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Between the World and Me
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
December 23, 2015
Words
507

“This might be the Whitest thing I could ever say, but I just didn’t get it. I understand the point of this book – it’s a cry of protest, meant to be a reminder of how far we have to go as a society in terms of racial equity, lest we get too impressed with ourselves. Stylistically, the book can be a…”

Their Eyes Were Watching God
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
April 13, 2015
Words
91

“One of those books which you know is Very Significant, but that which you wouldn’t read for any other reason. The dialect (emancipated slaves in Florida at the turn of the century) is hard to read, and the story moves slowly. It gets a little more compelling toward the end, when there’s a crisis…”

Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
December 20, 2022
Words
858

“This is a novel from 1851 designed to reveal the horrors of slavery. And it worked – it caused outrage across the United States and pushed the country toward the Civil War. The author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, was prompted to write the novel by the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which…”