“I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.”
“My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me as a human being.” ~ Wole Soyinka (Nigerian writer, poet and playwright)
From Octavia Butler to N.K. Jemisin to Toni Morrison to Tomi Adeyemi (and so many others) the SFF works of black authors have led us into explorations of new worlds, new thoughts, and new ideas. Their works have made us laugh, made us think, and made us cry.
Novels and collections of essays on contemporary life by such authors as Zadie Smith and Zora Neale Hurston have enriched us in countless ways.
And the poetry of Langston Hughes (born on February 1, 1902) and Tracy K. Smith (American poet laureate) speaks to something deep inside all of us.
Some of my favorites are:
Octavia Butler's Kindred.
Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone.
Tayari Jones' An American Marriage.
Esi Edugyan's Washington Black.
Tracy K. Smith's Wade in the Water.
I woke up this morning thinking about Langston Hughes' Let America Be America Again. I believe it's the perfect poem to kick-off Black History Month 2019.
What are your favorite works by black authors?
“My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me as a human being.” ~ Wole Soyinka (Nigerian writer, poet and playwright)
From Octavia Butler to N.K. Jemisin to Toni Morrison to Tomi Adeyemi (and so many others) the SFF works of black authors have led us into explorations of new worlds, new thoughts, and new ideas. Their works have made us laugh, made us think, and made us cry.
Novels and collections of essays on contemporary life by such authors as Zadie Smith and Zora Neale Hurston have enriched us in countless ways.
And the poetry of Langston Hughes (born on February 1, 1902) and Tracy K. Smith (American poet laureate) speaks to something deep inside all of us.
Some of my favorites are:
Octavia Butler's Kindred.
Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone.
Tayari Jones' An American Marriage.
Esi Edugyan's Washington Black.
Tracy K. Smith's Wade in the Water.
I woke up this morning thinking about Langston Hughes' Let America Be America Again. I believe it's the perfect poem to kick-off Black History Month 2019.
What are your favorite works by black authors?
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