06-12-2020, 07:18 PM | #16 |
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I've been meaning to read some Zadie Smith books for a while. She has won quite a few prestigious prizes, so I'm thinking they'll be well worth the time.
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06-12-2020, 07:34 PM | #17 |
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06-12-2020, 09:31 PM | #18 |
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Back when the book club was reading the aforementioned Passing by Nella Larsen, I also picked up the 1931 book: Black No More by George S. Schuyler, a science fiction tale in which a scientist invents a process to turn black people white.
I can't say it was a great book (I gave it just 3/5), but I did find the perspective interesting. I got the impression that the author didn't like anyone - black or white. It was also interesting to read more about Schuyler who six years later "moved sharply to the political right". It's made me interested in finding his autobiography, Black and Conservative, but I haven't found an accessible copy yet. |
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You might take a look at N.K. Jemisin. I've only read short stories of hers so far, but I've been meaning to try some of her novels.
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06-13-2020, 01:32 AM | #20 |
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Octavia Butler, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Claire G Coleman, NK Jemisin, Alisha Rai, Alyssa Cole, Nalo Hopkinson, Nisi Shawl, Tananarive Due, Victor Lavalle, Karen Lord, Rebecca Roanhorse, Beverly Jenkins, Jasmine Guillory
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06-13-2020, 04:45 AM | #21 |
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Thanks for the recommendations!
I've read some of them:
I'll check out the others -- some I've been meaning to read, and others are new to me. I think I'll start with Beverly Jenkins. I've been meaning to read her for a long time. The discussion here is also interesting, I'll add to it later! |
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06-13-2020, 07:15 AM | #23 |
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Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin. Check Gutenberg dot org
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06-13-2020, 08:18 AM | #24 |
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One of my favorites.
I would add Dexter Palmer. Author of The Dream of Perpetual Motion, Version Control, and Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen. The latter of which I'm happy to say I did not know had been released! Last edited by DiapDealer; 06-13-2020 at 08:29 AM. |
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I can highly recommend Ralph Ellison's novel "Invisible Man."
This is a Literary novel and is considered a classic. I read this about 20 years ago, and I found it mesmerizing. I think it's about time to read it again. |
06-13-2020, 10:40 PM | #26 |
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I enjoyed Walter Mosley's The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, as well as his Easy Rawlins mystery series. I just started The Long Fall, the first in his Leonid McGill series.
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I have this one to be read. I've always heard great things about it.
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To clarify with my original story, I was pointing out that I was surprised at myself that year because I figured that out of the large book volume (over 300 books), that surely it would have more of a mixture of author races when I went to check after BookRiot got me thinking about it. Instead, I found that only under 5 were not white authors out of over 300. That is the part that surprised me. I figured with the large volume, I would have somehow covered more races without searching them out, but apparently not. |
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