Literary Fiction by People of Color discussion
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Feb 12, 2022 07:47PM
I have just picked up Black Boy again. Something about it feels like home.
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I finished Deesha Philyaw's short stories The Secret Lives of Church Ladies solid rather than spectacular but definitely memorable.Link to my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Son of the House by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobiahttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Black Cloud Rising by David Wright Faladéhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I didn’t love this book but others might be interested in it.
May I recommend "The Zoot Suit Letters" --it is awesome!I met the guy, pretty cool too.
Laurie
A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry is an excellent survey of some well-known and some not-so-well-known history we should all be aware of. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This isn't a fiction story but still is So GOOD i just have to recommend it:Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured man!
Faith wrote: "My review of The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumbhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Faith, Thanks for your Very Nice Review. I agree, this was a 5* Read. Such an enjoyable book.
My short recommendation: All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson 2022 A fantastic collection and deliverance of memories that reflect the lives of many queer, black folk that find joys in the world that marginalises them. From the perspective of a queer black woman, I can say that I felt targeted at so many points, even though the book delved into topics such as masculinity and fraternities (???) that I, as a woman from the UK, have had little experience with, other than what has been shown on TV. The author has not only left me as the reader feeling satisfied and hopeful for the future of black, queer identity, but also angry at what has had to happen in order for us to get where we are now. I would recommend to someone who hasn’t explored this topic before, and would like a guided representation, organised into Acts which depict different sectors of Johnson’s life. Overall, a bloody great read.
Talithasays wrote: "My short recommendation: All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson 2022 A fantastic collection and deliverance of memories that reflect the lives of many queer, black folk that find joys in the w..."
I love that you loved this! I listened to this recently as an audiobook read by the author. FANTASTIC!
My review of We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lamahttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
LUSTER BY RAVEN LEILANI was good. It was better than I expected. Fast paced without loosing meaning.
Faith wrote: "My review of The Trees by Percival Everetthttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Everett is such an interesting author. After reading two of his books, I'm inclined to think I'll like anything I pick up by him. This sounds really good!
Sarah wrote: "Faith wrote: "My review of The Trees by Percival Everetthttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Everett is such an interesting author. After reading two ..."
I will look for other books by him.
I highly recommend The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
.Follow the link for my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sarah wrote: "Faith wrote: "My review of The Trees by Percival Everetthttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Everett is such an interesting author. After reading two ..."
I assume Faith's review is positive (I generally avoid reading reviews at least until I'm close to starting a book). Ever since reading Erasure many moons ago, I've tried to read all that Everett publishes.
I recommend a recent read of mine: "The Only Good Indians" by Stephen Graham Jones. It's marketed as horror, and it is, but literary horror. I think images from this will be stuck in my brain for a while.My full review is here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Jane wrote: "LUSTER BY RAVEN LEILANI was good. It was better than I expected. Fast paced without loosing meaning."Jane, I really enjoyed Luster too. I thought her story was good and yes, fast paced.
I just finished People Person, Candice Carty-Williams. It just came out today, 9/13/22. I loved her 1st book, Queenie, so was excited to read this one. People Person is about 5 siblings by a father who is never a Dad. They have different mothers, so don’t know each other until a crazy incident happens with one’s boyfriend. All are adults now. The book is funny and has sort of a crazy plot, but the relationship that develops between the sibling is the book. It is so touching and heartwarming. I really have come to love this author.
Here is my review if anyone is interested: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I recently read The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr.This was a gem of a read for me. While understood the importance of train porters in African American history, this storyline adds another dimension to this history as it tells the story of Baxter, a queer Black train porter aspiring to attend dentistry school, during a trip from Montreal to Vancouver in 1929. Baxter needs to be "invisible" yet always attentive to the customers assigned to his sleeping car - all day/all night, always aware that a misstep. a frown, or whim could mean he earns another demerit or outright firing while also trying to ensure at least an acceptable tip for all the service he has rendered. Vivid writing, especially the surrealistic descriptions of working while being sleep deprived, draws readers in with rich atmosphere and merticulous detail. An enthralling story that you will not easily forget. (And I love the cover)
So I was excited to learn Suzette Mayr has been named the winner of the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel, The Sleeping Car Porter, published by Coach House Books, taking home $100,000 courtesy of Scotiabank.
