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Kirkus Review of MAKING LOVE WITH THE LAND

Aug 17, 2022
Whitehead is a lyric poet writing in prose, proudly declaring himself to be “transgressive [and] punk”—and, very clearly, a survivor. An elegiac and elegant book of revelations, confessions, and reverberations.
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Washington Post: New books set the record straight on the Democratic Republic of Congo

Aug 10, 2022
Every few years, scholars of Congolese politics collectively sigh as yet another news outlet publishes a poorly informed “analysis” of the country and its problems. Whether it’s an argument that government authority is so weak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that the country “does not exist,” a claim that rebels fight for no discernible reason but banditry, or the idea that celebrity engagement can change the region’s trajectory, questionable claims abound.
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