Why Don't You Stop Talking by Jackie Kay

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

Jackie Kay "Why Don't You Stop Talking" - 5/5

Oh wow. Just wow. I loved Trumpet and have been eager to read anything else by Jackie Kay since then and this is the first thing I've been able to get my hands on. It BLOWS TRUMPET AWAY. Seriously.

Not every story was awesome, but they were all very, very good, and there were several that instantly became some of my favorite short stories ever. I especially loved Out of Hand and Married Women.

I especially recommend Kay to anyone looking for queer writers of color.

Comments

[spiralsheep.livejournal.com]

I love Jackie Kay's work. Literally everything she's written that I've read and all her broadcasts that I've heard.

As well as her prose there's her poetry which is extremely expressive, and she reads it it well herself too.

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

I am really not a fan of poetry but I'm tempted to check hers out just based on how much I love her other stuff.

[puritybrown.livejournal.com]

I second the recommendation. I especially recommend The Adoption Papers, which delves into her childhood as the adoptive child of a white Scottish couple.

[avuxeni.livejournal.com]

Okay, your post was enough to convince me to get it. Thanks for the recommendation-- it looks like it's going to be great!

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

I hope you like it! Have you read anything else by her? If not, I highly recommend Trumpet as well.

[jinian.livejournal.com]

Oh, great, I really want more queer writers in general. I'll look for this!

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

Have you read Ali Smith? She is also Scottish and a lesbian and awesome (though not PoC).

[sophinisba]

Thanks for this. I picked up a copy of Trumpet a few weeks ago remembering having seen the title on your LJ, and this is a nice reminder that I should actually get to reading it one of this days. :)

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

She's such an awesome writer. :D