HOW TO LIVE FREE IN A DANGEROUS WORLD A Decolonial Memoir

Shayla Lawson presents their collection of wide-ranging travel essays in a low, measured tone that mirrors the essays themselves. Lawson's voice is crisp and clear, with a professional cadence that never sounds lofty or removed; instead, Lawson sounds calm, centered, and curious. In essays set in locales across the globe--Egypt, Bermuda, Japan, the Netherlands, and more--Lawson considers gender, art, sex, disability, illness, freedom, faith, death, and a whole lot more. They approach these topics with an appealing specificity, centering their own knowledge and experience while making thoughtful connections between far-flung histories, liberation movements, and geographies. Both intimate and observant, this is a beautiful and thought-provoking listen. L.S. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2024]