1. I’m having a problem with representation and race in Habibi. It is an extremely beautiful book but in terms of narrative and romanticizing the other, it’s problematic.
2. I am extremely impressed with Seven Days in the Art World. Only picked it up after reading through the controversy surrounding the book. As an outsider, I appreciate this look at the modern art world much more than the slightly tabloid-ish $12 Million Shark.
3. Lightning Rods is great. I wish more people were reading DeWitt’s book so we could talk about it.
4. I’m somewhat using Goodreads. Just like everywhere else, I’m anterobot over there.
Yea. I saw that Habibi was finally released and was curious from the beginning if it would fall into the the obvious traps that the subject lends itself. I was hoping that seven years in the making meant he was safeguarding himself against that.
Let me borrow Lightning Rods and we can then talk about it. 🙂