Matthew S.

Finished reading: #TheirEyesWereWatchingGod by #ZoraNealeHurston 10.19.26 → 10.20.26 How did I get away from having an English degree without reading this book? Especially after taking a class on the Harlem Renaissance? One of the best. This and “Passing” #booksky

Finished reading: #NotWithoutLaughter by #LangstonHughes 10.12.26 → 10.17.26 I wasn’t prepared for what happens to Aunt Hager and loved Harrietta’s redemption arc. What a hidden treasure of a novel. #booksky

Finished reading: #AThousandSplendidSuns by #KhaledHosseini 10.8.26 → 10.10.26 The US government is now doing shit that happened in this book committed by the Taliban #booksky

Finished reading: #GoTellItOnTheMountain by #JamesBaldwin 10.3.26 → 10.8.26 When holiness and worldliness collide in Harlem #booksky

Finished reading: #TheReluctantFundamentalist by #MohsinHamid 9.26.26 → 9.30.26 A story about the War on Terror that Americans should read and appreciate. #booksky

Finished reading: #TheJoyLuckClub by #AmyTan 9.15.26 → 9.22.26 This book is so good but the last four chapters are amazing #booksky

Finished reading: #TheColorPurple by #AliceWalker 9.6.26 → 9.8.26 By far, one of the best books I’ve ever read. If you think the movie is amazing, which it is, you have to read this book. #booksky

Finished reading: #TheSunIsAlsoAStar by #NicolaYoon 9.3.26 → 9.5.26 I’m such a sucker for a good romance. #booksky

Finished reading: #Stalingrad by #VasilyGrossman 7.25.26 → 9.2.26 This Russian fatty was one of the more difficult reads of the genre and also, much like the Battle of Stalingrad, most of the characters die #RussianLiterature

Finished reading: #DungeonCrawlerCarl by #MattDinniman 7.18.26 → 7.23.26 Not my cup of tea but what a stupid, hysterical book #booksky

Finished reading: #TheBlackerTheBerry by #WallaceThurman 6.6.26 → 6.17.26 Emma Lou Morgan has to be one of the most frustrating and well-written characters in literature #AmericanLiterature #HarlemRennaisance #booksky

Finished reading: #Macbeth by #WilliamShakespeare 6.4.26 → 6.5.26 Lady Macbeth is one of the greatest villains ever imagined. #tragedy #drama #booksky

Finished reading: #AManOfThePeople by #ChinuaAchebe 5.31.26 → 6.4.26 Couldn’t tell if I was reading about a fictional country or the US right now. #NigerianLiterature #PostColonialLiterature #booksky

Finished reading: #NoTelephoneToHeaven by #MichelleCliff 5.24.26 → 5.30.26 Love this book. I wrote my college thesis on it and it still doesn’t disappoint. #JamaicanLiterature #PostColonialLiterature #booksky

Finished reading: #NativeSon by #RichardWright 5.16.26 → 5.20.26 Goddamn, this novel! One of the best books I’ve ever read. How did it take me so long to read this?! #AfricanAmericanLiterature #AmericanLiterature #booksky

Finished reading: #BetweenTheWorldAndMe by #TaNehisiCoates 5.13.26 → 5.15.26 We are a racist nation. Always have been and probably will always be. #AfricanAmericanLiterature #AmericanLiterature #essays #booksky

Finished reading: #TheBriefWondrousLifeOfOscarWao by #JunotDiaz 5.2.26 → 5.12.26 How many Oscars and Ybons have there been throughout history? #DominicanLiterature #AmericanLiterature #booksky

Finished reading: #AllBoysArentBlue by #GeorgeMJohnson 4.29.26 → 5.1.26 Altho I don’t agree with it, I can see why this book gets banned. #QueerLiterature #AfricanAmericanLiterature #BannedBooks #booksky

Finished reading: #ARaisinInTheSun by #LorraineHansberry 4.26.26 → 4.28.26 Oh, Walter, Walter, Walter… #AfricanAmericanLiterature #drama #booksky

Finished reading: #TheAutobiographyOfMalcolmX By: #MalcolmX 4.18.26 → 4.24.26 “Malcolm X, the whites need your voice worse than the Negroes.” #AmericanLiterature #autobiography #booksky

Finished reading: #TheStranger by #AlbertCamus 4.17.26 → 4.18.26 My yearly reading #Absurdism #FrenchPhilosophy #booksky

I’m calling it. DNF #MidnightsChildren by #SalmanRushdie 3.27.26 → 4.17.26 Sooo boring. #PostColonialLiterature #MagicalRealism #booksky

