#blackamericanauthors

[jmberryfictionwriter]

#readsoullit #photochallenge 12. Current read. It's a bit off the soul lit path. But I often look to India for stories told by people who have truly taken command over the language imposed on them. ___________________________________________ #booknerdigans #blackamericanauthors #blackhistorymonth2017 #blackbooks #blerdlife 📚

[jeannekwong]

Friday Reads Oct 23

My reading this past week has been an adventure, from the ski slopes in Ruth Ware’s One by One, to the Texas pastures in Butterfly Yellow by Thanha Lai.

The library pick for this week is The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson. The story focuses on four women and the relationships they have with their lovers. One woman has the same first name as me. She is Jeanne Duval, a descendent of Black slaves and white sailors.

The rest of the books this week are ones I have started and want to continue on into the new week.

Here is the list:

1.       The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson

2.       China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

3.       Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi

4.       The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay

5.       Fledgling by Octavia E Butler

[theafropolitandiaries]

#iamnotyournegro #jamesbaldwin #legend #hero #writer #blackamericanwriter #afropolitanwriter #author #blackamericanauthor #afropolitanauthor #stillrelevant #readthis #seethefilm #afropolitan #theafropolitandiaries #TADiaries #repost #noirreads http://ift.tt/2oNqm9v

[jmberryfictionwriter]

#readsoullit #photochallenge 5. Five Star Reads 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Epic, get lost inside of reads. #EdwidgeDanticat #VSNaipaul #RebeccaWalker ___________________________________________ #booknerdigans #readinghaspurpose #blackamericanauthors #blackhistorymonth2017 #blackbooks #blerdlife 📚

[jmberryfictionwriter]

#readsoullit #photochallenge 16. Favorite Poet(s): #RachelElizaGriffiths #GregoryPardlo I was fortunate to catch both at the 2015 #txbookfest. Good stuff. ___________________________________________ #booknerdigans #blackamericanauthors #blackhistorymonth2017 #blackbooks #blerdlife 📚

[jmberryfictionwriter]

#readsoullit #photochallenge 16. Favorite Poet(s): #RachelElizaGriffiths #GregoryPardlo I was fortunate to catch both at the 2015 #txbookfest. Good stuff. ___________________________________________ #booknerdigans #blackamericanauthors #blackhistorymonth2017 #blackbooks #blerdlife 📚

[jmberryfictionwriter]

#readsoullit #photochallenge 15. Required Reading (and Listening): Brother I'm Dying #EdwidgeDanticat BUCK a Memoir (and Soundtrack streaming @Okayplayer with a cameo from Maya Angelou - it's #lit meets #realhiphop) #MKAsante ___________________________________________ #booknerdigans #blackamericanauthors #blackhistorymonth2017 #blackbooks #blerdlife 📚

[jmberryfictionwriter]

#samplesaturday Tomorrow's Sun 🌞 #SunIsSky #SkyIsComing #blackmenwrite #jmberry #jacarandabooksartmusic My first full day in Picayune, two of the local boys got it in their heads to wet me with their water guns... ___________________________________________ #booknerdigans #goodreads #blackamericanauthors #blackbooks #blerdlife 📚

[jmberryfictionwriter]

#readsoullit #photochallenge 4. Made me cry - Sent for You Yesterday #JohnEdgarWideman

Wideman creates characters that you’ll want to love and love hard. Then once you do fall for them, the world he’s created will take them away, just like real life tends to do. ___________________________________________

#booknerdigans #blackamericanauthors #blackhistorymonth2017 #blackbooks #blerdlife 📚

[jmberryfictionwriter]

#readsoullit #photochallenge 3. Drink and a (soon to be) Book. #SunIsSky #SkyIsComing #jmberry #jacarandabooksartmusic A little known fact about me: I don't drink coffee ☕. I know to certain eyes that makes me some kind of alien being 👽, but I never acquired a taste for the stuff. #chaitealatte for me😊. ___________________________________________ #booknerdigans #blackamericanauthors #blackhistorymonth2017 #blackbooks #blerdlife 📚 (at Radio Coffee & Beer)

[jmberryfictionwriter]

#readsoullit #photochallenge 2. #januarywrapup - #thestruggle Not read at once but consulted in completing an essay I was invited to write on #InvisibleMan. What strikes me is that each, penned several years apart, speaks to the same struggle of growing to become a black man in America. Spoiler: at least one of these is going to be part of my "made me cry" post. ___________________________________________ #booknerdigans #blackamericanauthors #blackhistorymonth2017 #blackbooks #blerdlife 📚

[jmberryfictionwriter]

#readsoullit #photochallenge 1. #TBR - Untwine #EdwidgeDanticat is my literary J. Cole. With each new release, I'm like 👍👍👍👍👍 even before I've read the first word. ___________________________________________ #booknerdigans #blackamericanauthors #blackhistorymonth2017 #blackbooks #blerdlife 📚