Category: African American Literature

April 29, 2010

The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat ** (of 4)

The dismal lives of Haitian peasants working for insensitive Dominicans goes from bad to worse in this depressing story that feels like an early Danticat...

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April 23, 2010

The Emporer of Ocean Park by Stephen Carter * (of 4)

Feh. What can I say other than my review may divulge more about me than the book. Ostensibly a best selling novel of murder, law,...

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April 22, 2010

All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou **** (of 4)

Using all her gifts as a poet, Angelou recounts a period in the 1950s when she joined a community of ex-patriot African Americans in Ghana...

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