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    A Year in Reading: Imani Perry

    by Imani Perry Dec 13, 2021 3 minutes

    My 2021 reading felt scattered and voracious but on reflection, I noticed a pattern: I read books about facing disaster and I read books about transformation and reimagination. This makes sense, I guess, given the history we’re currently living. 

    ’s  was written as a series of articles when Marquez was a reporter for in Venezuela. It tells the story of a Venezuelan ship that capsized on a journey from Mobile, Ala., back home in 1955. What I love about it is it anticipates his later work as a novelist

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