Maurice 95 Posted April 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 16 hours ago, Guest tolly devlin said: Move on Up is a great book that examines the music & society of Chicago's Soul music scene. I have just finished two books by young Chicago authors Stateway Gardens By Jasmon Drain , a book of short stories & Everywhere You Don't Belong by Gabriel Bump. Also reading & rereading some Baldwin for Evanston's year of Baldwin ( hopefully it will be continued once the COVID-19 restrictions are lifted). Also reading a book of interviews with Percival Everett & various 33&1/3 books on Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, The Wild Tchoupitoulas & Jimi Hendrix. The Baraka autobiography is avery good book. Read it when it first came out, got him to sign it when he came thru Chicago at one of our long gone Black booksellers. Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed Move on Up. Ah, see you have a interest in Hendrix. I've many books on the great man. Which Baldwin books are you rereading ? Oh, why don't you register with the forum? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest tolly devlin Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 The books scheduled for Evanston's Year of Baldwin are Go Tell it On The Mountain, which I have read twice, Another Country which I read in college back in the 70's & Giovanni's Room ,which I have not read. BTW I have registered with this group several times but apparently it must have lapsed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted April 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 On 22 April 2020 at 1:10 PM, Guest tolly devlin said: The books scheduled for Evanston's Year of Baldwin are Go Tell it On The Mountain, which I have read twice, Another Country which I read in college back in the 70's & Giovanni's Room ,which I have not read. BTW I have registered with this group several times but apparently it must have lapsed. Have you read any of Baldwins essays at all? The Fire Next Time is excellent. If you have trouble registering please contact Troy. These three little gems are well worth a read. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted April 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 Bought this book from a indie in London. I'm fact, they published it too. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted May 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Bought this a while back. Only just started reading it. Loosely based on the Emmett Till murder. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted May 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Finally, Ive got around to reading this. Finally. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slaise 17 Posted May 15, 2020 Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 I'm a big fan of beautifully crafted illustrations and a diverse cast of characters. The children dance off the pages, assisted by colorful graphics and an endearing message to get moving! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kiran H. J. Dellimore 4 Posted May 25, 2020 Report Share Posted May 25, 2020 I am about 1/3 of the way through Hiroona - An Historical Romance in Poetic Form, which is about the 2nd Carib War in St Vincent and the great paramount Black Carib (Garifuna) chief Chatoyer. Before that I finished Segu by Maryse Conde which was an enthralling historical fiction novel. I wrote a review about it here on my blog. Highly recommended reading! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted May 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 Halfway through this. Pretty good. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chevdove 399 Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 I AM EXCITED! I am waiting now for my book that I just purchased from this community: BARRACOON by Nora Neale Hurston. Oh, I am so excited. This book is my passion. My ancestor--my Great grandmother was stolen from East Africa many years after the Slave Ship Trade was supposed to be outlawed! Like this book, which is about a man who was stolen from West Africa and survived the voyage in 1860 and lived to tell his story, likewise my Great grandmother lived to be old. Her story was passed down through my relatives and she lived to be 'just' over 100 years old. One of my aunt who knew her, just died last year! And, I learned a lot about my Great grandmother from her and others. So, I am looking forward to reading Barracoon! WHAT AM I READING RIGHT NOW!? Well although this author is NOT African American, however, for right now, I am reading his book and it is amazing! The book is called A Dwelling Place by Erksine Clarke. It is about slavery in Georgia. He is a Harvard Graduate and his book won awards. It's so hard to put down. I have read about 400 pages into the total 600+ pages. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted June 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 @Chevdove. Just read a further review of Barracoon and it sounds like a fascinating read. I'm going to add it to my wants list. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted June 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 And about time. My latest purchase. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chevdove 399 Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 On 6/1/2020 at 7:11 AM, Maurice said: Just read a further review of Barracoon and it sounds like a fascinating read. I'm going to add it to my wants list. @Maurice I completely missed this post. Awesome! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kiran H. J. Dellimore 4 Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 Just finished reading Hiroona: A Historical Romance in Poetic Form which deals with a very interesting period of Caribbean colonial history. I have written a review on my blog. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted June 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 This little baby arrived today 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted July 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Just started this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted July 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 Been wanting to read this for a while. Got a great deal too. Just £15. Well pleased. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniellegfny 54 Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 I just finished and reviewed Debi Thomas What Really Happened by Carol Denise Mitchell. I am 65% through Black Fortunes by Shomari Wills. I just started Dear Beautiful 31 Days of Affirmations for Women by Stalina Goodwin. I am going to take the next few days to stop watching Anime and read a few more books that I bought a few days ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Passing By Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 Hello,I am reading the very good-The Word Negro-It's Origin And Evil Use by Richard B,Moore. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ernie Brill Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 The best Ive read this year wa sre- reading Black by Gwendolyln Brooks. BLACK is a collection of Brook's major poetry, her main five books of poetry- A Street in Bronzeville, Annie Allen, The Beaneaters, In The Mecca, and her very underrated novel ), Maud Martha which is a hell of a powerful, understated beautifully written book.I I also read Mary Ellen Washington's fine nonfiction book The OTHER BLACKLIST which focused on such writers blacklisted and hounded in the fifties as lorraine hansberyy, Alice Childress including some radical West indians who were deportedd. I plan to read this August "Hold "Em" by Geronimo Johnon(a novel and James MBride's "The Good LordBird. ( he also wrote a very stong novel about the Underground Railroad: Song Yet Sung. I'd be interested to hear if any readers of this novel think it gave Colson Whitehead some ideas on plot and structure for his novel on the underground novel. I also reread Michael Harper'sbriillint Debridement. Again, i feel Harper, like Sterling A. Brown never got due cred for his remarkable poetry, mainy because most of the critics who were white didnt have an inkling of what he wa s writng about! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Shirikiana at Sankofa Book Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 I am reading or re-reading these: THE FIRE NEXT TIME, AMIABLE WITH BIG TEETH, BLACK BOLSHEVIK (now published as Black Communist in the Freedom Struggle: The Life of Harry Haywood). Listening to the excellent performance of INVISIBLE MAN by Joe Morton on audio. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted July 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 On 22 July 2020 at 11:49 AM, Guest Ernie Brill said: The best Ive read this year wa sre- reading Black by Gwendolyln Brooks. BLACK is a collection of Brook's major poetry, her main five books of poetry- A Street in Bronzeville, Annie Allen, The Beaneaters, In The Mecca, and her very underrated novel ), Maud Martha which is a hell of a powerful, understated beautifully written book.I I also read Mary Ellen Washington's fine nonfiction book The OTHER BLACKLIST which focused on such writers blacklisted and hounded in the fifties as lorraine hansberyy, Alice Childress including some radical West indians who were deportedd. I plan to read this August "Hold "Em" by Geronimo Johnon(a novel and James MBride's "The Good LordBird. ( he also wrote a very stong novel about the Underground Railroad: Song Yet Sung. I'd be interested to hear if any readers of this novel think it gave Colson Whitehead some ideas on plot and structure for his novel on the underground novel. I also reread Michael Harper'sbriillint Debridement. Again, i feel Harper, like Sterling A. Brown never got due cred for his remarkable poetry, mainy because most of the critics who were white didnt have an inkling of what he wa s writng about! I recently bought the Essential Gwendolyn Brooks. Absolutely love it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted July 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2020 This book caught my eye somewhere. Originally published in 1966. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fatima Shaik 2 Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 I'd like to read about the life of Curtis Mayfield, one of my favorites. I rarely read music biographies. But his music was so good... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted August 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2020 On 27 July 2020 at 8:23 PM, Fatima Shaik said: I'd like to read about the life of Curtis Mayfield, one of my favorites. I rarely read music biographies. But his music was so good... There are at least a couple of biographies on Curtis. The most recent one I've listed on this thread. Highly recommended. I love Curtis and rate his debut album very highly. Keep on keeping on. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted August 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 This arrived a few days back. A good read with essays and poetry. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted August 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2020 Having never read any of Glaude's previous books, what better way to start than on a book of our man Jimmy. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Troy 2,734 Posted August 29, 2020 Report Share Posted August 29, 2020 I'm currently reading. S.A. Cosby's Blacktop Wasteland. It is in the category of what I would put in a category of a "Man's Man" book LOL. In fact let me create a category for that and add a few titles ....stepping way for a few minutes ... Here are some books in the new A Man's Man Literature Category. The author S.A. Cosby will be in an online chat tomorrow (August 30, 2020) at 6:00 p.m. Eastern I'm one of the designated booksellers. In fact I have 9 autographed copies left. Click here to Register to Chat with S.A. Cosby 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniellegfny 54 Posted September 3, 2020 Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 thought I listen to the book 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BonitaLPenn 5 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) I am reading Black Imagination by Natasha Marin. She asked people 3 questions 1. What is your origin story? 2. How do you heal yourself? 3. Describe/Imagine a world where you are loved, safe, and valued. These were questions given to Black people, inclusive of everyone, everywhere. It's amazing how some could imagine and others could not. Says loud of this country. Edited September 8, 2020 by BonitaLPenn tried to download photo, 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted September 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 And about time. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted October 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 This little gem arrived and am about half way through. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Troy 2,734 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 Welcome back @Maurice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted October 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 16 hours ago, Troy said: Welcome back @Maurice! Thanks Troy. Nice to be back. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniellegfny 54 Posted November 12, 2020 Report Share Posted November 12, 2020 “As slavery became entrenched, a process of perpetual enslavement and racialization of Africans resulted in emphasis on their color. In other words, their dark skin served to mark them as enslaved.” A great quote from the book I am currently reading. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Delano 1,178 Posted November 19, 2020 Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 Hatha Yoga. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Troy 2,734 Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 Tulsa 1921 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
artGriot 2 Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Now, Black Software, The Internet and Racial Justice, from the Afronet to Black Lives Matter, then Algorithms of Oppression Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice 95 Posted December 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2020 Reading this. Only about halfway through. Only received two books for Xmas. James Baldwin in Turkey and Riot on Sunset Strip which is about the mid-late 60s music scene in LA with people like The Byrds, Love and The Doors. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MissKorang 5 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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