JJ Bola’s, debut novel, No Place To Call Home attentively develops the themes expected in a novel about refugees surviving in a strange new country. Bola touches on language, community, parent-child relationships, specifically father-son and father-daughter relationships, expectations of first generation African children, religion, moeurs, and most of all home. All of these subjects are catalysts for […]
The late great writer and poet, Henry Dumas, has been on my TBR for ages. However I didn’t have any of his books until last year when I purchased this short story collection from Coffee House Press. Note that his work isn’t easy to find these days. His writing has been deemed brilliant and influential. […]
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Eric Jerome Dickey is back with his newest release Finding Gideon, which came out on April 18th, published by Dutton. I’m sure if you’re a fan of Eric Jerome Dickey’s Gideon series you’ll be happy about this new release focusing on Gideon. Having not read any of the Gideon series I was afraid that I […]
The inauguration of the newly elected president of America is upon us. Racism has shown to be very alive and well in the United States, contrary to popular belief. People are all questioning how we could go from President Barak Obama to what was elected on November 7, 2016. Deep down I think we all […]
The Fire This Time. Police brutality and systemic racism are plaguing the United States as if we hadn’t gone through the Civil Rights movement. I living in France, a country without worry or anxiety when I go out, don’t have to face so much overt racism, nor too many microagressions, sit and listen to the countless […]
The Blackbirds is the latest release from Eric Jerome Dickey, known for writing contemporary novels about African-American life. Naughtier than Nice, the sequel to Naughty or Nice and One Night, a standalone were the last two novels he published in 2015. For me, It’s been a while since I’ve read anything from him so I sort of […]
Day 18 – Longest Read: Today I had to choose Three Days Before the Shooting… by Ralph Ellison. This is Ellison’s second unfinished novel. It spans 1136 pages and looks to be intense and imposing on my bookshelf. Can’t wait to one day get into it. I’m so curious about this masterpiece that was in the […]
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