James McBride





James McBride

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September 11, 1957 in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York, The United States

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James McBride is a native New Yorker and a graduate of New York City public schools. He studied composition at The Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio and received his Masters in Journalism from Columbia University in New York at age 22. He holds several honorary doctorates and is currently a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. He is married with three children. He lives in Pennsylvania and New York.

James McBride is a former staff writer for The Washington Post, People Magazine, and The Boston Globe. His work has also appeared in Essence, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times. His April, 2007 National Geographic story entitled “Hip Hop Planet” is considered a respected treatise on African American music and culture....more


Average rating: 3.96 · 29,864 ratings · 2,780 reviews · 16 distinct works
The Color of Water: A Black...
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 26,788 ratings — published 1996 — 35 editions
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Song Yet Sung
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 1,513 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions
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Miracle at St. Anna
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 974 ratings — published 2001 — 21 editions
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Buffalo Soldiers
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
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Color of Water: A Black Man...
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1996
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Miracolo a Sant'Anna
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Song Yet to Be Sung
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001
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Veden väri
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2000
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Het wonder van Santa Anna
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“It was always so hot, and everyone was so polite, and everything was all surface but underneath it was like a bomb waiting to go off. I always felt that way about the South, that beneath the smiles and southern hospitality and politeness were a lot of guns and liquor and secrets.”
James McBride, The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

“God is the color of water. Water doesn't have a color.”
James McBride, The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

“I asked her if I was black or white. She replied "You are a human being. Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!”
James McBride, The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

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