The Twelfth National Black Writers Conference: Reconstructing the Master Narrative
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BEST BOOKS OF 2012
by Clarence V. Reynolds
Freelance editor Clarence V. Reynolds reads thousands of books every year. Mosaic Literary Magazine asked him to whittle that list down to the best of the year. After much discussion here’s his list of nine stellar titles.
Interviews
R. Dwayne Betts
Jamel Shabazz
Nkiru Books Bklyn
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The Big Machine
by Victor LaValle
Spiegel & Grau
Reviewed by D. Scot Miller
Victor LaValle’s Big Machine, opens with a look at Ricky Rice, a middle-aged porter in a bus depot in Utica, New York. It’s 2005, and the world is about to go broke. Ricky is a downtrodden sanitation worker with a shady past. He’s never seen better days, and none seem to be forthcoming. Continue reading