Status Updates From Pinktoes

wives sleeping with someone’s husband husbands sleeping with someone’s wives this is a whole mess chile

Was fun and funny. I definitely spread this out too much tho bc I did not keep track of who was who in this large cast of characters.

I think I struggled to finish bc of the lack of plot with the book but thats more a flaw with me - I’m a plot gal. Keen to read more of Himes tho, rlly liked his writing style. His voice reminded me a bit of Vonnegut? Anyway it was fun

I’ll finish this book eventually…….. one day….. surely … …..

“I’m getting damned tired of people accusing me of being anti-Negro just because I’m from Mississippi,” Professor Samuels said. “Some of the Negro peoples’ best friends are from Mississippi.”

(Note re language that this was first published in 1961)