Thing You Know by Jessica Strawser

As an end-of-life doula, Nova Huston’s job—her calling, her purpose, her life—is to help terminally ill people make peace with their impending death. Unlike her business partner, who swears by her system of checklists, free-spirited Nova doesn’t shy away from difficult clients: the ones who are heartbreakingly young, or prickly, or desperate for a caregiver or companion. When Mason Shaylor shows up at her door, Nova doesn’t recognize him as the indie-favorite singer-songwriter who recently vanished from the public eye. She knows only what he’s told her: That life as he knows it is over. His deteriorating condition makes playing his guitar physically impossible—as far as Mason is concerned, he might as well be dead already. Except he doesn’t know how to say goodbye. Helping him is Nova’s biggest challenge yet. She knows she should keep clients at arm’s length. But she and Mason have more in common than anyone could guess… and meeting him might turn out to be the hardest, best thing that’s ever happened to them both.

Monster in the Middle by Tiphanie Yanique

When Fly and Stela meet in 21st Century New York City, it seems like fate. He's a Black American musician from a mixed-religious background who knows all about heartbreak. She's a Catholic science teacher from the Caribbean, looking for lasting love. But are they meant to be? The answer goes back decades--all the way to their parents' earliest loves. Vibrant and emotionally riveting, Monster in the Middle moves across decades, from the U.S. to the Virgin Islands to Ghana and back again, to show how one couple's romance is intrinsically influenced by the family lore and love stories that preceded their own pairing. What challenges and traumas must this new couple inherit, what hopes and ambitions will keep them moving forward? Exploring desire and identity, religion and class, passion and obligation, the novel posits that in order to answer the question "who are we meant to be with?" we must first understand who we are and how we came to be.

Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi, Marilyn Booth (Translator)

The eagerly awaiting new novel by the winner of the Man Booker International Prize, Bitter Orange Tree is an extraordinary exploration of social status, wealth, desire, and female agency. In prose that is at once restless and profound, it presents a mosaic portrait of one young woman’s attempt to understand the roots she has grown from, and to envisage an adulthood in which her own power and happiness might find the freedom necessary to bear fruit and flourish. Bitter Orange Tree tells the story of Zuhur, an Omani student at a British university who is caught between the past and the present. As she attempts to form friendships and assimilate in Britain, she reflects on the relationships that have been central to her life. Most prominent is her bond with Bint Amir, a woman she has always thought of as her grandmother, who passed away just after Zuhur left the Arabian Peninsula. Bint Amir was not, we learn, related to Zuhur by blood, but by an emotional connection far stronger. As the historical narrative of Bint Amir’s challenged circumstances unfurls in captivating fragments, so too does Zuhur’s isolated and unfulfilled present, one narrative segueing into another as time slips, and dreams mingle with memories.

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Books I Read in 2023

#35 - Land of Love and Drowning, by Tiphanie Yanique

DNF Review

Stopped at page 74, 20% finished.

I didn't actually mean to pick up another magical realism book right after being disappointed with All the Crooked Saints, but I gave it an honest try anyway. This work was clearly taking much more time to develop its characters, which I appreciate, but quite early on, pedophilia reared its ugly head, and that's a stumbling block I've had with more than one other, more classic, magical realism novel. But I kept going for a while anyway because the story wasn't painting pedophilia as normal or its perpetrator as a good person; I know that's a low bar but I've had to DNF books for not clearing it. I'm willing to read a book that explores the effects that kind of relationship has on the victim of it, and that seemed like a strong possibility here. Then, the specter of incest showed up as well--the foreshadowing is incredibly strong that one of the sisters is going to become romantically/sexually involved with her (unknown to her) half-brother, and I'm just not here for it. 

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Book Review: Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique

Book Review: Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique

Around the World for a Good Book selection for the United States Virgin Islands Author: Tiphanie Yanique Title: Land of Love and Drowning Narrator: Cherise Boothe, Korey Jackson, Rachel Leslie, and Myra Lucretia Taylor Publication Info: Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, [2014] Summary/Review: This historical novel is a multi-generational saga about the Bradshaw family of the United States…

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Land of Love and Drowning: Book Riot Book Review

@tiphanieyanique @BibliophileRT @bookriot @bookblogrt @bookbloggershub #bookreview #bookblog #landofloveanddrowning #virginislands #readharderchallenge22

Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique is set in Anegada and St. Thomas. The time period is approximately 1917 when St. Thomas became a U.S. territory. Around this same time, Captain Bradshaw’s ship sinks. Bradshaw left behind three children – Eeona, Anette and their half-brother Jacob. All of the children have some magical abilities that you will have to read about yourself. I wouldn’t…

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Recommendation: Land of Love and Drowning

Recommendation: Land of Love and Drowning

https://www.amazon.com/Land-Love-Drowning-Tiphanie-Yanique-ebook/dp/B00GGVGITE/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1CIV3B9Y8W0CR&keywords=land+of+love+and+drowning&qid=1655838293&s=books&sprefix=land+of+love+and%2Cstripbooks%2C127&sr=1-1 Tiphanie Yanique’s 2014 debut Land of Love and Drowning is an epic tale tracing three generations of the Bradshaw family on the Virgin Islands. Its expansiveness and use of magic…

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#African American #characters #literature

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Land of Love and Drowning

By Tiphanie Yanique.

Book design by Michelle McMillian. 

#Land of Love and Drowning #Tiphanie Yanique #Michelle McMillian #Caribbean #botanical #books #tropical #book covers

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#john mcmanus #tiphanie yanique #amina cain #jordy rosenberg

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🥂 The Riverhead Holiday Party is almost here! 🥂

Join us Tuesday, December 11 at Littlefield to raise a glass to this year's great literature, enjoy cookies baked by some of your fave authors, and win raffle prizes from MM. LaFleur, Aftelier Perfume, Yes Way Rose, & more!

#Riverhead Books #Meg Wolitzer #Elizabeth Gilbert #Masha Gessen #Pitchaya Sudbanthad #Gilbert King #Emma Straub #Julie Klam #Tiphanie Yanique #Garrard Conley #Littlefield #Community Word Project

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Monster in the Middle by Tiphanie Yanique https://amzn.to/3b3skN1

https://bookshop.org/a/17891/9781594633607

#monster in the middle (book) #Tiphanie Yanique #books #book review #novel #fiction

[luminajournal]

I think 'writer’s block' is about fear or frustration, or boredom, or you’re just interested in other things. ... You don’t feel like writing today? Then go to the movies. So what? I don’t think that it matters. It’s completely legitimate to not be feeling like you want to write, and feeling like instead you want to go live.

Tiphanie Yanique

#Tiphanie Yanique #writer's block #writing #Inspirational Quote #inspiration #creative writing #author quote