Of the winning book, the jury wrote:
“Suzette Mayr brings to life –believably, achingly, thrillingly –a whole world contained in a passenger train moving across the Canadian vastness, nearly one hundred years ago. As only occurs in the finest historical novels, every page in The Sleeping Car Porter feels alive and immediate –and eerily contemporary. The sleeping car porter in this sleek, stylish novel is named R.T. Baxter –called George by the people upon whom he waits, as is every other Black porter. Baxter’s dream of one day going to school to learn dentistry coexists with his secret life as a gay man, and in Mayr’s triumphant novel we follow him not only from Montreal to Calgary, but into and out of the lives of an indelibly etched cast of supporting characters, and, finally, into a beautifully rendered radiance.”
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This was a gem of a read for me. While understood the importance of train porters in African American histo..."
Beverly, I heard about this book about 4 months ago and I knew immediately I had to read it. I ordered it last week and hopefully it’ll arrive this week. So glad you liked it…..oh, and that amazing cover was a drawing card for me as well.
ColumbusReads wrote: "Beverly wrote: "I recently read The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr.This was a gem of a read for me. While understood the importance of train porters in Africa..."
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
It packs a lot in at just over 200 pages and once you start reading you will not want to put it down until you finish reading the last page.
I loved Bernardine Evaristo: Mr Loverman. Perhaps even more than her award-winning Girl Woman Other.
Has anyone recommended Black Girls Must Die Exhausted By Jayne Allen?
TL wrote: "Has anyone recommended Black Girls Must Die Exhausted By Jayne Allen?"This book was a good debut. The writing was pretty simplicit, and the story was relatively benign. Even the conflict in the book was not overly triggering, or challenging. I truly enjoyed it and read the 2nd book as well (I didn't enjoy the 2nd book as much).
I believe when I read this I gave it a 4 star rating.
Hello All, I am not a new member just one that isn't active as I would like to be but my goal is to stop being a hermit and network more. The best way to get me talking is over books so I love this idea. Currently, I am reading a kinda older series but it's really a good book. Bernice McFadden's Sugar Lacy Series. I would like to recommend both books: Sugar and This Bitter Earth.
Yes, Ms. McFadden is amazing writer I did read “Sugar” I haven’t read “ This Bitter Earth” will get this book soon. Shakera, I think you might like reading J. California Cooper books also one of my favorite Authors.
Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang! His stories as well as writing is beautiful and thought provoking. Highly recommended!
Hello, I am Debbie and am new to the group! I have read some wonderful books and highly recommend them!•My FAVORITE book: The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
•Moonrise Over New Jessup byJamila Minnicks
•Notes on Grief byChimamanda Ngozi Adichie
•Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
•The Thing Around Your Neck byChimamanda Ngozi Adichie
•The Attic Child by Lola Jaye
and many more!!!
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
Still Life by Sarah Winman A GMA book pick. Very well written. Historical Fiction. Great summer pick because it takes place in Italy and the characters are traveling all over Europe. Let me know what you think once you’ve finished it!
Recently read The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Powerful book, wonderfully written.
“All the Sinners Bleed” by S. A. Cosby will be released June 6, 2023. I won the Goodreads giveaway giving me the chance to read it early. It is excellence! I think it would be a great recommendation for July or a future month.
"Patsy" by Nicole Dennis-Benn was really good. I listened to it as an audibook with a reader who does both the various American and Jamaican voices so well, I really got absorbed in it.I also recommend the Cash Blackbear mystery series by Marcie Rendon. She's a Native American author who writes mysteries set in the 1970s. They're very well written, more literary than thriller.
And finally, I recommend anything by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, but I recently finished and ADORED "Mexican Gothic." She writes in a lot of different genres and does them all well.
Hi All!A book that we are reading is a short story collection by debut author Ada Zhang. My (Lydia!) personal favorite story from the collection is "The Subject." It's about a college-age Asian woman who ends up living with this elderly asian woman, and it explores that dynamic between old and young as well as immigration. It does all this through the use of the interview form, a structural technique that really amplifies the emotion of the story. Check it out if you get the chance!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
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