Gabrielle McLaren
American War by Omar El Akkad: terribly topical fiction
Peak Web June 5, 2017By: Gabrielle McLaren Published in April 2017, Omar El Akkad’s American War narrates the events of the second American Civil War of the 2070s as experienced by Sarat, a lovable girl from Mississippi who grows up in a torn country under a sky filled with AWOL drones. El Akkad’s experience as a journalist covering stories such as the NATO-led operations in the Middle East and Ferguson’s Black Lives Matter movement is apparent in his vivid, factual, and terrifying portrayals of social collapse and war, particularly its impact on civilians. One of this book’s definite strengths is its topicality.…
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Stuff We Like And Don’t Like: Summer Reading Edition
Peak Web May 5, 2017By Gabrielle McLaren Stuff we like: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (2016) Effia is a village girl in Ghana who grows up to marry a British slaver. Unbeknownst to her, her half-sister Esi is sold from the very castle in which…
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