Broken elevators in my building meant a day inside with the cat and the book

Finished reading: #TheLoneRangerAndTontoFistFightInHeaven by #ShermanAlexie 3.18.26 → 3.26.26 Enit? #NativeAmericanLiterature #AmericanLiterature #Indigenous #NativeAmerican #IndigenousLiterature #novel #booksky

Finished reading: #IKnowWhyTheCagedBirdSings by #MayaAngelou 3.10.26 → 3.15.26 Her 8th grade graduation should be a wake up call for all white people who read this amazing book. #AfricanAmericanLiterature #AmericanLiterature #booksky

Finished reading: #TheNamesake by #JhumpaLahiri 2.25.26 → 3.7.26 I didn’t enjoy it as much as I did the first time I read it in 2016. #IndianAmericanLiterature #AmericanLiterature #novel #booksky

Finished reading: #AfterTheQuake by #HarukiMurakami 2.23.26 Ribbit, ribbit, Mr. Earthquake Man. #JapaneseLiterature #ShortStories #Kobe #Japan #earthquake #booksky

This is why Gen X is so messed up

Finished reading: #IfBealeStreetCouldTalk by #JamesBaldwin 2.17.26 → 2.22.26 Baldwin is an exquisite writer and this story is so sad yet so beautiful. #AmericanLiterature #AfricanAmericanLiterature #novel #booksky

I just realized Saving Private Ryan is just a rip off of King Kong: a bunch of guys head into parts unknown, many of them dying on the way, just to save one person.

Finished reading: #OnTheRoad by #JackKerouac 2.10.26 → 2.15.26 My yearly reading. #AmericanLiterature #BeatGeneration #BeatLiterature #novel #road #RoadTrip #booksky

Finished reading: #Yellowface by #RFKuang 2.3.26 → 2.9.26 What a hilariously sad novel. #AmericanLiterature #AsianAmericanLiterature #novel #race #booksky

Finished reading: #RollOfThunderHearMyCry by #MildredDTaylor 1.26.26 → 2.2.26 Wouldn’t be surprised if this book was banned in Florida. #AmericanLiterature #AfricanAmericanLiterature #novel #booksky

Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902, in Joplin, MO.

Finished reading: #SheOfTheMountains by #VivekShraya 1.25.25 → 1.26.26 This queer Indian book makes my lil bisexual heart sing. #QueerLiterature #IndianLiterature #novella #booksky

Finished reading: #UpFromSlavery by #BookerTWashington 1.16.26 → 1.25.26 Mr. Washington would be so disappointed in American race relations in 2026. #AmericanLiterature #autobiography #NonFiction #novel #SlaveNarrative #booksky

Snow day snuggles.

A couple of pickups that’ll trigger the conservatives #bannedbooks

Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht were murdered on January 15, 1919.

Finished reading: #Passing by #NellaLarsen 1.12.26 → 11.15.26 One of my absolute favorites from the #HarlemRennaisance #AmericanLiterature #BlackLiterature #booksky

Finished reading: #BlessMeUltima by #RodolfoAnaya 1.3.26 → 1.11.26 The magical realism was something I did not expect. Beautiful story. #AmericanLiterature #ChicanoLiterature #booksky

#RageAgainstTheMachine were right about everything

I don’t post a lot of selfies because I don’t take a lot of selfies. I have pretty bad body image of myself. However, I do like this photo of me my sister took during the summer of 2025

Finished reading: #Siddhartha by #HermannHesse 12.20.25 → 12.23.25 “Not all who wander are lost.” #GermanicLiterature #ClassicLiterature #novel #India #Buddhism #nirvana #samsara #booksky

Finished reading #Ariel by #SylviaPlath 12.18.25 → 12.20.25 I 🧡 Lady Lazarus. One of the best poems ever written. #poetry #AmericanLiterature #BritishLiterature #booksky

Finished reading: #RussianHistoryAVeryShortIntroduction by #GeoffreyHosking 12.12.25 → 12.18.25 Does this mean I am now a scholar of Russian history? #Russia #KievanRus #RussianEmpire #SovietUnion #history #booksky

Finished reading: #VisionsOfGerard by #JackKerouac 12.10.25 → 12.12.25 Poor Ti Pousse… #AmericanLiterature #BeatGeneration #BeatLiterature #novel #booksky

Finished reading: #ATaleOfTwoCities By #CharlesDickens 11.8.25 → 12.5.25 Not my favorite of Dickens. Maybe that’s why it took nearly a month to read #BritishLiterature #BritLit #FrenchRevolution #ClassicLiterature #novel #booksky

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