Day 16 – Book You Want to Own The book I’d love to own is John Oliver Killens’s The Cotillion One Good Bull is Half the Herd. I’ve always been interested in reading and owning this book, as well as his others Youngblood, And Then We Heard the Thunder, and Sippi. I’ll have to save up for this one because it’s a little pricey in the old 1970s edition I want with the dust jacket. One day….
“Beautiful, high-stepping Yoruba of Harlem is invited to the annual cotillion thrown by African American high society of Queens. Caught between the indifference of her father, the excitement of her social-climbing mother, and her prodigal boyfriend’s militancy, Yoruba persuades her sister debutantes to challenge the aging doyennes in one of the most sidesplitting scenes in American literature.
Nominated for a Pulitzer in 1972, Killens’s uproarious satire captures the conflicts within black society in the 1960s. The Cotillion is the fourth title in Coffee House Press’s acclaimed Black Arts Movement series.”(The Cotillion, Goodreads description)
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Where do you acquire most of the books you read: the library or book store?
Unfortunately bookstore or online since I live in Normandy, but I’m building a collection of books to make my own library. It’s a dream. 🙂
Cool, me too! I never go to the library anymore (unless I feel like going there to read) because I’m also building one of my own.
I try to get the best prices when I can. sometimes it isn’t easy, so I have to wait until I can afford it.
You’re right to hold out for the 1970s edition – it’s a great cover!
Thanks for the encouragement! ?
Thank you so much for making me aware of so many great reads. Awesome.
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In my fantasy library, I would have an autographed Langston Hughes book. Any book by him. Ahhh…. And, the thing is I know it’s out there, somewhere, probably not for sale, or not in my price range…
I would also like (since I’m dreaming) an autographed James Baldwin book, preferably “Just Above My Head” or “The Price Of The Ticket”
Yes! To both of these. I would love autographed copies of anything by these two. Edifying their work!