The Coffee Will Make You Black (1998 - 2019) Reading List

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Black Don’t Crack… Book Spines Book Club

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July 1998 Selection
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Cane
by Jean Toomer

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Imprint: Liveright (Jun 13, 2011)
Fiction, Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780871402103
August 1998 Selection
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Soul Kiss: A Novel
by Shay Youngblood

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Imprint: Riverhead Trade (Apr 01, 1998)
Fiction, Paperback, 207 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9781573226585
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September 1998 Selection
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The Man Who Cried I Am
by John A. Williams

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Imprint: Thunder’s Mouth Press (Apr 01, 1985)
Fiction, Paperback, 420 pages
Publisher: Thunder’s Mouth Press
ISBN: 9780938410249
October 1998 Selection
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Silent Conspiracy
by Lee E. Meadows

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Imprint: Proctor Publications (Mar 01, 1997)
Fiction, Library Binding, 273 pages
Publisher: Proctor Publications
ISBN: 9781882792382
November 1998 Selection
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Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison

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Imprint: Vintage Books (Mar 14, 1995)
Fiction, Paperback, 581 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780679732761
December 1998 Selection
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Eva’s Man
by Gayl Jones

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Imprint: Beacon Press (Mar 05, 1987)
Fiction, Paperback, 186 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 9780807063194
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