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Maya Angelou's Literarian Award Acceptance Speech - 20 Nov 2013
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Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise Kam Williams /reviews/images/maya-angelou-older.jpg Film Review An Intimate Look at the Life of Iconic Poet, Writer, and Activist Excellent (4 stars) In Theaters...
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou 0000000121191991 Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928, was a renowned American author, actress, and civil rights activist. She held numerous roles, from cook to editor,...
W. Paul Coates Literarian Award Acceptance Speech from the 2024 National Book Awards
W. Paul Coates Literarian Award Acceptance Speech from the 2024 National Book Awards W. Paul Coates Article Watch a Video of Walter Mosleys’s Introduction and Paul Coates Acceptance Speech. ...
Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou
Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou Maya Angelou 9780812996456 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House “Words mean more than what is set down on paper,” Maya Angelou wrote in her...
Mom & Me & Mom
Mom & Me & Mom Maya Angelou 9781400066117 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now,...
Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer
Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer Maya Angelou 9781400066100 Poetry Random House Penguin Random House Grace, dignity, and eloquence have long been hallmarks of Maya Angelou’s poetry. Her measu...
Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou Bethany Hegedus 9781620145876 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books NCSS Septima Clark Book Award Elementary Level Winner In celebrat...
Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, N. Y. Nathiri, and others
Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, N. Y. Nathiri, and others MULTIPLE Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, and N.Y. Nathiri are renowned authors. Angelou is celebrated for her series of autobiographies, Walker for h...
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me Maya Angelou 9781419727481 Nonfiction Stewart, Tabori & Chang Rizzoli International Publications Maya Angelou’s unforgettable poem is matched with the daring art of Jean-Miche...
What Maya Angelou Says: The Official Collection
What Maya Angelou Says: The Official Collection Maya Angelou and Hardie Grant Quadrille 9781784887544 Nonfiction Hardie Grant Books Hardie Grant Books What Maya Angelou Says is a collection of the bel...
Maya Angelou: My First Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou: My First Maya Angelou Lisbeth Kaiser 9781786032492 Nonfiction Frances Lincoln Children’s Books The Quarto Group Meet Maya Angelou, the world’s most beloved writer and speaker! Now availa...
Poems: Maya Angelou
Poems: Maya Angelou Maya Angelou 9780553379853 Poetry Bantam Penguin Random House “Maya Angelou writes like a song, and like the truth.”—The New York Times Book Review “Black, bitter and beautiful,...
Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas
Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas Maya Angelou 9780812980318 Nonfiction Random House Trade Paperbacks Penguin Random House In this third self-contained volume of her autobiography,...
Maya Soetoro-Ng: The “Ladder to the Moon” Interview
Maya Soetoro-Ng: The “Ladder to the Moon” Interview Kam Williams Interview Born in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 15, 1970, Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng is a lecturer at the University of Hawaii’...
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes Maya Angelou 9780812974850 Nonfiction Random House Trade Paperbacks Penguin Random House Throughout Maya Angelou’s life, from her chi...
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes Maya Angelou 9781400062898 Nonfiction Random House Penguin Random House Throughout Maya Angelou’s life, from her childhood in Stamps,...
Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou
Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou Kam Williams Book Review “‘Words mean more than what is set down on paper,’ Maya Angelou wrote in her groundbreaking m...
My Journey with Maya
My Journey with Maya Tavis Smiley with David Ritz 9780316341776 Nonfiction Little, Brown Paperbacks Hachette Book Group A remarkable story of friendship, love, and courage. When Maya Angelou and Ta...
Gather Together In My Name
Gather Together In My Name Maya Angelou 9780812980301 Fiction Random House Trade Paperbacks Penguin Random House Gather Together in My Name continues Maya Angelou’s personal story, begun so unforgetta...
Happy New Year From AALBC.com’s Troy Johnson
Happy New Year From AALBC.com’s Troy Johnson Troy Johnson Article 2013, what a year! With so many great new books and films last year, there was a lot to celebrate. We also extended our reach through...
