Sam Greenlee, The Spook Who Sat By the Door
― stefon taylor swiftboat (s.clover), Monday, 12 August 2013 22:07 (ten years ago) link
It seems to me good to reach back to some of the slave autobiographies, too. Such as Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. This lays the foundation for all the rest. There's a good listing on Wikipedia.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 04:20 (ten years ago) link
frederick douglass actually wrote three autobiographies! ta-nehisi coates says the last one is the best.
the autobiography of malcolm x obv.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 19:21 (ten years ago) link
also james baldwin's the fire next time, which remains one of the best things i've ever read.
Wallace Thurman, Infants of the Spring
― "Dave Barlow" is the name Lou uses on sabermetrics baseball sites (s.clover), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 19:44 (ten years ago) link
any recent discoveries?
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 15 January 2018 17:07 (six years ago) link
This in-depth intro to the works and life of William Kelly is remarkable---anybody here read him?? Might want to skim the intro, how the author went bookhunting etc., but it's okay for what it is.https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/29/the-lost-giant-of-american-literature
― dow, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 03:25 (six years ago) link