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The 115 Best Books of All Time According to Reedsy

The folks over at Reedsy Discovery have compiled this incredible list and given us permission to share it with our readers. Check out their website to discover yet more books for your TBR list! —∞— The written word is a pillar of human civilization — it signals complex thinking, it’s…
Reedsy Discovery
June 12, 2020
Nonfiction

Five Hidden Pearls of African-American Literature

As an African-American writer, I have long been a student of black writers from many different genres who have influenced, inspired, challenged, enlightened, and entertained me. We’ve all heard of the obvious ones: the speeches of Frederick Douglass, the poetry of Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks, Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man,…
BookTrib Guest Author
September 2, 2015
Fiction

Juneteenth: Reflect, Rejoice and Celebrate Freedom

Juneteenth — Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Cel-Liberation Day — whatever you like to call it, commemorates June 19, 1865, when the last remaining enslaved African-Americans were emancipated. For anyone trying to do the math in their head, yes, President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1,…
Chelsea Ciccone
June 19, 2020
Fiction

Five authors whose fame rests on a single great novel

“When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.” And so begins Harper Lee’s seminal 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, where we’re introduced to young Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, her brother and protector, Jem, and their father, the wise attorney and champion…
Jordan Foster
April 30, 2014