“Writing pain and fatness together is tricky, because many people assume that is all that fat people are.” –Susan Stinson
Tag: history
Dust Tracks on a Road #BlackLit #Autobiography
Hurston was wired by Lippincott stating they wanted to publisher her book. She explains her reaction: “I never expect to have a greater thrill than that wire gave me. You know the feeling when you found your first pubic hair? Greater than that.”
Review/Comparison of #HiddenFigures film and book
Both versions of Hidden Figures have value, but the audience for each is not the same.
The Thirteenth Earl #romance @EvelynPryce
Surely, people were getting it on at parties. Just because there are norms for polite society doesn’t mean everyone is following them.
The Bitter Life of Božena Němcová @RoseMetalPress
A deeply intimate and creative endeavor, The Bitter Life of Božena Němcová: A Biographical Collage could work beautifully in a classroom or on your bedside nightstand.
The Tide King #BookReview #MagicalRealism #war @MichalskiJen @BlackLawrence
Michalski has a great talent…
A Man Above Reproach
By night she plays piano in a whorehouse, but by day she runs a bookstore she owns…
The History of Great Things
“…I yell loud enough for the neighbors three houses down to hear A racist lives here! A racist lives here!”
Kabuki Boy
…lyrical, complex, poignant, and most importantly redemptive, both for the reader and for the egoistic characters within.
Blood of a Stone
Title: Blood of a Stone Author: Jeanne Lyet Gassman (previously interviewed at Grab The Lapels) Publisher: Tuscany Press, January 2015 Blood of a Stone is a novel set during the… Read more “Blood of a Stone”
