Reviews

Past the Tower, Under the Tree: Twelve Stories of Learning in Community by Erena Shingade, Balamohan Shingade

chicana99's review

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

I borrowed this book by recommendation from a friend who works at the Blue Oyster gallery. This was a wonderful book that took me places I did not expect! I appreciated the diversity of authors and loved the approaches to learning (-grounded in relationships and learning in beloved company) this book presented. I was hooked first by the grounded compass-shift of Mokonui-a-rangi Smith in Marking a Return. From there across to the romantic shorthand., or tracing of histories and place. One that I kept thinking about was the story in the more; In Our Mofussil Town, by Mohan Dutta on Familial Bonds and Protest Performance; as a portrait of the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA)-- for its inspiring and fiery painting of the anti-colonial struggle of cultural dissent against the British Crown. 

nikki_silk's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Colonisation and Drug use