In this week’s blog post, I’m celebrating the rich history and influential accomplishments of black writers of poetry, literary fiction and romance. This is Part Two of a two-part post. Black writers continued to flourish even beyond The Harlem Renaissance and on into the Civil Right Era. During a time known as The Great Migration—whichContinue reading “THE HISTORY OF BLACK WRITERS IN POETRY, LITERARY FICTION & ROMANCE (PART TWO)”
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH BOOK REVIEW #2
The Man in 3B by Carl Weber Review by John F. Allen What do you get when you combine popular 80’s sitcom, 227, Desperate Housewives and Boyz ‘n the Hood, with a splash of Clue? You get more than what you bargained for, which is more than your average Urban Lit novel. That’s what you’llContinue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH BOOK REVIEW #2”
THE HISTORY OF BLACK WRITERS IN POETRY, LITERARY FICTION & ROMANCE (PART ONE)
In this week’s blog post, I’m celebrating the rich history and influential accomplishments of black writers of poetry, literary fiction and romance. This is Part One of a two-part post. The history of black writers is rarely acknowledged before the Harlem Renaissance in mainstream America. Although that period was a great time of growth for blacksContinue reading “THE HISTORY OF BLACK WRITERS IN POETRY, LITERARY FICTION & ROMANCE (PART ONE)”
