Here are some books that have had a huge impact on me in the past couple years:
- A Language Older Than Words
- The Culture of Make-Believe by Derrick Jensen
- These two books have given me courage in ways no other books have. Long live Derrick Jensen!! Long live Context Books for publishing him!!!
- Shah of Shahs by Ryszard Kapuscinski
- My pal Peri Heydari Pakroo turned me onto this little gem. i read it twice in a row. In light of the Bush administration’s machinations, this “fictional” recount of the revolution in Iran, as told by this Polish investigative reporter, holds an enormous amount of significance.
- The Golden Compass
- The Subtle Knife
- The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman
- This trilogy is so brilliant and slyly subversive, I experience JEALOUSY towards people who haven’t read them yet. I have read them all three times.
- Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur
- If you don’t know Assata’s story, you are lame.
- Barbara Bush: A Memoir by Barbara Bush
- No other book could cue you into the mindset of the bush family like this one. I got it for a dollar at the goodwill. It is decidedly difficult to read this tripe, but your mind will be sharper for the effort.
- Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
- I know this book got a lot of press, but people still allow corporations to feed our children, so I figure not enough people have read it. this foray into the U.S.’s eating habits can also be applied to the corporations that clothe, educate and “entertain” us.
- Scribes Rising by V.S. Chochezi and Staajabu
- This is a mother/daughter poetry anthology. I saw them perform in sacramento and was positively blown away. They take the griot tradition to a whole new level of brilliance.
- Cruddy by Lynda J. Barry
- Read it and weep for our kids, goddess bless their hearts.
- Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
- Fuck high school teachers who lie to us. Read this book and take your/your kid’s history teachers to task.
- Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination by Robin D.G. Kelley
- This man is a loving genius, a veritable rarity in u.s, culture. This book has changed my life and given me hope.
There are plenty more book recommendations from Inga in the resource guides:
- Cunt: Cuntlovin' Guide to the Universe
- Diary of a Blue-Eyed Devil: The Imagination Reclamation Resource Guide
