Heavenly belated birthday wishes E. Lynn Harris! Born June 20, 1955, E. Lynn Harris was an African American author. Openly gay, he was best known for his depictions of African-American men who were on the down-low and closeted. He authored ten consecutive books that made The New York Times Best Seller list. He passed away in 2009. Here are just a few of his award-winning books:
Happy birthday Akwaeke Emezi! Born June 6, Akwaeke Emezi is a Nigerian fiction writer and visual artist, best known for their novels Freshwater, Pet, and the New York Times bestselling work The Death of Vivek Oji. Emezi is a generalist who writes speculative fiction, romance, memoir, and poetry for both young adults and adults with mostly LGBTQ themes.
Today’s post feature books written in the 1960s. Some of them are debut novels. I read a couple of them; I want to read a couple more!
Originally published in 1969
Originally published in 1966
Originally published in 1967
Originally published in 1967
Originally published in 1962
Belated birthday wishes Suzan-Lori Parks! Born May 10, Suzan-Lori Parks is an award winning playwright/musician and novelist. She also is a MacArthur Genius Fellow recipient. Her notable works include Getting Mother’s Body and Topdog/Underdog.
Happy birthday Alice Randall! Born May 4, Alice Randall is a novelist, songwriter, educator, and food activist. Her most notable books, including her memoir My Black Country are:
Happy birthday Kimberla Lawson Roby! Born May 3, Kimberla Lawson Roby is the award winning New York Times bestselling author of the Rev. Curtis Black series–15 books total. She is also working with women to help them become the women God created them to be using her book and workbook.
Happy birthday Bryan Washington! Born April 22, Bryan is an award winning author of a few novels. His novels focus on the intersectionality of identity, culture, and relationships.
Today at the Detroit Public Library, Vanessa Riley talked about her latest book: Fire Sword and Sea, a historical novel about a black female pirate. In addition to writing historical novels, Vanessa Riley has also written romance and murder mysteries.
Happy birthday Jesmyn Ward! Born April 1, 1977, Jesmyn Ward won the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction for her second novel Salvage the Bones. Other books are:
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins was born in Portland, Maine in 1859. She was a playwright, journalist, novelist, historian, editor, feminist, public intellectual, supporter of the arts, and an outspoken crusader for African American rights. She is considered a pioneer in her use of the romantic novel to explore social and racial themes and is best known for her 1900 novel Contending Forces: A Romance of Negro Life North and South.
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