The Half-White Album

This is an amazing book!! A collection of short stories, poems, and shorter pieces. All beautifully written. Hard to describe this amazing book. I really liked the later bits as they seem more a tribute to the author's mother. Highly recommended!! I am fortunate to know the author as she is the wife......more

The Half-White Album, by Cynthia J. Sylvester. Short stories of indigenous lives with magic connotation and spiritual rituals. Ancestral tradition and a reflection of a legacy from grandparents. The use of indigenous language gave it an authentic voice. Some of the stories you wanted more.......more

Hmmm so I didn’t know this was a short story book lol. The writing was VERY poetic and lyrical and some stories made sense but others were more artistic and not easy to follow. But I loved the concept of the collection!......more

I loved this collection of stories. Some of the points of view were continuous and sometimes not... But the stories felt seamlessly put together and utterly true to their world.......more

The Half-White Album is a compilation of a cover band’s performances, told in stories of hope, frustration, despair, family, and banishment. Based mostly in New Mexico in what was once the wide-ranging land of the Diné (aka Navajo), each story is connected to a song covered by the band – a mother re......more