Ijeoma Oluo on laughing and crying while reading
By Amy Sutherland Globe Correspondent,Updated March 4, 2021, 2:28 p.m.
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Ijeomo Oluo, a Nigerian-American writer, is the author of So You Want to Talk About Race.
In her newest book, âMediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America,â Ijeoma Oluo recounts and examines how the idea that white men deserve power is perpetuated and its effects on everyone. The Seattle native is also the author of the best-selling âSo You Want to Talk About Race.â She joins the Lowell Humanities Series for a virtual talk at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 24 via
For Ijeoma Oluo, Books and Bedtime Are a Perfect Combination
Credit.Jillian Tamaki
Dec. 24, 2020
“Lately, I’ve been able to find a few minutes to read in bed each night after my family has gone to sleep,” says the author of “Mediocre,” “and it’s been absolutely heavenly.”
What books are on your night stand?
Right now I have “Wow, No Thank You,” by Samantha Irby, and an early copy of “The Prophets,” by Robert Jones Jr., on my night stand. Oh, and I also have a copy of “What Wood Is That?: A Manual of Wood Identification,” by Herbert L. Edlin (I’ve taken to buying vintage furniture lately).