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JOMPBPC • april 3 • pastels

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HOOD CRIATURA by féi hernandez

We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan 1961-1991 by Lou Sullivan

Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie

Popisho by Leone Ross

An Imaginary Life by David Malouf

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson

Emperor of the Eight Islands by Lian Hearn

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I didn’t know how to get the sprayed edges in the shot but trust me, they are there.

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JOMPBPC • march 4 • unique cover

When I’m thrifting, I absolutely judge books by their covers (otherwise I’d be in the same spot for hours…which I am guilty of doing haha) These are a few my fave covers that caught my eye <3

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Quand la syntaxe vacille : la voix de Tony dans Le rire orange

Le rire orange (1999) de Leone Ross suit Tony, un jeune homme noir qui vit en marge de la société new-yorkaise, dans un espace souterrain qu’il appelle le « Dessous ». Le roman explore son quotidien, ses souvenirs d’enfance et les liens qu’il entretient avec quelques figures clés de son passé, tout en donnant accès à sa manière très singulière de percevoir le monde. Entre réalisme cru et poésie…

Quand la syntaxe vacille : la voix de Tony dans Le rire orange

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Orange Laughter

By Leone Ross.

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This One Sky Day

By Leone Ross.

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Leone Ross || This One Sky Day

Vibrant novel about life on an island brimming with colour and magic. Ross takes us along on the day before a wedding and a big storm. I found the energy slightly too much, I am convinced those who love vibrant colours will love it. @womensprizeforfiction

Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2022 Those who know me personally and who know I am not into big crowds or bright colours, will not be surprised this novel with its exuberance of colour, magical powers, temperament and lots of things happening kind of overwhelmed me. I truly believe anyone who does go for this mixture will absolutely love This One Sky Day. Personally I had to recover from an…

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Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022 longlist announced.

Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022 longlist announced.

Morowa Yejidé, Lisa Allen-Agostini, Dawnie Walton, and Leone Ross are on the longlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022 announced today. The Women’s Prize for Fiction is one of the United Kingdom’s most prestigious literary prizes first handed out in 1996. It is awarded annually to a female author of any nationality for the best original full-length novel written in English and published in…

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