#David Wright Falade

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The Top 12 List of My Favorite Fiction that I Have Read in 2022 (Plus 1 More)

The Top 12 List of My Favorite Fiction that I Have Read in 2022 (Plus 1 More)

  Here we go again. Another year is almost over, and here again is a list of my favorite books which I read this year. This year definitely has the most fiction by woman writers of any of my end-of-year lists. This appears to be a trend. Of the 53 Notable Books in the Fiction and Poetry category for 2022 in the New York Times recently, 38 books were written by women and 15 books were written by…

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'Black Cloud Rising' by David Wright Falade – Literally Fighting for Their Freedom

‘Black Cloud Rising’ by David Wright Falade – Literally Fighting for Their Freedom

  ‘Black Cloud Rising’ by David Wright Falade   (2022) – 290 pages   Imagine a troop of black soldiers marching in the South of the United States in 1863, freeing the slaves on the farms and plantations there. ‘Black Cloud Rising’ tells a fictionalized account of the experiences of the real person Richard Etheridge. Richard was born a slave in 1842 on one of the islands of the Outer Banks near…