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Currently readingThe Unnatural History of the Sea by Callum Roberts
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown
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The Founding Fish by John McPhee
1968: The Year That Rocked the World by Mark Kurlansky
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If you start reading about Rwanda, it really stays with you. I started with Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza, then Tracy Kidder's Strength in What Remains (Burundi, but the same Holocaust), then three by a French journalist interviewing suvivors, then murderers, then an update as they're trying to live side by side again (Life Laid Bare, Machete Season, and The Antelope's Strategy), then We Wish...which was kind of the definitive one. They all hit hard and need to be digested, and people need to hear about this stuff. But so hard to sum it up. I thought your review was excellent, and appreciated it. Thank you!
I really liked your review of We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families.
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