Saturday, November 9, 2024

The Dead Don't Need Reminding: In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi, and Black TV Nerd Shit by Julian Randall

 

THE DEAD DON'T NEED REMINDING is a collection of essays by a queer biracial man (Latinx and Black) about everything from growing up in the South under the looming legacy of slavery to how he associates with various mediums of pop-culture. I grabbed this randomly in the cruise ship library and enjoyed it a lot. In some ways, this kind of reminded me of Brian Broome's PUNCH ME UP TO THE GODS, although I didn't like this collection quite as much.

That said, Randall's poetry background really comes through in how he can spin a phrase, and I actually really loved his essays on Bojack Horseman and Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse. Seeing how much he related to Miles, and the portrayal of his Afro-Latinx roots, was truly heartwarming. And as someone who suffers depression, I really liked how Bojack made him feel seen (because it did for me, too).

I had never heard of this book before but I'm so glad I picked it up on a whim because I ended up liking it quite a bit.

3 to 3.5 out of 5 stars

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