Many Voices, Many Rooms: Week 2
Highlight of the Week My number one highlight this week is, without a doubt, " The Parable of the Sower " by Octavia Butler . An African American Sci-Fi writer, Butler wrote this freakishly prescient book (The New Yorker describes it as, " Octavia Butler’s Prescient Vision of a Zealot Elected to 'Make AmericaGreat Again '") in 1993, but reading it feels like looking into our near future a few years before it happens. If you are a secondary ELA teacher, this is the perfect book to replace "1984", "The Handmaid's Tale," or any dystopian novel you normally teach. Featuring a young African American female hero you can't help but fall in love with and root for, this is one of the best books I have read in years. Other Highlights Always Be My Maybe - A heart-warming romcom starring Ali Wong and Randall Park , this movie earned a solid 91% on Rotten Tomatoes and was the perfect way to spend a vacation evening with m...