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou 9780375507892 Nonfiction Random House Penguin Random House Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know W...
Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem
Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem Maya Angelou 9780593518618 Poetry Anne Schwartz Books Penguin Random House This dazzling Christmas poem by Maya Angelou is powerful and inspiring for people of all fait...
Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now Maya Angelou 9780553569070 Nonfiction Bantam Penguin Random House Maya Angelou, one of the best-loved authors of our time, shares the wisdom of a remarkable li...
And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems
And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems Maya Angelou 9780394502526 Poetry Random House Penguin Random House Maya Angelou’s unforgettable collection of poetry lends its name to the documentary film about her...
Maya Angelou and Hardie Grant Quadrille
Maya Angelou and Hardie Grant Quadrille MULTIPLE Maya Angelou and Hardie Grant Quadrille
Society of Lies: Reese’s Book Club
Society of Lies: Reese’s Book Club Lauren Ling Brown 9780593723357 Fiction Bantam Penguin Random House Reese's Book Club Pick Maya has returned to Princeton for her college reunion—it's been ...
Letter to My Daughter
Letter to My Daughter Maya Angelou 9780812980035 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou’s pat...
A Song Flung Up to Heaven
A Song Flung Up to Heaven Maya Angelou 9780553382037 Nonfiction Bantam Penguin Random House The culmination of a unique achievement in modern American literature: the six volumes of autobiography that...
Maya Soetoro-Ng
Maya Soetoro-Ng 0000000078169982 Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng, born in Jakarta, is a lecturer at the University of Hawaii and Barack Obama's sister. She recently published “Ladder to the Moon,” a picture book...
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America Ellis Cose 9780062999719 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins An urgent examination of free speech in America—addressing “cancel culture,” “accep...
Great Food, All Day Long: Cook Splendidly, Eat Smart: A Cookbook
Great Food, All Day Long: Cook Splendidly, Eat Smart: A Cookbook Maya Angelou 9781400068449 Nonfiction Random House Penguin Random House “At one time, I described myself as a cook, a driver, and a wri...
Maya Angelou: A Little Golden Book Biography
Maya Angelou: A Little Golden Book Biography Anne Wynter 9780593648377 Nonfiction Golden Books Penguin Random House Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about writer, poe...
Maya Angelou: Writer and Activist
Maya Angelou: Writer and Activist Del Sandeen 9781978514836 Nonfiction Enslow Publishing Enslow Publishing LLC Maya Angelou was a writer, dancer, activist, and actress, and the recipient of numerous a...
The Complete Poetry
The Complete Poetry Maya Angelou 9780812997873 Poetry Random House Penguin Random House Throughout her illustrious career in letters, Maya Angelou gifted, healed, and inspired the world with her words...
Essence Maya Angelou: Her Phenomenal Life & Poetic Journey
Essence Maya Angelou: Her Phenomenal Life & Poetic Journey Editors of Essence Magazine 9781618931474 Nonfiction Essence Time Inc Maya Angelou was a true Renaissance woman. ESSENCE Editors celebrate th...
Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem
Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem Maya Angelou 9781400065585 Poetry Random House Penguin Random House In this beautiful, deeply moving poem, Maya Angelou inspires us to embrace the peace and promise of ...
Poems: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ’Fore I Diiie/Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well/And Still I Rise/Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing?
Poems: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ’Fore I Diiie/Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well/And Still I Rise/Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing? Maya Angelou 9780553255768 Poetry Bantam Penguin Random Hous...
I Shall Not Be Moved
I Shall Not Be Moved Maya Angelou 9780553354584 Poetry Bantam Penguin Random House In her first book of poetry since Why Don’t You Sing? Maya Angelou, bestselling author of the classic autobiography...
All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes
All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes Maya Angelou 9780679734048 Nonfiction Vintage Penguin Random House In 1962 the poet, musician, and performer Maya Angelou claimed another piece of her identity ...
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou 9780345514400 Nonfiction Ballantine Books Penguin Random House Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small South...
