1. Name the last book by a female author that you’ve read. Fragments of Isabella - Isabella Leitner
2. Name the last book by an African or African-American author that you’ve read. Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe.
3. Name one from a Latino/a author. Reread the House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros
4. How about one from an Asian country or Asian-American? ummmm off the top of my head Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
5. What about a GLBT writer? none that I am aware of
6. Why not name an Israeli/Arab/Turk/Persian writer, if you’re feeling lucky? A Thousand Splendid Suns - Kahlid Hosseieni
7. Any other authors from a social subsect or ethnic minority (in literature) that you’ve read lately? I read quite a bit of holocaust memoirs and the last one I read is the same as the number 1 ... currently reading Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner
8. Do you strive for diversity in your own reading? Or do you not worry about it? Why or why not? I don't really think about it. I just roam around the stacks at the library and bookstore and puck whatever intrests me mostly its going to be historical romances and history book with some sci-fi and mysteries thrown into the mix but I really don't seek out books with diversity of authors in mind.
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Date: 2009-05-21 07:36 pm (UTC)Fragments of Isabella - Isabella Leitner
2. Name the last book by an African or African-American author that you’ve read.
Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe.
3. Name one from a Latino/a author.
Reread the House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros
4. How about one from an Asian country or Asian-American?
ummmm off the top of my head Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
5. What about a GLBT writer?
none that I am aware of
6. Why not name an Israeli/Arab/Turk/Persian writer, if you’re feeling lucky?
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Kahlid Hosseieni
7. Any other authors from a social subsect or ethnic minority (in literature) that you’ve read lately?
I read quite a bit of holocaust memoirs and the last one I read is the same as the number 1 ... currently reading Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner
8. Do you strive for diversity in your own reading? Or do you not worry about it? Why or why not? I don't really think about it. I just roam around the stacks at the library and bookstore and puck whatever intrests me mostly its going to be historical romances and history book with some sci-fi and mysteries thrown into the mix but I really don't seek out books with diversity of authors in mind.