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A review by katiemack
Temple Folk by Aaliyah Bilal
3.0
I'm torn on this one because I love the exploration of religious performativity vs. actual belief and learned a lot about the Nation of Islam, but the writing makes me feel like I'm missing something--there's an incompleteness about the way Aaliyah Bilal writes her characters and settings, and the attempts at shifts in perspective don't always work. Regardless, I enjoyed reading this; the standout stories for me are "Woman in Niqab" and "Due North."