Appearances: A Novel
Appearances: A Novel K. Reshay 9781545192825 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Maya seems to have the perfect life. She is a successful real estate agent. She has a handsome fiancé, ...
Poetry for Young People: Maya Angelou
Poetry for Young People: Maya Angelou Carole Boston Weatherford 9781454903291 Poetry Union Square Kids Union Square & Co., LLC. An acclaimed anthology receives a new design and cover! Award-winning wr...
Death of the Willie Lynch Speech: Exposing the Myth
Death of the Willie Lynch Speech: Exposing the Myth Manu Ampim 9781574780574 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Finally, proof that the Willie Lynch Speech is a hoax! Supposedly giv...
The Speech: The Story behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream
The Speech: The Story behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream Kam Williams Book Review “A great speech is both timely and timeless. First and foremost, it must touch and move its immediate ...
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards Troy Johnson Article All Photos © 2013 AALBC.com, LLC - Feel free to use them but please provide a photo credit to Troy Johnson, AALBC.com and a link...
His Day Is Done: A Nelson Mandela Tribute
His Day Is Done: A Nelson Mandela Tribute Maya Angelou 9780812997019 Poetry Random House Penguin Random House He was a son of Africa who became father to a nation and, for billions of people around th...
Amazing Peace
Amazing Peace Maya Angelou 9780375841507 Nonfiction Schwartz & Wade Random House Children's Books Celebrate Christmas with the joyous poetry of the incomparable Maya Angelou. Angelou’s beautiful, movi...
Maya Angelou (Little People, Big Dreams)
Maya Angelou (Little People, Big Dreams) Lisbeth Kaiser 9781847808899 Nonfiction Frances Lincoln Children’s Books The Quarto Group In the Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the lives of outsta...
Maya and the Robot
Maya and the Robot Eve L. Ewing 9781984814630 Fiction Kokila Penguin Random House From award-winning author Eve L. Ewing comes an illustrated middle grade novel about a forgotten homemade robot who co...
Appearances Too
Appearances Too K. Reshay 9781977710031 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC The best word to describe Toni and Maya’s relationship is “frenemies.” Although Maya has always outwardly acted sup...
Reading Tony Martin Matters
Reading Tony Martin Matters Rhone Fraser Article In my interview with Paul Coates about his 2024 Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, he made the point that the works of Tony Martin sh...
Soul Looks Back in Wonder
Soul Looks Back in Wonder Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Walter Dean Myers, Haki R. Madhubuti, Lucille Clifton and 8 others 9780140565010 Nonfiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House "The selections a...
Reflections from Zora!: Celebrating 25 Years of the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities
Reflections from Zora!: Celebrating 25 Years of the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, N. Y. Nathiri, and others 9781886104686 Nonfiction Florida Histor...
The Heart of a Woman (paperback)
The Heart of a Woman (paperback) Maya Angelou 9780812980325 Fiction Random House Trade Paperbacks Penguin Random House In The Heart of a Woman, Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to mov...
Mother: A Cradle to Hold Me
Mother: A Cradle to Hold Me Maya Angelou 9781400066018 Poetry Random House Penguin Random House Poet, writer, performer, teacher, and director Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and then mov...
My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me
My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me Maya Angelou 9780375825675 Nonfiction Crown Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Full color photographs. "Hello, Stranger-Friend" begins Maya Ange...
Maya Angelou: Journey of the Heart
Maya Angelou: Journey of the Heart Jayne Pettit 9780140383591 Nonfiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House Jayne Pettit is the author of A Place to Hide: True Stories of Holocaust Rescues, Maya Angelo...
The Heart of a Woman
The Heart of a Woman Maya Angelou 9780375500725 Fiction Random House Penguin Random House In The Heart of a Woman Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to go to New York. There she enters ...
Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women
Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women Maya Angelou 9780679439240 Poetry Random House Penguin Random House Maya Angelou, the bestselling author of On the Pulse of Morning, Wouldn’t Take Nothin...
