Thursday, July 1, 2010

Kim's next pick: "Passing"



I've been wanting to read this for some time. It's by Harlem Renaissance writer Nella Larsen, with whom I'm completely unfamiliar. I bought her complete works (only 300 pages) from Amazon, but you can also get "Passing" as a stand-alone book.

This intrigued me on Wikipedia: Recently, Passing has received renewed attention because of its close examination of racial and sexual ambiguities and liminal spaces. It has achieved canonical status in many American universities.

3 comments:

  1. Sounds very cool. Ordering it now.

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  2. I figured we could start discussing the first week of August, if that's OK with everyone.

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  3. That works for me. Looking forward to it!

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