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So Black History Month is almost at an end; have 50 African-American poet as presented by The Vintage Book of African-American Poetry edited by Michael S. Harper and Anthony Walton.

In alphabetical order:

1. Elizabeth Alexander
   
2. Benjamin Banneker
   
3. Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones)
   
4. Gwendolyn Bennett
   
5. William Stanley Braithwaite
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in short: Rotten English: A Literary Anthology edited by Dohra Ahmad (white? editor) is an anthology of poetry, short fiction, novel excerpts, and essays that use, discuss or otherwise engage with vernacular/non-standard/dialectical/world English(es), has a 5:2 ratio of PoC writers to white writers, and has writers from and stories set on every ( Read more... )

I can post, \o/! I have a job interview today, \o/\o/! Here, have a book review.

Butler, Octavia. Fledgling

in short:The story of Shori a young genetically-engineered vampire with no memories of her past looking for family, answers, and justice.

in which it is all about me: So I have a back-log of other books to write up before this one, but I ( Read more... )

Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis.

in short: An autobiographical graphic novel. Satrapi relates her experiences in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War from a child's perspective.

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Lorde, Audre. Zami: A New Spelling of My Name.

in short: In this autobiographical novel, Lorde focuses her storytelling around the relationships she's had with various women over the years, starting with her mother (of course) and progressing through her various friends, lovers, and would-be-lovers.

in which it is all about me: ♥__♥. That is all ( Read more... )

Butler, Octavia. Kindred.

in short: Why am I even summarizing this? You all know what this book is about. For the record: Kindred is the story of 20th century black woman who finds herself transported back in time to the antebellum South in order to save the life of a young white boy whom she suspects may be her ancestor. Not for the faint of ( Read more... )

RZA, The. The Wu-Tang Manual.

in short: Wu-Tang Clan member, the RZA, gives background and context to the accomplishments of the Staten Island hip-hop supergroup.

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Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology

in short: A new comics anthology edited by Asians, written by Asians, drawn by Asians, about Asians, for everybody.

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