Poetic Justice: Filmmaking South Central Style
Poetic Justice: Filmmaking South Central Style John Singleton and Veronica Chambers 9780385309141 Nonfiction Delta Delta Includes a foreword by Spike Lee, the screenplay for the film Poetic Justice (s...
Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Walter Dean Myers, Haki R. Madhubuti, Lucille Clifton and 8 others
Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Walter Dean Myers, Haki R. Madhubuti, Lucille Clifton and 8 others MULTIPLE
James Forman Jr.
James Forman Jr. 0000000046875532 James Forman Jr., Yale Law School professor and former Supreme Court clerk, is a prolific writer featured in The New York Times and The Atlantic. His notable achieve...
Malika J. Stevely
Malika J. Stevely NONE Malika J. Stevely is a historical fiction author with a background in journalism. Known for her works on African American and women's literature, she has also interviewed icons...
Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady Accept Literarian Award for Outstanding Service
Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady Accept Literarian Award for Outstanding Service Author Interviews
Maya’s Big Question
Maya’s Big Question Meena Harris 9780316561341 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group A National Bestseller! A young girl is determined to celebrate the women in her communi...
Remember, You Are a Wiley
Remember, You Are a Wiley Maya Wiley 9781538739938 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group A moving, politically-charged memoir of surviving trauma and the power of activism from MSNBC...
For Your Consideration: Maya Rudolph
For Your Consideration: Maya Rudolph Nichole Perkins 9781683692232 Nonfiction Quirk Books Quirk Books For fans of the inimitable Maya Rudolph, this illustrated collection of humorous essays and fun ex...
Truth or Dare
Truth or Dare ReShonda Tate Billingsley 9780758289575 Fiction Kensington - Teen Kensington Publishing Corp. No celebrity secret is safe from Maya Morgan. But a ratings-making road trip is putting her ...
Maya Cameron-Gordon
Maya Cameron-Gordon NONE Maya Cameron-Gordon is an author, mother, and former teacher with an MFA in filmmaking. She aims to diversify children's fantasy through her books and films, promoting repres...
Maya Wiley
Maya Wiley NONE Maya D. Wiley, a life-long civil rights advocate and attorney, is the current president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. An influential figure in activi...
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America Ellis Cose 9780062999726 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Named one of Newsweek’s 25 Must-Read Fall Fiction and Nonfiction Books to Escape th...
The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’S Dream
The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’S Dream Gary Younge 9781608463220 Nonfiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DELIVERED his powerful I Have a Dream” spe...
Wanda Coleman
Wanda Coleman 0000000116780476 “I have yet to kill anyone—I have exhibited great restraint.” Wanda Coleman (1946-2013) was a renowned poet, former medical secretary, magazine editor,...
James McBride: Acceptance Speech 2013 National Book Awards
James McBride: Acceptance Speech 2013 National Book Awards Literary Events
My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir
My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir Jessica B. Harris 9781501125928 Nonfiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. In this captivating new memoir, award-winning writer Jessica B. Harris recalls her ...
My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir
My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir Jessica B. Harris 9781501125904 Fiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. In this captivating new memoir, award-winning writer Jessica B. Harris recalls a lost ...
Ostinato Vamps: Poems
Ostinato Vamps: Poems Rondall Brasher Book Review For those who are not familiar with Wanda Coleman, she is the award-winning author of Bathwater Wine and Mercurochrome. She also gained c...
Chinelo Okparanta Reading 16 Nov 2013
Chinelo Okparanta Reading 16 Nov 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word
Kofi and His Magic
Kofi and His Magic Maya Angelou 9780517704530 Fiction Crown Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A collaborative effort by Angelou and Margaret Courtney-Clarke.
Eartha Watts-Hicks
Eartha Watts-Hicks NONE Eartha Watts-Hicks is a prolific writer for various online publications, including Harlem World's Magazine's blog and TheUrbanBookSource.com. She has been the director of publ...
Guy Johnson
Guy Johnson 0000000025337727 Emerging author with a passion for writing compelling stories seeks to reach the pinnacle of his craft. Having explored various creative pursuits, he found his calling in...
