May Update

My dear bibliophiles,

This month I'll be continuing to work on the 2017 Book Challenge.

The Marquis de Sade's controversial The 120 Days of Sodom has been challenged or banned in a variety of places, and while it was written in 1785, it went unpublished until 1904, therefore qualifying it as a book published between 1900-1950.

Over the past couple of months, I've really been enjoying Food 4 Thot, a podcast created by 4 hilarious queer writers who chat about books, sex, race, and identity over rosé. On 14 May they'll be discussing Zadie Smith's Swing Time which is narrated by a woman of color.

Modern Japan: a Very Short Introduction is just a little preparatory reading for my upcoming relocation.

This month's selections:

Fiction
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
The 120 Days of Sodom by the Marquis de Sade

Nonfiction
Zadie Smith's Dance of Ambivalence by Dayna Tortorici (article)
We translated the Marquis de Sade's most obscene work - here's how by Will McMorran (article)
Modern Japan: a Very Short Introduction by Christopher Goto-Jones

If you'd like to meet and discuss any or all of these at the end of the month, give me a shout.

Happy reading!
RP