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Mosaic 35
Reviews Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine Autogeography by Reginald Harris The Lost Treasures of R&B: A D Hunter Mystery by Nelson George Driving the King by Ravi Howard Interviews Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva by Beatrice Lamwaka Saeed Jones by Danielle A. Jackson Poems Last Portrait As Boy by Saeed Jones Apologia by Saeed Jones…
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Saeed Jones: Interview
by Danielle A. Jackson Prelude to Bruise is an airtight collection of visceral and stunning poems that coalesce into a narrative about Boy, a young, black gay man who leaves a stifling birthplace and abusive family dynamics for a freer life in a cosmopolitan city. A survivor of family violence, Boy brings his history with him,…
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Saint Monkey by Jacinda Townsend: Review
Saint Monkey by Jacinda Townsend WW Norton and Company Reviewed by Danielle A. Jackson In an interview with Fiction Writers’ Review, Jacinda Townsend shares that she tackled the writing of her novel in spurts, between her daughter’s naps.
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The Roving Tree: Review
The Roving Tree by Elsie Augustave Open Lens/Akashic Books Review by Danielle A. Jackson The Roving Tree, the ethereal, sprawling debut novel
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Something Like Beautiful… by asha bandele
Something Like Beautiful One Single Mother’s Story by asha bandele HarperCollins Reviewed by Danielle A. Jackson asha bandele’s latest work, the memoir Something Like Beautiful: One Single Mother’s Story, reads as a dénouement or coda to her first work of prose published ten years earlier, The Prisoner’s Wife.
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Mosaic 22
08/2008 The Transitional Voice of Walter Dean Myers by Ozioma EgwuonwuNikki Giovanni: Personal Politics by Nicole Sealey Poems by Nikki Giovanni Beautiful Black Men My First Memory (of Librarians) Excerpt Sunrise Over Falluja by Walter Dean Myers Editorial: A Friend I Did Know Phebus Etienne (1964-2007) Emerging From Silence by Randal Horton Reviews Ida: A Sword…