Finding authors of color made easy
Finding authors of color made easy
I am a fan of Jane Austen’s work. I have read most of her books at least twice and Pride and Prejudice more than dozen times. Despite my great love for Lizzie, Darcy and rest of the gang, I never could quite saw myself in the Regency world of Longbourn and Pemberley. This year, three …
This week, my TBR list grows courtesy of Granta’s BEST OF YOUNG AMERICAN NOVELISTS issue. Granta is quarterly literary magazine. I am happy to say, there are 5 writers of color on the list. It breaks down like this: Authors I have never hear of: Dinaw Mengestu Chinelo Okparanta Esmé Weijun Wang Author I have …
Reads from around the world, now in bookstore shelves and my TBR list! Kintu is a modern classic, a multilayered narrative that reimagines the history of Uganda through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan. “A tale of a rivalry between two well-to-do widows and next-door-neighbors in South Africa…On the surface, author Yewande Omotoso …
I have been a fan of Colson Whitehead‘s since I read The Intuitionist. I really enjoyed his latest book immensely. I am doubly excited about the Amazon announcement because the writer/director of MOONLIGHT, Barry Jenkins has come on to help adapt it. So much talent on this project gives me hope it will turn out …
Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad is going to be a Amazon show!!! Read More »
5 links I checked out to expand my reading list of authors of color this week. These lists are incisive nonfiction to celebrated fiction. 22 Award-Winning Books by African American Authors How Black Books Lit My Way Along The Appalachian Trail 10 Essential Books About the Immigrant Experience 9 Books with Black Female Lead Characters …
Day 13 of Black History Month- Searching for next great read… Read More »
During this month, I have challenged myself to read books by Black authors I have never read. Once such author is Jacqueline Woodson. I read the rave reviews about her work, but I never had a chance to pick up any of her books. Partly because they are considered YA novels. But two weeks ago, …
Yesterday was snow day for me, so it was an excuse to read. (Ha! Like I need an excuse.) I spent the afternoon with The book “is filled with illustrated histories behind some of life’s most common and underappreciated objects – from the paperclip and the toothbrush to the sports bra and roller skates.” There …
In the publishing world, the romance novel reigns — at times an underappreciated, resented, and mocked monarch, but the sales numbers don’t lie. Historical romances are among the most popular books in the genre. However, they are also the most homogeneous and very focus on one view of history. In recent years, new areas of the historical romance …
Day 7 of Black History Month- Historical Romance Edition Read More »
I saw I am Not Your Negro. It was engrossing, educational and astonishingly satisfying. I want to see it again and again and again. I want to see with all my friends so we talk about it for hours on end. The reason is simple. The movie rang true. Baldwin’s unvarnished truth that …
I picked this book because I have had to say this to folks! And the look on her face is is kind of awesome. Happy Reading!