Tag Archives: James McBride

Review of James McBride’s The Color of Water

Posted on October 23, 2020 by tonipressleysanon

While I’d love to say James McBride strikes again with The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother (2006), the truth is that I’m just really late to the party. If you’ve been following this blog … Continue reading →

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Review of James McBride’s Deacon King Kong

Posted on September 1, 2020 by tonipressleysanon

A few weeks ago I watched a brilliant panel discussion entitled “Black American Buddhists on Community and Activism.” The panel featured three African American Buddhist practitioners and teachers, two with whom I was familiar: Kamilah Majied and DaRa Williams. When … Continue reading →

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Review of Five-Carat Soul by James McBride

Posted on December 16, 2018 by tonipressleysanon

I first learned about James McBride’s Five-Carat Soul (2017) from the incomparable Levar Burton’s brilliant podcast “LeVar Burton Reads”. You’ll remember Mr. Burton from his long-running children’s program Reading Rainbow, as well as his work on Roots, and Star Trek.  On the podcast, … Continue reading →

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Review of James McBride’s Kill ’em and Leave

Posted on April 3, 2018 by tonipressleysanon

  So, it’s actually been a while since I finished reading James McBride’s brilliant Kill ‘Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul (2016)—at least a month. The biography seals, for me, my personal classification of McBride … Continue reading →

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