Welcome post

[carenejeans.livejournal.com]

Welcome, welcome.

I have given myself a personal challenge to read fifty books by writers of color by next year's International Blog Against Racism Week (for more info on IBARW, go to the wonderful ibarw).

I've set up this comm is for anyone who'd like to join me.

There are few rules, and no formal templates to follow for posting. Just read, and post, and repeat 50 times. 8-)

Help? I could use some icons… The default for the comm is from the cover of This Bridge We Call Home: Radical Visions for Transformation, the feminist anthology edited by Gloria Anzaldua and Analouise Keating, a followup to the groundbreaking This Bridge Called My Back, edited by Anzaldua and Cherrie Moraga in 1986. I've read the first one and will be re-reading it alongside second. Watch this space. 8-)

Questions? Suggestions?

Comments

[shewhohashope.livejournal.com]

Does manga count? That's currently my main source of both female and non-white writers, sadly.

I'm trying to get beyond that as well, so hopefully I'll pick up some good recs from this community.

[carenejeans.livejournal.com]

Anything bound between two covers counts!

I hope you pick up some recs from the comm. I'm hoping to get some good recs too. 8-)

[inalasahl]

For the purposes of this community, are writers from the middle east or of middle eastern descent allowed?

[carenejeans.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[jinian.livejournal.com]

This is a fantastic idea, thank you! I've added this comm to the IBARW Del.icio.us page, and I'll post about the book I'm reading now when I finish it.

[carenejeans.livejournal.com]

Welcome! Thanks for linking to the IBARW Del.icio.us page. 8-)

[helens78]

This is an awesome idea. I'm signing up! :)

[carenejeans.livejournal.com]

Excellent! 8-)

[sparkymonster.livejournal.com]

I'm signing up and browsing through books I own to see what counts. It's sad how white my personal library is.

How about a collection of essays which includes ones by POC?

[carenejeans.livejournal.com]

Welcome!

I managed to pull more than 50 books by POC from my personal library that I've been hanging on to for years without actually reading. And that's only the ones by people of color, sheesh. I may make another challenge to myself to read all the books I own! What a concept.

Collections of essays are okay (my rules are pretty loose here). I've got anthologies I keep for ONE story or essay -- so if you feel the essays by POC in the collection ought to be read, by all means post about them.

[sparkymonster.livejournal.com]

I only managed 38 books in a personal library of over 1000 books. I am mortified. Seriously mortified. Especially by how few of the books by POC are SF/F books. Oy. At least I work for a library which will help somewhat with reading books without bankrupting myself.

[carenejeans.livejournal.com]

In my case... I've been collecting books by (mostly U.S.) working class authors for decades. Not surprisingly, a number of them are POC.

I don't have a lot of SF/F, but I think the only writer of color I have in my SF/F "pile" is Delany. I'm working on that.

Libraries are good. 8-)

[magicnoire.livejournal.com]

This is a great idea for a community!

Sadly, it appears I am like shewhohashope and that manga is my primary source of POC writers/creators, so hopefully I'll find some good recs for novels here. :)

It looks like the only POC who shows up with any regularity in my SF&F library is Michelle (Sagara) West. Eh, how embarrassing.

[kake]

Would it be possible to change the community settings so members can tag posts, please? I think the easiest way is to go here, choose the community in the drop-down box at the top, click "Switch", and then scroll down to Tag Settings at the bottom. I would suggest "Members only" for both settings.

[oyceter]

This is awesome!

Um, I am an obsessive-compulsive tagger/cataloger, so I was wondering if you were considering adding obsessive-compulsive type tags and Memories to the comm? By author, type of book, poster, etc.? Also, if you do not feel like doing it (I don't want to make more work for you! Esp. since this comm is so awesome! I am getting so many recs already!), I would definitely be willing to obsessively tag/Memories everything, but only if you are ok with giving me that access! I promise I will not touch anything else.

Yay! Books!

Ten-year anniversary

[brainwane]

Thank you for starting this. :)