Tell Me I’m Worthless Commentary
Tell Me I’m Worthless Commentary

Divisive and provocative, Tell Me I’m Worthless is Alison Rumfitt’s debut novel about a fascist haunted house terrorizing Alice, a trans sex worker, Ila, an infamous TERF, and Hannah, the third wheel to Alice and Ila’s fucked up dynamic.

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A Haunting on the Hill Commentary
A Haunting on the Hill Commentary

A Haunting on the Hill is a 2023 sequel to Shirley Jackson’s 1959 classic The Haunting of Hill House, but it is not written by Jackson. Both a disturbing and humorous voice, author Elizabeth Hand introduces us to a totally new cast of characters: a group of friends taking a residency at Hill House to rehearse a play called “Witching Night.” (Unlike the original, Hand’s book includes witches. A very fun addition.)

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Spooktober 2023: List of Movies I Watched This Month
Spooktober 2023: List of Movies I Watched This Month
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Appalachia is Magical Realism as told by Two Kentuckys + Interview with Author, Bobi Conn
Appalachia is Magical Realism as told by Two Kentuckys + Interview with Author, Bobi Conn

Read along as we explore Appalachia and magical realism through two Kentucky texts: the novel, A Woman in Time and the videogame, Kentucky Route Zero.

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Commentary: “Anarchy in High Heels” + Interview with Author Denise Larson
Commentary: “Anarchy in High Heels” + Interview with Author Denise Larson
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Commentary: “An Indian Among Los Indigenas”
Commentary: “An Indian Among Los Indigenas”

Ursula Pike’s debut An Indian Among Los Indigenas follows 25-year-old Ursula during her two year stay in Bolivia as a volunteer with the Peace Corps and poses the question: What does it mean to have experienced the effects of colonialism firsthand, and yet to risk becoming a colonizing force in turn?

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Commentary: As Long as Grass Grows + full-metal Indigiqueer
Commentary: As Long as Grass Grows + full-metal Indigiqueer

The Decolonize This Book Club read Dina-Gilio Whitaker’s As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock paired with Joshua Whitehead’s debut poetry collection called full-metal Indigiqueer for our June and July meetings. Together, the two texts ask the question: How do we save the world when the apocalypse has already happened?

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Commentary: Malcolm and Me
Commentary: Malcolm and Me

Malcolm and Me, by Robin Farmer, is a YA/middle-grade historical fiction set in 1973-1974 Philadelphia, following young Roberta Forest in her eighth-grade year at a Catholic high school.

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Commentary: Care Work + Kimiko Does Cancer
Commentary: Care Work + Kimiko Does Cancer

For the March Decolonize This Book Club, we read a collection of essays, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir by Kimiko Tobimatsu.

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