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Kam Williams mandela-2013-alternate-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom In Theaters: Nov 29, 2013 Limited PG-13 for sexuality, intense violence...
Voices in Our Blood: America’s Best on the Civil Rights Movement (Rh Trade Pbk)
Voices in Our Blood: America’s Best on the Civil Rights Movement (Rh Trade Pbk) Jon Meacham 9780375758812 Nonfiction Random House Trade Paperbacks Penguin Random House A literary anthology of importan...
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Kam Williams startrek-2013-blueray.jpg Film Review Read the comments now. Read our review after you see the film (there some spoilers). Kirk Matches Wits with Rogue Co...
The Dancing Mind: Speech Upon Acceptance of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished C Ontribution to American Letters
The Dancing Mind: Speech Upon Acceptance of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished C Ontribution to American Letters Toni Morrison 9780375400322 Nonfiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin...
The Light She Feels Inside
The Light She Feels Inside Gwendolyn Wallace 9781728239798 Fiction Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Sourcebooks How will Maya create a brighter world? By learning to honor her glowing feelings, just like Black...
Kwame Nkrumah’s Midnight Speech for Independence
Kwame Nkrumah’s Midnight Speech for Independence Useni Eugene Perkins 9780940975866 Nonfiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. On a humid March night in 1957, Kwame Nkrumah made history. While thous...
Freedom of Speech: Mightier Than the Sword
Freedom of Speech: Mightier Than the Sword David K. Shipler 9780307947611 Nonfiction Vintage Penguin Random House A provocative, timely assessment of the state of free speech in America With his be...
The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom, and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights
The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom, and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights William P. Jones 9780393082852 Fiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. A brilliant history that go...
Mdw Dtr: Divine Speech: A Historiographical Reflection of African Deep Thought from the Time of the Pharaohs to the Present Paperback
Mdw Dtr: Divine Speech: A Historiographical Reflection of African Deep Thought from the Time of the Pharaohs to the Present Paperback Jacob Carruthers 9780907015949 Nonfiction Karnak House Karnak Hous...
Professor Chazelle Advocates Christian Social Activism in Keynote Speech Delivered at Medieval Studies Conference
Professor Chazelle Advocates Christian Social Activism in Keynote Speech Delivered at Medieval Studies Conference Kam Williams Interview Professor Chazelle Advocates Christian Social Activism...
My Favorite Readings from the 2013 National Book Award Finalists
My Favorite Readings from the 2013 National Book Award Finalists Troy Johnson Article I covered this year's National Book Foundation's National Book Awards Finalists Reading for AALBC.com. The readin...
Jerome Lagarrigue
Jerome Lagarrigue 0000000403502938 Jerome Lagarrigue, a Paris-raised artist, moved to the US in 1992 and graduated from Rhode Island School of Design. He has won prestigious awards including the Core...
Bestselling DVDs for 2013
Bestselling DVDs for 2013 Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/zanes-sex-chronicles.jpg Film Review Best-selling DVDs for 2013 #1 • Zane's Sex Chronicles Season 1 Click to Buy Via Amaz...
eNewsletter Highlights – January 31st 2013 – Issue #198
eNewsletter Highlights – January 31st 2013 – Issue #198 Troy Johnson Article Read Our Complete eNewsletter AALBC.com's Bestselling Books Lists We've just published three new bestselling books l...
The Minister Primarily
The Minister Primarily John Oliver Killens 9780063079595 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Featuring an Introduction by Ishmael Reed A major literary event—the eagerly anticipated publication of a long...
Book of Letters
Book of Letters Mary J. Taylor 9780999830901 Nonfiction Sojourner Truth Press Sojourner Truth Press Book Of Letters is a literary archive of historical, sociological, psychological, and cultural data ...
Freedom Summer: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Summer Maya Angelou 9781481422987 Fiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. Friendship defies racism for two boys ...
Cane
Cane Jean Toomer 9780871402103 Fiction Liveright W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Cane was the first book our online book club chose to read back in July 1998, and no one was disappointed. “A breakthro...