Reading Karen Lord's _Redemption In Indigo_ and intermittently really really loving it

Like everyone else, I heard a lot about Redemption in Indigo when it came out, but, from its descriptions, it never really appealed to me. It's a novel that's told as a dizzying set of interlocking tales that are loosely based on Senegalese folklore. But I was well aware that the reasons I didn't like it were somewhat racist. Fairy stories operate large…