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Book Reviews by The GRITS Online Reading Club, a virtual book club for men and women who love reading and discussing classic and contemporary literature, with particular emphasis on African American Literature!
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Book Recommendation | ‘Don’t Let My Mama Read This: A Southern Fried Memoir’ by Hadjii
Let us recommend, 'Don't Let My Mama Read This: A Southern Fried Memoir' by Hadjii...
Book Recommendation | ‘Someone Knows My Name’ by Lawrence Hill
Someone Knows My Name Lawrence Hill W.W. Norton & Co., November 2008 $14.95 US; ISBN: 0393333094 “Wonderfully written…as in the slave narratives that inspired it, language is power.”—Nancy Kline, New York Times Book Review K...
Book News | ‘Intimate Seduction’ by New York Time Best-selling author, Brenda Jackson
The official release date of INTIMATE SEDUCTION (66th book), June 30, 2009, has been declared Brenda Jackson Day!...
Book Recommendation | Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
In this deeply affectionate and fiercely funny coming-of-age novel - SAG HARBOR - Colson Whitehead—using the perpetual mortification of teenage existence and the desperate quest for reinvention—beautifully explores racial and class identity, ill...
Book Recommendation | The Agitator’s Daughter by Sheryll Cashin
'The Agitator's Daughter' is Sheryll Cashin's intimate chronicle of her family's history as pioneers of social justice, and the ruinous price her father paid for their achievements....
Maya Angelou: “I’m So Proud”
CBS Early Show host Harry Smith spoke with author Maya Angelou about Barack Obama's achievement and it is her famous poem, "Still I Rise," that she recites for him that eloquently captures what this election and presidency has come to mean to so many...
Book Recommendations | Weddings with an Afrocentric Twist
If April showers bring May flowers, then what does the month of June bring? Weddings, of course! SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Book Recommendations | Weddings with an Afrocentric Twist", url: "http://www.thegritsbookclub.com/bookreviews/?p=70" })...
Biography | Langston Hughes - Part II
A look at the life of Langston Hughes - Part IISHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Biography | Langston Hughes - Part II", url: "http://www.thegritsbookclub.com/bookreviews/?p=67" });...
Biography | Langston Hughes - Part I
A look in the life of Langston Hughes - Part ISHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Biography | Langston Hughes - Part I", url: "http://www.thegritsbookclub.com/bookreviews/?p=66" });...
Biography | James Baldwin - Part III
A look at the life of James Baldwin - Part IIISHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Biography | James Baldwin - Part III", url: "http://www.thegritsbookclub.com/bookreviews/?p=65" });...
Biography | James Baldwin - Part II
A look at the life of James Baldwin - Part IISHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Biography | James Baldwin - Part II", url: "http://www.thegritsbookclub.com/bookreviews/?p=64" });...
Biography | James Baldwin - Part I
A look at the life of James Baldwin - Part ISHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Biography | James Baldwin - Part I", url: "http://www.thegritsbookclub.com/bookreviews/?p=63" });...
Book News | Seduction by Geneva Holliday in stores nationwide June 2008
YouTube Direktvideo link Seduction Geneva Holliday Broadway, June 2008 $12.95 US; ISBN: 076792746X In Geneva Holliday’s latest novel of lust and revenge, Seduction works both ways. Mildred Johnson is the last woman on earth that gorgeous Tony La...
Review | Designed for Passion by Francine Craft
Designed for Passion Francine Craft Kimani Romance, March 2008 $5.99 US; ISBN: 0373860579 Melodye Carter has spent much of her life just trying to feel good about who she is. She’s constantly taunted by her mom and sister, Lucia, now a runway ...
April is National Poetry Month
This month publishers, booksellers, libraries, literary organizations, schools and poets from around the country will come together to celebrate poetry and its vital role in American society. Without a doubt, poetry is an important form of literary e...
Review | To Love a Stranger by Adrianne Byrd
To Love a Stranger Adrianne Byrd Kimani, December 2007 $5.99 US, ISBN 0373860447 Ghosts of the past… What would you do if your spouse or significant other, who you believed dead for several years, suddenly reappears on your doorstep — alive a...
Review | Clotel: or, The President’s Daughter by Williams Wells Brown
Clotel: or, The President’s Daughter Williams Wells Brown Modern Library Pbk edition, January 9, 2001 $10.95 US; ISBN: 0679783237 The genre of African-American fiction began in 1853 with the publication of this historical novel in England. Eve...
