Monát sent me Brujas: The Magic and Power of Witches of Color for my birthday. I love it so far. It has familiar territory: making altars and connecting with ancestors, but it's very modern (it came out last month, so it does go into quarantine and other current events), has a big community aspect (every chapter ends with resources), and it's so nice to read a witch book by someone who grew up in Florida! We're in a whole different world and it's hard to get that same perspective from non-Floridians. I went to the library yesterday and got a huge book stack: Luckily for me, I bought a backpack not long ago for the express purpose of carrying all these books back from the library. The Surf Culture book was a surprise browse: I was walking through the Fine Arts library looking for an open desk and that book was misshelved and it popped out to me immediately. I actually already own Crossing the Water and Hearing the Mermaid's Song, but they're both in Florida. (I also own Yemoja, but as a Kindle edition, so I never finished it...I have a lower ratio of finishing ebooks now that we're out of quarantine.)
There were also a couple of books I picked up but did not check out: Phyllis Galembo's Maske, which I saw in the photography section while I was browsing (I really just wandered in and out of the stacks yesterday in the Fine Arts library; I had to remember her name because I knew her work from Divine Inspiration: From Benin to Bahia). Everything she does is phenomenal. I will have to revisit that book when I start making masks again... I love, love, love Maria Abramović and there were several books that I found while I was browsing, but I told myself I could come back and get them...I wound up wearing myself out yesterday cleaning and running errands, and today I'm recovering. I think it might be chai time...
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