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Nicole Dennis-Benn

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Kingston, Jamaica

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Nicole Dennis-Benn is the author of the novels PATSY (June 4, 2019), HERE COMES THE SUN (Liveright, 2016), and BLACK GOLD (Random House, 2027).

HERE COMES THE SUN was a New York Times Editor’s Choice and Notable Book of 2016. Recently, Here Comes the Sun was listed as a New York Times Most Notable Book of the decade. PATSY, her second novel, was a National Bestseller, a Today Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick and a New York Times Editor’s Choice. Both novels had appeared in over twenty-five “best books of the year” list, which included TIME, Oprah, People, NPR, among others. Nicole was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Award, The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, ...more

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	Patsy 3.90 avg rating — 12,614 ratings — published 2019 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Here Comes the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 12,062 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Introduction), Jesmyn Ward (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Lynn Nottage (Contributor) 4.36 avg rating — 6,656 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brown Girl, Brownstones by Paule Marshall, Nicole Dennis-Benn (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.06 avg rating — 3,749 ratings — published 1959 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Can We All Be Feminists?: New Writing from Brit Bennett, Nicole Dennis-Benn, and 15 Others on Intersectionality, Identity, and the Way Forward for Feminism by June Eric-Udorie (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Narrator), Charlotte Shane (Goodreads Author) (Contributor, Narrator), Nicole Dennis-Benn (Goodreads Author) (Contributor, Narrator) 4.24 avg rating — 1,333 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Gold 4.25 avg rating — 36 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Verheißung: Roman by Nicole Dennis-Benn (Goodreads Author), Eva Bonné (translator) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Nobody love a black girl. Not even herself”
― Nicole Dennis-Benn, Here Comes the Sun

tags: black, colorism, colourism, here-comes-the-sun, jamaican

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“Maybe that’s how it is—maybe life favors certain people and relegates the rest to living in their shadows.”
― Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn, Patsy

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“And while people would pardon convicts, drunks, and men who fuck goats, cows, dogs, and children, they are suspicious, almost terrified, of a woman without a family and no religion. Jesus is the only viable excuse a young woman can use to deny the penis.”
― Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn, Patsy

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June Side Read Nominations ~ 2nd Poll

A Monster Calls

by Patrick Ness

15 votes, 22.1%

The Sleepwalker

by Chris Bohjalian

15 votes, 22.1%

The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

by Nadia Hashimi

10 votes, 14.7%

City of Thieves

by David Benioff

10 votes, 14.7%

Here Comes the Sun

by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn

9 votes, 13.2%

The Swans of Fifth Avenue

by Melanie Benjamin

9 votes, 13.2%

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