Boundless: anthology review
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Boundless is an anthology of 20 voices celebrating multicultural and multiracial identities edited by Ismee Williams and Rebecca Balacrel. It is packed with a selection of amazing authors including Emiko Jean,Torey Maldanado and Randy Ribay.
Anthologies are often a risky strategy because they will always have stronger stories and weaker ones by definition. However I was pleasantly surprised that this one had no weak ones each story was punchy and with a real intensity.
My faviourite stories included the hilarious Mariachis Vs Bluegrass by Loriel Ryan, I Like to Be in America by Anika Fajardo and Confession by Erin Entrada Kelly. All of these stories showcase a different facet of the multicultural and multiracial experience. From being forced to confession to realising your value all of them are amazing stories that I wanted more of than their few short pages.
I loved this book for it's ability to be dipped in to. It would be great by the pool and as it contains so many different authors it also works as a showcase. I now have at least 10 authors I am looking forward to finding otu more about their work.
Overall this anthology is a fantastic selection of thought provoking stories. An amazing book full of diversity that you'll come back to again and again.
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