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

AALBC’s Book Club is now The Black Don’t Crack… Book Spines Book Club

Black Don’t Crack… Book Spines Book Club

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January 2004 Selection
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The First Thing Smoking
by Nelson Eubanks

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Imprint: One World/Ballantine (Jun 29, 2004)
Fiction, Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780345451798

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February 2004 Selection
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The Darkest Child: A Novel
by Delores Phillips

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Imprint: Soho Press (Jan 01, 2005)
Fiction, Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 9781569473788

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March 2004 Selection
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Rendezvous Eighteenth (American Mysteries in Paris)
by Jake Lamar

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Imprint: Minotaur Books (Apr 01, 2005)
Fiction, Paperback, 311 pages
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 9780312336059

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April 2004 Selection
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The Last King: A Maceo Redfield Novel (Strivers Row)
by Nichelle D. Tramble

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Imprint: Strivers Row (Jun 01, 2004)
Fiction, Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780375758829

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May 2004 Selection
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The Cotillion: or, One Good Bull Is Half the Herd (Black Arts Movement Series)
by John Oliver Killens

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Imprint: Coffee House Press (Feb 01, 2002)
Fiction, Paperback, 220 pages
Publisher: Coffee House Press
ISBN: 9781566891196

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June 2004 Selection
Cover of Echo Tree: The Collected Short Fiction Of Henry Dumas (Black Arts Movement Series)
Echo Tree: The Collected Short Fiction Of Henry Dumas (Black Arts Movement Series)
by Henry Dumas

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Imprint: Coffee House Press (Sep 01, 2003)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 350 pages
Publisher: Coffee House Press
ISBN: 9781566891493

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July 2004 Selection
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The Lakestown Rebellion (Black Arts Movement Series)
by Kristin Hunter

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Imprint: Coffee House Press (Feb 01, 2003)
Fiction, Paperback, 280 pages
Publisher: Coffee House Press
ISBN: 9781566891257

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August 2004 Selection
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The Heart of Redness: A Novel
by Zakes Mda

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Imprint: Picador (Aug 01, 2003)
Fiction, Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
ISBN: 9780312421748

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September 2004 Selection
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Segu
by Maryse Conde

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Imprint: Penguin Books (Sep 03, 1998)
Fiction, Paperback, 493 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780140259490

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October 2004 Selection
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Sweets: A Collection of Soul Food Desserts and Memories
by Patty Pinner

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Imprint: Ten Speed Press (Mar 01, 2004)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 166 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9781580085212

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November 2004 Selection
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The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume I: 1902-1941, I, Too, Sing America (Life of Langston Hughes, 1902-1941)
by Arnold Rampersad

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December 2004 Selection
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The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume II: 1941-1967, I Dream a World (Life of Langston Hughes, 1941-1967)
by Arnold Rampersad

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