FICTION BOOK REVIEWS

A LONG FATAL LOVE CHASE
Louisa May Alcott


RULE OF THE BONE
Russell Banks


TUFF
Paul Beatty


THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE
T. Coraghessan Boyle


A FRIEND OF THE EARTH
T. C. Boyle


CROSSING OVER JORDAN
Linda Beatrice Brown


BLOODCHILD
Octavia Butler

Octavia Butler



BROTHERS AND SISTERS
Bebe Moore Campbell


THE MANY ASPECTS OF MOBILE HOME LIVING
Martin Clark


CROSSING THE MANGROVE
Maryse Condé


UNDER THE BONE
Anne-Christine d'Adesky


THE FARMING OF BONES
Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat



THE ISLAND OF THE DAY BEFORE
Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco

JUNETEENTH
Ralph Ellison

THE ORDINARY SEAMAN
Francisco Goldman


THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
(Yes, the Original)
Kenneth Graham


THE BLACK PRINCE
Shirley Ann Grau


CLOSING TIME
Joseph Heller


DARKEST ENGLAND
Christopher Hope


SECRETS
Kelvin Christopher James


IN THE FALL
Jeffrey Lent

Jeffrey Lent


ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE
Eddie Little


DIRTY BIRD BLUES
Clarence Major


GOOD PEOPLES
Marcus Major


HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK
Terry McMillan


THE FAMISHED ROAD
Ben Okri


GEOGRAPHIES OF HOME
Loida Maritza Pérez

Loida Maritza Pérez


CROSSING THE RIVER
Caryl Phillips


PANDORA
Anne Rice


GODS AND GENERALS
Jeff Shaara


TALES OUT OF SCHOOL
Benjamin Taylor

THE LAWS OF OUR FATHERS
Scott Turow

POSSESSING THE SECRET OF JOY
Alice Walker

BY THE LIGHT OF MY FATHER'S SMILE
Alice Walker

THE CATTLE KILLING
John Edgar Wideman

John Edgar Wideman

TWO CITIES
John Edgar Wideman

NONFICTION BOOK REVIEWS


UNEQUAL JUSTICE: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
Edited by Robert D. Bullard


GHOSTS IN OUR BLOOD
(The Malcolm X Spirit)
Jan Carew


LINCOLN (A BIOGRAPHY)
David Herbert Donald

CIVIL WARS: FROM L.A. TO BOSNIA
Hans Magnus Enzensberger

THE FUTURE OF OUR RACE
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Cornel West

ALEX HALEY: THE PLAYBOY INTERVIEWS
Alex Haley

A HISTORY OF WARFARE
John Keegan

ASHES TO ASHES
Richard Kluger

A WORLD LIT ONLY BY FIRE
William Manchester

THE SHADOW OF THE PANTHER; HUEY NEWTON AND THE PRICE OF BLACK POLITICAL POWER IN AMERICA
Hugh Pearson

HOME IS A DIRTY STREET
Useni Eugene Perkins

WILLIE BROWN, A BIOGRAPHY
James Richardson

COAL TO CREAM:
A BLACK MAN’S JOURNEY BEYOND COLOR TO AN AFFIRMATION OF RACE
Eugene Robinson

FROM CIVIL RIGHTS TO BLACK LIBERATION: MALCOLM X AND THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRO-AMERICAN UNITY
William Sales, Jr.

WHY WACO?
James D. Tabor
Eugene V. Gallagher

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