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Posts tagged with ‘Black Writers’
PIONEERING AFRICAN-AMERICAN JOCKEY shares her inspiring story of facing mental illness, addiction, homelessness.
Grade: B PLUS
LONG SHOT: MY BIPOLAR LIFE AND THE HORSES WHO SAVED ME
HarperCollins
2011
Tags: African American Writers, B Plus Reviews, Black Writers, Horses and Riding, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Sports, Writers of Color
THE IMPACT OF AIDS in Botswana, highlighted in moving personal stories and updates on medical, policy advances.
Grade: B PLUS
SATURDAY IS FOR FUNERALS
Harvard University Press
2010
Tags: Africa, B Plus Reviews, Black Writers, Health, Non-Fiction, Writers of Color
CULTURE CLASH, personality clashes, and the shock of the new in Nigeria are depicted in this fascinating novel.
Grade: A MINUS
THE SECRET LIVES OF BABA SEGI'S WIVES
HarperCollins
2010
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Africa, African Writers, Black Writers, Nigeria, Novels, Writers of Color
CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER Charles Hamilton Houston, mentor to Thurgood Marshall, profiled in engaging book. B PLUS
ROOT AND BRANCH: CHARLES HAMILTON HOUSTON, THURGOOD MARSHALL, AND THE STRUGGLE TO END SEGREGATION
Bloomsbury USA
2010
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: African American Writers, B Plus Reviews, Biography, Black Writers, History, Non-Fiction, United States, Writers of Color
20th-CENTURY FABLE of a black family and community in Oklahoma, told in rich, lyrical language. Vivid characters. A MINUS
LIFE IS SHORT BUT WIDE by J. California Cooper
New York: Doubleday
March 2009
Grade: A MINUS
Tags: A Minus Reviews, African American Writers, Black Writers, Novels, Writers of Color