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Only sounds like Keith Flint Member  |
I need help, I want to read more books by black writers. Please someone suggest something good.
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Technical Services Administrator Member  |
Well, NG gave a nod to Zora Neale Hurston in Anansi Boys. Maybe try her?
_____________________________________________________________ Don't you realize? The next time you see sky, it'll be over another town. The next time you take a test, it'll be in some other school. Our parents, they want the best of stuff for us. But right now, they got to do what's right for them. Because it's their time. Their time! Up there! Down here, it's our time. It's our time down here. That's all over the second we ride up Troy's bucket. - Goonies |
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Archus dracomagii Member  |
I just did an article on Octavia Butler for our intranet's daily column (I'm doing a once-a-week African American History feature for this month).
Quote from the Washington Post about her latest novel, Fledgling: "How strange to find Octavia E. Butler digging up the old bones of [the vampire] legend. As the first African American woman to make a name for herself in science fiction and the winner of a MacArthur genius grant, she seems an unlikely victim of Dracula's allure. But, as we might expect, her new novel, Fledgling, doesn't just resurrect the pale trappings of vampire lore, it completely transforms them in a startlingly original story about race, family and free will." I think Neil has also mentioned the young Black Canadian author Nalo Hopkinson in his blog. - Cho _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You are a Confectioner. Who can take a sunrise and sprinkle it with dew? Actually, that's Bob The Enchanter, two doors down on the left. But you make delectable treats, which is no simple feat considering Oompa Loompas won't be invented for three centuries. Not only do you delight with your sweets, but you've paved the way for a new profession: dentistry! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the blog thing: From an Ayewards World ... |
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his colours are like your dream Member  |
if i can suggest a couple...
James Baldwin... Go tell it on the moutain and going to meet the man ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hyperbole is, without a shadow of doubt, the single greatest thing in the universe! |
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Lexis Nexus Member  |
Toni Morrisson.
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his colours are like your dream Member |
*sureptitiously vomits at Toni Morrison
 i just don't like her*Try Bessie Head. A question of power is good or steve biko... I write what i like ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hyperbole is, without a shadow of doubt, the single greatest thing in the universe! |
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Only sounds like Keith Flint Member |
Thank you all. I'm writing these names down, next time I'm at the book store I'll pick em up.
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Eye of the Tigger Member  |
Terry McMillan.
I read A day late and a dollar short a few weeks ago. Made me laugh, made me cry, which is pretty close to my definition of a good book. *bounces out of thread* |
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Do or do not. There is no try. Member  |
Someone might suggest you try the library first, to see if you like them  Not me, but someone might.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  I live for three things: The Girls, football, and live jazz. What do you live for? Let passion drive you. |
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Do or do not. There is no try. Member |
Seriously though, this is a great topic and some great suggestions. I recognized a few of the names, but not sure I've ever read any of them. I must rectify this someday.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I live for three things: The Girls, football, and live jazz. What do you live for? Let passion drive you. |
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Elah Adonijai Member  |
I've got a soft spot in my heart for Richard Wright, especially Black Boy.
____________________________________________________________________ "Patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer i beg to submit that it is the first." - Ambrose Bierce ---------------------- A Good Scoundrel isn't Hard to Find |
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and the Case of the Rotting Seafood Platter Member  |
Well, I'll second Toni Morrison.
Sula Also, Chinua Achebe. Things Fall Apart ------ "Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying 'yes' begins things. Saying 'yes' is how things grow. Saying 'yes' leads to knowledge." ~Stephen Colbert |
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Always the April Fool Member  |
I would highly recommend Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.
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his colours are like your dream Member |
ooooh. good call, jeff!
great book ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hyperbole is, without a shadow of doubt, the single greatest thing in the universe! |
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Fractal demiurge Member  |
Even though the movie is a sentimental chick-flicky-sob-fest (AND I LOVE IT), The Color Purple by Alice Walker is an incredible read.
 **** “Chives?†“Yes, m’lud?†“Is that Ms Ephemera hovering over the croquet lawn?†“Indeed m’lud. She’s marshalled all the haggle-dans. Missy-twigs and vale-nymphs from Claypole Woods. Apparently she intends to tear this house down and dance on the ruins.†“Well, Chives, you’d better start the car, what? And pack my tennis things too†--- Joe 3Heads |
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the Wicked Little Critta Member  |
Alex Haley the writer of Roots.
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Girded for battle Member  |
I'm bout halfway through Miles Davis' autobiography the now, it's a pretty cool read, especially if you're into jazz at all.. it's made me appreciate the stuff I know a hell of a lot more, as you feel his enthusiasm and love for music leaking out of the pages.
Or Maya Angelou- I know why the caged bird sings? Another autobiography, kinda classic. She's beautiful. They're neither of them contemporary though, I'm useless at that. |
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What about Samuel R Delaney? He's black AND gay, and, although I've not read his stuff, my sister is a big fan and she has far better tasste in SF than I do.
Oh, and Charlie Mingus' autobiography 'Beneath the Underdog' is ace, even for non jazz fans. This message has been edited. Last edited by: Joe_3heads, |
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Goofy Beast Member  |
Colson Whitehead: The Intuitionist. Weird, fun, postmodern noir.
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Only sounds like Keith Flint Member |
You all really helped me out alot thank you.
BTW what made me ask this is partly a comic idea i have and partly this reallyg ood book i just finished reading by tananarive due, its a sorta horror/suspense story and really fucking good. I also completely forgot i own a book of short stories by black writers, whose name I'll have to find books by on this quest(ha! I had the answers RIGHT there!!) |
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