This is my Dad‘s copy from 1964. This book was originally published by the African American writer, Chester Himes (1909-1984) in 1954. As a child growing up in Detroit in the 1960s and 1970s, seeing this book as well as books by Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes and other black writers on my parents‘ shelves was treasure I took for granted.💘🧡🖤#vintageblackbooks #chesterhimes #vintagepaperbacks
Toni Morrison was born February 18, 1931.
Sula was the first Toni Morrison novel I ever read - literally, THIS Bantam paperback edition, published in 1975. #vintagepaperbacks #literarybirthdays #tonimorrison #literarylegend #blackwomanwriter
“Black Men Reading: Meet Bookstagrammer Reginald Bailey PART TWO” went up on the blog this morning☕️☀️. Yesterday we talked about James Baldwin; today Reggie talks about why he likes fiction and what men can learn from reading women authors. www.folkloreandliteracy.com (Scroll down and click on “continue reading.”)
#blackmenreading #vintagepaperbacks
My 1977 edition of this classic first published in 1963. Today on the blog: “Black Men Reading: Meet Bookstagrammer Reginald Bailey (Part One),” Reggie tells how this book made him a reader. We discuss much more - link in bio! #BlackMenReading #vintagepaperbacks
