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What African American authors do you recommend?
Posted on 1/8/18 at 3:06 pm
Posted on 1/8/18 at 3:06 pm
I've been reading some Zora Neale Hurston and I really enjoy her writing. I've tried Alice Walker and she writes well, but sometimes lets her social views get in the way of truly exceptional work.
Posted on 1/8/18 at 4:21 pm to Methuselah
None
I don't judge or classify artists by the color of their skin
I don't judge or classify artists by the color of their skin
Posted on 1/8/18 at 5:28 pm to Methuselah
I honestly don’t know the race of most of the authors I read.
Posted on 1/8/18 at 7:06 pm to Methuselah
Kinda a random OP, but if you like fantasy N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy is fantastic.
Posted on 1/8/18 at 8:17 pm to Kafka
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None I don't judge or classify artists by the color of their skin
I can respect that opinion. I like to read stuff from a variety of eras, viewpoints, places and environments. I just enjoy comparing the universal themes that cross over all work and the distinct flavor of the differences - ancient Greece, medieval England, Tsarist Russia, the South in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, etc. It just appeals to me.
This post was edited on 1/8/18 at 8:22 pm
Posted on 1/9/18 at 10:53 am to Methuselah
Ernest Gaines - A Lesson Before Dying + A Gathering of Old Men
Posted on 1/9/18 at 10:55 am to Methuselah
Jesmyn Ward.
She’s won the National Book Award twice for her novels Salvage the Bones (2011) and Sing, Unburied, Sing (2017).
She’s won the National Book Award twice for her novels Salvage the Bones (2011) and Sing, Unburied, Sing (2017).
Posted on 1/9/18 at 5:41 pm to Methuselah
I just finished The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, and it was fantastic.
ETA: I read Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor a few months ago, and it was interesting. HBO is turning it into a series, and GRRM is helping out, so it might be good.
ETA: I read Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor a few months ago, and it was interesting. HBO is turning it into a series, and GRRM is helping out, so it might be good.
This post was edited on 1/9/18 at 5:44 pm
Posted on 1/9/18 at 10:04 pm to REG861
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Ernest Gaines - A Lesson Before Dying + A Gathering of Old Men
Good one. A Louisiana native at that. Years ago, they made a t.v. movie based on A Gathering of Old Men and I'm pretty sure it was filmed at least partially in Vacherie. I think the old Lutcher/Vacherie ferry was even in it. I've never read the book/story but I'm going to have to try it.
Posted on 1/10/18 at 12:41 am to Methuselah
Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" is a great book.
Posted on 1/10/18 at 8:17 am to Methuselah
walter williams
tom sowell
jason reilly
tom sowell
jason reilly
Posted on 1/11/18 at 9:39 am to Cockopotamus
Sowell and Walter Williams.
Posted on 1/11/18 at 7:39 pm to Collegedropout
James Baldwin for those of you who aren’t scared of the black man. He holds nothing back.
Posted on 1/12/18 at 12:50 pm to Methuselah
Can you explain why the race of an author is relavent to book selection?
Or is this just a novelty question for some trivial distinction?
Or is this just a novelty question for some trivial distinction?
Posted on 1/12/18 at 9:11 pm to Willie Stroker
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Can you explain why the race of an author is relavent to book selection?
Or is this just a novelty question for some trivial distinction?
I tried to explain my thinking in an earlier reply:
quote:
I can respect that opinion. I like to read stuff from a variety of eras, viewpoints, places and environments. I just enjoy comparing the universal themes that cross over all work and the distinct flavor of the differences - ancient Greece, medieval England, Tsarist Russia, the South in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, etc. It just appeals to me.
Not sure I can explain it any better than that, but I'll try: I like to read books that bring me into the life and point of view of different people, eras, lifestyles, etc. If I want to know about the lifestyle of ancient Greeks, I read Xenophon. If I want to read about people in old Europe, I'll probably read Beowulf. If I want to get into the mind of 19th century Russia, I'll turn to one of the Russian writers.
By the same token, if I want to read about the life of a early 20th century black sharecropper, or the wife of the mayor of one of the first all black towns in Florida, or a black person living in the 50's or 60's, I'll probably look for a black author.
It's not to say others can't write about these things. Heck, Bernard Cornwell has written about all kinds of different time periods and locations, and often done it well. But sometimes I just like to read someone who can put me into an actual world that is not my world and with the words and thoughts of the people of that world.
Hope that explains it. Those are my thoughts anyway.
Posted on 1/12/18 at 11:03 pm to Kafka
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None
I don't judge or classify artists by the color of their skin
It wouldn’t surprise me if this was the answer by most here. I might be able to count on one hand the amount of authors whose race I can identify.
If you’re talking post-colonial themed writings that express black culture in the Americas in its infancy, or writings in certain eras by famous black individuals, that’s another discussion. The color of the authors skin, outside of the above examples, I would imagine has little impact.
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