Shabbat Reading: Aida Levy-Hussen's How to Read African American Literature

#whatireadovershabbat Aida Levy-Hussen's How to Read African American Literature: Post-Civil Rights Fiction and the Task of Interpretation (NYU, 2016)

How to Read African American Literature isn’t the guidebook it sounds like. It’s a subtle, book-length argument about the multitude of ways African American fiction is read, and how these readings reflect back to us our own desires. If you’re willing to dig deep and come away with a hefty reading list, Levy-Hussen’s monograph is a superb study of literature, desire, and the life of the mind.