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“We should have known the end was near. How could we not have known?”
Are you following along with @ColgateLW #ColgateSummerRead as they discuss How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue? https://t.co/HPH4wyyPiW
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Looking forward to tomorrow's real-time Zoom conversation about #HowBeautifulWeWere. If you want to join us from 7-8 p.m., you can find the registration link on the Living Writers website: https://t.co/ctXlffEuk4.
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The question of when non-violent protest has to be abandoned in order to bring about change is the one that hangs over the whole novel.
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@ColgateLW Was it just me, or was this the most terrifying part of the book? #ColgateLivingWriters #ColgateSummerRead
(2/3) I'm struck by the recurring image of holding hands (the twins hold hands; so do Austin & Thula) & also by the recurrence of laughter in these pages. What to make of these? Are they related somehow?
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@ColgateLW To follow this up, who are the Restoration Movement? Are they working on these other issues too? How will their work elsewhere, or not, impact their success in Kosawa? #ColgateSummerRead
And these were Bongo's teacher-training texts! It kind of makes you wonder who, in His Excellency's government, was in charge of teacher education, doesn't it?
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@yalcrabm @ColgateLW That was a surprising list for a young girl! Maybe she would have read anything she found in her uncle’s room. But I agree with you the book titles make you think about what Thula’s role in the village might be in the future.
@ColgateLW I wonder how Sahel would feel if she knew/understood what her daughter is reading. I feel like Malabo would probably be proud, but I really wonder what Sahel would think. 2/3 #ColgateSummerRead
(1/5) Happy Saturday, fellow readers of #HowBeautifulWeWere!
In George Saunders' A SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN (a book I can't recommend highly enough) George Saunders uses the acronym TICHN, meaning "Things I Couldn't Help Noticing."
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(1/4) J. Brice @ColgateUniv. Today's pages make me think more deeply about 3 things: gender, translation, & storytelling.
Look w/me at 3 passages. How do they figure in the larger story Mbue is telling? (Or do they?)
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@ColgateLW @colgateuniv Vanishing people is a counter-insurgency strategy. If you vanish the leaders who speak out, it discourages others from following or doing the same. It's common, esp. where there is no accountability. It was very satisfying to flip that back on Pexton.
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@ColgateLW I love that we are starting out our #ColgateSummerRead with essay questions in a format that only allows 288 characters! Konga is who stands out to me for so many reasons and most of my big thoughts lead back to him in some way or another. #ColgateLivingWriters
(1/3) This is J. Brice @ColgateUniv, & I'm looking forward to reading #HowBeautifulWeWere along with you. I'm going to be joined by 4 students—Josh Kim, Lita Wright, MacKenzie Lahren, & Max Gardinier—so you'll see their names here, too.
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(2/2) & the pilgrimaging clouds that foreshadow action & ideas later in the novel (thanks @andywpattison).
Next up: a conversation about Valeria Luiselli's *Tell Me How It Ends* on Monday, Sept. 6, 7 p.m. Join us then!
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(1/2) J. Brice @colgateuniv still under the spell of our great conversation last night. Grateful to everyone for helping me see some things I'd missed: the way the river rises to the level of character (thanks @colddirt!) ...
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@ColgateLW @colddirt @andywpattison @barreto_dm Since I’m living in the South now (Nashville, TN), I can say, “Thanks, y’all”. Really interesting discussion. So glad I joined and read the book with such a smart and thoughtful community of readers.
Haunted by the same thought—an individual’s act of mercy led to the deaths of millions. Or was it already too late, do you think? Everyone at the checkpoint died right away… #colgatesummerread #colgatelivingwriters
@ColgateLW @colgateuniv But the idea that that moment of forgiveness exacts a terrible price on both the Red and the Blue is really unsettling. Should we conclude that forgiveness was a mistake? That mercy doesn’t break the chain of violence—it expands it.
(3/4) In an *Atlantic* essay about #AmericanWar, Shadi Hamid posits that the US is tearing itself apart for lack of a single, unifying idea. An expert puts the risk of civil war at 60%, based on 5 factors. If you have time, look at the full text of the essay...
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Along w/my brilliant colleagues from ENST, geology, LGBTQ, and PCON, I'm looking forward to talking in person (over Zoom) tomorrow about this novel, which just gets better & more relevant w/age. To register, go to https://t.co/ctXlffEuk4.
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