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Imani

Imani

I'm 23 and blog at "The Books of My Numberless Dreams" -- http://imani.wordpress.com. When inspiration strikes I'll render an amazingly witty profile piece here.

Here are all of the books I'm *really* reading.

How the Dead Dream - Lydia Millet
I wasn't impressed by the accolades her first book received but recently... more »
  • ON, Canada
  • member since February 11 2007

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  • Rosangela

    Rosangela says

    Happy Holidays!!!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • lioness7

    lioness7 says

    Hi Imani,
    How are you doing?
    I hope that you enjoying all of your wonderful books that you are reading this holiday season. I am reading, "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings," Maya Angelou, "Nappily Married," Trisha R. Thomas, and "My Sister's Keeper,"Jodi Picoult. I have not had the pleasure of reading the Nigerian author Abani from your last note. I am planning to read "Purple Hibiscus" and "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

    Blessings & Peace

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • khajista nizam

    khajista nizam says

    hi imani. i am khajista nizam. do u want to b my friend? well, here is my ID: buddiamma_khajista@yahoo.com

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • lioness7

    lioness7 says

    Hey Imani,
    I wondered if you were reading any good books for the holidays?

    Peace & Blessings

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • mmolino54

    mmolino54 says

    Hey, Imani, welcome to the fiction effect group! Glad to have you on board (especially after reading some of your blog entries!). Looks like I also have to thank you for introducing me to Aaron Kraten, who I discovered by way of sweetafton's avatar. Hope you join in the discussions.
    Happy holidays to you and yours (and theirs, too),
    marc

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • sweetafton

    sweetafton says

    You'll probably get to David's non-fiction book before I do. Please share your opinion when you do!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • sweetafton

    sweetafton says

    Aaron Kraten indeed, and I owe a bit of thanks to you. I discovered him via your blog! And, I fell in love. I went to school with David Treuer, but I've only read his first novel, Little. I enjoyed his perspective, but have found that a lot of native readers do not. Apparently he's too blond for their liking, and doesn't write enough about ethnicity. His most recent non-fiction book is about precisely that. I'll pick up Dr. Apelles soon, after my Molly Keane and Pär Lagerkvist fit. Join the party, you'll love Miss K.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Annette/MissDaisyAnne

    Annette/MissDaisyAnne says

    Hello my friend! I was to take the train today to visit my dad, but it is running 5 hours late, so I am driving there. The holiday season has me behind in book reading, but I'm working hard to get caught up! Happy Holidays to you!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • sweetafton

    sweetafton says

    How funny about that self-promoting author! Honestly, I do think that the publishing house is doing its authors a DIY disservice by encouraging them to behave so. By no means is my evidence empirical, but it seems to me that there are more disgruntled readers than those who go on to adopt a new writer around here. What a pity. Thank you for the recommendation of Merce Rodoreda. I've never heard of her, but have now added her Christina... to my wishlist. Who knows, I may even find the original and dust off my Spanish. (cough, cough) Ok, now to Sherman Alexie, the boob du jour. He writes the same thing in each and every novel, screenplay, poem, short story. They are all about him wanting to be cool, his unresolved daddy-issues, and his desperate desire to be THE INDIAN on the block. Oh, and he fancies himself a comic. I recently saw him speak at the Western Literature Association's Annual Meetings, where he told the audience that his first reaction to learning the organization wanted to grant him a distinguished achievement award was, "f*&k you!" He concluded by saying that was still his conclusion, and preceded with his downward spiral in making the largely white audience feel both uncomfortable for their genocide and worthy of his presence. It (and he) was noxious. That, however, does not color my reading of him. That he writes the same stuff over and over and over and over and well, you get the picture, does. He's also fond of denigrating Louise Erdrich, N. Scott Momaday, and Gerald Vizenor as "not real Indians" because they are "second generation privileged"--as if the marker for ethnic authenticity is poverty, and (and this is a big and as he is my mentor), patently false in the case of Vizenor!! On first read, I think most people fall in love with the idea of a native writing about modern native people--no teepees and horses, after all, he writes about Salmon people anyway, not Horse people. But, in the process of modernizing the native, he reifies every single stereotype in the book. But, you know, he's real cool--or at least that's what he wants the reading world to think, and from what I can tell Joe Bessimer (or David Hannum depending on your camp) was right when it comes to Alexie, "a sucker is born every minute... and two to take 'em." (laughing here now) I bet that was a bit more than you expected, and I apologize. But, well, ahem, you asked. ;)
    Yours truly is currently flitting between Pär Lagerkvist, Molly Keane and Barbara Pym with glee. Oh, and a Stephen King... don't ask!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • sweetafton

    sweetafton says

    Sherman Alexie is a boob. More later, I promise.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • sweetafton

    sweetafton says

    Well, I'm not so sure that the latest profile addition counts as amazing wit, oh loveliest person. ;) But it certainly gave me a giggle. Anyway, it's been awhile, and I'm passing through to find out what you're reading these days?

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Lenon

    Lenon says

    Jane and Prudence was my first Pymbook, and it turns out my mother has 7 others, so I'm almost set for life. See you at the clubhouse!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • SpeaksofRivers

    SpeaksofRivers says

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Lenon

    Lenon says

    Hi, it's been a while. I read my first Barbara Pym after being locked in the Pym clubhouse by the group members. It was terrific. I see you haven't quite read all the books in the world yet, but you're getting there. You blog expertly, too.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Adrienne C

    Adrienne C says

    Hi Imani,

    I adore Colette's writing-her voice is very sensual. I have just read her novels. I am not familiar with the one that you mentioned in your note to me. I say go for it!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Nichelle

    Nichelle says

    Imani,
    I loved PURPLE HIBISCUS. I gave that book to so many people. I enjoyed HALF OF A YELLOW SUN, she's just such an impressive writer, but HIBISCUS is my favorite of the two. I look forward to following her career. What did you think of SUN?
    Nichelle

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Adrienne C

    Adrienne C says

    Horray, another Granny Webster -Caroline Blackwood fan

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Nichelle

    Nichelle says

    What a cool list. I added Blankets to my reading list after finding it on your bookshelf.
    Best,
    Nichelle

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • SpeaksofRivers

    SpeaksofRivers says

    hello. imani. thanks for accepting me!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • sweetafton

    sweetafton says

    The translation is quite good actually, or so I'd think it would have to be for a line like this: "O pumpkin plump! O pumped up corpulence." It makes me giggle, which is altogether unseemly. On another note, I am waiting for some Molly Keane books to arrive, which I will dive into pronto. Hope you didn't eat too much candy yesterday, or at least did so with impunity!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
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