Stardust Tracks on a Road11 reviews DuEwa M. Frazier Lit Noire Publishing, 2005 Poetically Blessed + Expressive Words + SFox--Brooklyn + Duewa Frazier - A Wonderfully Compelling Poet             Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo: A Novel6 reviews Ntozake Shange Picador, 1996 Lyrical form + Simply, one of my favorite books in the world + Wasn't ready for it to be over... + a read I long remember + My Favorite Christmas Book!             Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays3 reviews June Jordan Basic Civitas Books, 2003 A luminous voice that is missed... + More than words.... + A loss to the world June Jordan was many things: woman, Mother, friend, poet activist essayist. She excelled, apparantly, at each. She died earlier this year from breast cancer. She left us this final testament, a group of essays that touch on allof her abiding concersn: race, poetry,feminism, anit-semitism, The ...             Volunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience10 reviews Jill Nelson Penguin (Non-Classics), 1994 Nearly 10 years later and Nelson's words still ring true.... + Picking Corporate Cotton + You would have to walk in her shoes to understand + An insightful book.             Family27 reviews J. California Cooper Anchor, 1991 Phenomenal read + We're All Family + I am in love with this author now + Great, Unique Story! + Unique narration and empowering ending.....             The Prisoner's Wife : A Memoir136 reviews asha bandele Washington Square Press, 2000 POETIC PROSE + A True Poet + Prisoner's Wife- Moving and Inspirational + spoiler might be mention in here so read at your own risk ok,but overall the book was good just not REAL love to me,in the end.             Does Your House Have Lions ?3 reviews Sonia Sanchez Beacon Press, 1998 Breathtaking and compulsively readable + Review of Does your House have Lions + A beautiful book I come from a skewed perspective because I had the privilege of watching the great Sonia Sanchez perform this work in person. Not read, perform. Sanchez's work on the page is a script and a catalyst for the performance of verse and characterization, as if, when reading, she's filled with the ...             Assata: An Autobiography (Lawrence Hill & Co.)58 reviews Assata Shakur Lawrence Hill Books, 2001 If you are into racism, women issues and simple reading, this book if for you! + Beautifully Difficult + A MUST-READ for Everyone + Inspirational Revolutionary + Eyes opening...             Gotham Diaries59 reviews Tonya Lewis Lee, Crystal Mccrary Anthony Hyperion, 2004 Page Turning Heaven! + Entertaining read; soap opera view of NYC black elite This book was GREAT! I really don't know where to start. The plot was well thought out and it was simply well written. They definitely did not disappoint on this one. Finally someone gives a left coaster a realistic understanding of the totally different world in New York! Co-ops and all ...             A Raisin in the Sun139 reviews Lorraine Hansberry Vintage, 2004 What Happens To A Dream Deferred? + Great Book!! + Raw, Realistic Drama + Better than I was Expecting + Good book - better play             The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales11 reviews Virginia Hamilton Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1993 A wonderful means of saving an art form + Imagination/Wonder + A wonderful & timeless book + This copy includes a cd of Hamilton & James Earl Jones reading + Timeless classic of African American literature             Shedding Light from My Journeys8 reviews DuEwa M. Frazier Lit Noire Publishing, 2002 colorful and interesting + Reviewed by Tanya Bates for C&B Books -I was inspired! Bravo! + Very Deep + Life is a Journey + Passion Through Poetry             Her Stories (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)15 reviews Virginia Hamilton Blue Sky Press, 1995 A wonderful collection for any girl OR boy + Pretty Good + A beautiful compilation of African American folklore! + second cousins             Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement My 1ST 20 5 Years Being Black Poet1 review Nikki Giovanni Penguin (Non-Classics), 1976 Gemini It was the best book I ever read!             The Vintage Book of African American Poetry5 reviews Vintage, 2000 Beautiful + Textbook? I never would have guessed! + 4.3 stars: A splendid anthology; please read + The Vintage Book of African American Poetry             Krik? Krak!69 reviews Edwidge Danticat Vintage, 1996 Read this book + Perfect! + Promising Cultural Portrayal + If only...             Invisible Man278 reviews Ralph Ellison Vintage, 1995 The invisibility of man + A classic.. + Completely Unique + Underappreciated work of genius             Their Eyes Were Watching God406 reviews Zora Neale Hurston Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1998 Southern Florida in the early 20th century and one black woman's story + A Beautiful Piece of Literature + Among the Most Influential African-American Novels of the 20th Century + Dreamy little novel             A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories40 reviews Flannery O'Connor Harvest Books, 1977 Do Yourself a Favor and Read Flannery O'Connor + A Southern Story Classic + Explore the Dark Side in the Deep South + for the love of all that is grotesque + A perfect collection of stories...             Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees3 reviews Lit Noire Publishing, 2006 Will all the fluent female poets please stand? + A potpourri of prose + The stars are out tonight & they are speaking the truth Will all the fluent female poets please stand? Over 60 poets meet this challenge in this beautifully orchestrated collection of work. The poems address every facet of life - hair, black history, body & soul, family, growing up in the hood, the motherland and much more. Mocha Sistah discusses the ...