Wingshooters

At first I thought the author exaggerates the extent of the hatred, racism, and violence in 1974 in Deerhorn, Wisconsin. A town in the Deep South seemed a more appropriate location. But then I started thinking of some mid-westerners I have known even more recently than 1974 who have made me uncomfor......more

"Wingshooters" is heavy-handed at times, but the depiction of a relationship between a 9-year-old mixed-race girl (Japanese mother, American father) and her grandfather saves the day easily. There are other novels out there whose stories center around a child's growing realization of the intricacies......more

(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted illegally.) While it's easy to see what former Lambda Award winner Nina Revoyr was going for in Wingshooters, the lates......more

I was very close to the conclusion of this book and wondering whether is should give it 4 or 5 stars. Within the last 2 or 3 pages I came to a very different conclusion. The story is mostly about the relationship between the adolescent protagonist, a mixed race, half Japanese on her mothers side, Ca......more

At first glance, Wingshooter appears like yet another rendition of the banal plotline in which a young innocent girl comes to learn about race in the US. However, unlike the saccharine feel-good versions that lets white readers always imagine themselves the exception to white supremacist culture (e.......more