Title: Loud Silence
Author: Heady Mix
Type: Fiction/Non-Fiction
Page Count/Review Word Count: 106
Rating: 4/5
This was a fun little read, if haunting at times. It’s basically an anthology of fiction and non-fiction that collect together different people’s experience of deafness and deaf culture. It’s an eye-opener, the essays in particular, and it’s made me want to actively seek out more deaf representation in modern fiction. It’d be cool to see some poetry anthologies about deafness, too.
All in all, I was pretty impressed by this, especially because it was published as part of a subscription box. Some good stuff!
Jeanette Winterson – Love | Review
Title: Love
Author: Jeanette Winterson
Type: Non-Fiction/Fiction
Page Count/Review Word Count: 122
Rating: 3.5/5
This was okay I guess, but the main problem I had with it is that it’s basically a set of excerpts from Winterson’s books along with her running commentary on what inspired her to write them. I think I would have liked this a lot more if I’d actually read the books that she was talking about.
Still, I did quite like the writing style, and there were a number of standout quotes throughout it that made it a joy to read. I also like how it covers all different types of love, including same sex representation and the love of a mother.
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