Posts tagged with ‘Black Writers’
September 16, 2012
AN INSPIRING MEMOIR follows a man’s search for his birth parents, brothers and sister. Touching and direct!
Grade: SOLID B
A CHANCE IN THE WORLD: AN ORPHAN BOY, A MYSTERIOUS PAST, AND HOW HE FOUND A PLACE CALLED HOME
Thomas Nelson
2012
Tags: African American Writers, Black Writers, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
July 27, 2012
ELEGAIC, MOVING RE-IMAGINING of the lives of Emmett Till, the girl who loved him, and her family. A triumph.
Grade: A MINUS
GATHERING OF WATERS
Akashic Books
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, African American Writers, Black Writers, Historical Fiction, Novels
June 27, 2012
A LONDON WOMAN’S unexpected, life-changing reunion with her Nigerian birth mother–thoughtful, touching novel.
Grade: SOLID B
BEING LARA
William Morrow
2012
Tags: Black Writers, England, London, Nigeria, Novels, Solid B Reviews
May 6, 2012
MAGNIFICENTLY ENTERTAINING SOAP-OPERA tale of a woman finding a secret society/support group for spurned wives.
Grade: B PLUS
SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
Kensington/Dafina
2011
Tags: African American Writers, B Plus Reviews, Black Writers, Novels, Women's Fiction
March 28, 2012
LITERARY MEETS NOIR in Percival Everett’s latest novel, a complex and playful twist on police procedurals.
Grade: B PLUS
ASSUMPTION
Graywolf Press
2011
Tags: African American Writers, B Plus Reviews, Black Writers, Experimental Fiction, Mystery, Novels
January 27, 2012
HAUNTING, COMPLEX HORROR and fantasy tales offer a sophisticated take on race, culture, and the power of legend.
Grade: B PLUS
LET'S PLAY WHITE
Apex
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Black Writers, Fantasy, Horror, Short Stories
January 16, 2012
BEAUTIFULLY NUANCED, POETIC essays on art, life, culture, and a black woman’s experience from Ntozake Shange.
Grade: B PLUS
LOST IN LANGUAGE & SOUND: OR HOW I FOUND MY WAY TO THE ARTS
St. Martin's
2011
Tags: African American Writers, B Plus Reviews, Black Writers, Cultural History, Literary History, Non-Fiction, Women's Issues
October 29, 2011
UNFORGETTABLE, VIVID, POETIC tale of a teenage girl’s hardscrabble Mississippi life as Hurricane Katrina hits.
Grade: A MINUS
SALVAGE THE BONES
Bloomsbury
2011
Tags: A Minus Reviews, African American Writers, Black Writers, Novels
October 12, 2011
BREATHTAKING HISTORICAL FANTASY: glorious take on the power of magic AND sharp commentary on race in the US.
Grade: A MINUS
REDWOOD AND WILDFIRE
Aqueduct Press
2011
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Black Writers, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Novels
October 4, 2011
NOBODY DOES URBAN soap-opera like Kimberla Lawson Roby, and she’s at her most gloriously melodramatic here!
Grade: SOLID B
SECRET OBSESSION
Grand Central
2011
Tags: Black Writers, Novels, Solid B Reviews