Journal Entry
Carl Brandon Feb. reading recommendations list
February is Black History month, and the Carl Brandon Society’s members have voted on a list of books they think worth recommending.
Dark Matter: A Century Of Speculative Fiction From The African Diaspora, Sheree R. Thomas, editor, Warner/Aspect, 2000
Sly Mongoose, by Tobias S. Buckell, Tor Books, 2008
Fledgling, by Octavia E. Butler, Seven Stories Press, 2005
The Good House, by Tananarive Due, Washington Square Press, 2004
Midnight Robber, by Nalo Hopkinson, Aspect, 2000
The Shadow Speaker, Nnedi Okorafor, Hyperion Book CH, 2007
The Icarus Girl, by Helen Oyeyemi, Nan A. Talese, 2005
Wind Follower, by Carole Mcdonnell, Juno Books, 2007
Song Of Solomon, by Toni Morrison, Knopf, 1978, many other printings available
Filter House, by Nisi Shawl, Aqueduct Press, 2008
All good books (I’m biased about #2 of course), and I’ll also add that I blurbed and enjoyed Filter House. I’m less a fan of the Toni Morrison, her books are extremely well written, but I feel tired at the end of them by life’s burdens and after trying three of them that was enough for me ![]()
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1. Charles Tan on Feb 7th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Congrats!