Dark Academia written by authors of colour
Hello, Will here! As autumn approaches and the days start getting colder, a lot of us in the DA will spend out time reading. Now, a problem with DA literature is how euro-centric it is. Most books are set either in England, France, Scotland or Germany. Maybe the USA (which I know isn't European).
As many of you know, I'm mestizo, and I have always liked uplifting POC voices in literary circles where we're often ignored. So I've compiled a couple of lists of Dark Academia books written by POC authors!
- The Souls Of Black Folk by W.E.B Du Bois (African-american)
- The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali)
- Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu (Taiwanese-American)
- Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes (Black American)
- The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon (Japanese)
- Hawai'i's Story by Hawai'i's Queen by Queen Lili'uokalani (Native Hawai'ian)
- A Dark Night's Passing by Naoya Shiga (Japanese)
- The People Of the Sioux by Luther Standing Bear (Lakota {Native American})
- The President by Miguel Angel Asturias (Guatemalan)
(I strongly suggest checking out this list to find more amazing suggestions of POC classics)
- Finna by Nate Marshall (Black American)
- If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar (Pakistani-Kashmiri-American)
- Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong (Vietnamese)
- Holy Wild by Gwen Benaway (Anishinaabe)
- Citizen Illegal by Josรฉ Olivarez (Mexican-American)
- In The Presence Of Absence by Mahmoud Darwish (Palestinian)
(Again, I suggest checking out some goodreads lists for more recs)
-How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao (Chinese-American)
-Ace of Spades by Faridah รbรญkรฉ-รyรญmรญdรฉ (Nigerian-British)
- The Hour Of The Star by Clarice Lispector (Jewish Brazilian)
(You know the drill by know)
Well folks, its really late right now and I'm tired, so that's all for now! fell free to rb with more recommendations! Happy reading!
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