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Review of The Chicken Chronicles by Alice Walker
The Chicken Chronicles by Alice Walker, 208pp. The New Press, 2012, $13.56 paperback Alice Walker’s The Chicken Chronicles’ full title is The Chicken Chronicles: Sitting with the Angels who have returned with My Memories: Glorious, Rufus, Gertrude Stein, Splendor, Hortensia, … Continue reading
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Review of The Coming by Daniel Black
The Coming: A Novel by Daniel Black, 210 pp.St. Martin’s Press, 2015, $11.94 paperback Daniel Black’s The Coming: A Novel is less a novel as we normally think of it, as a fictional piece of literature, than a sustained meditation on … Continue reading
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Review of Dwayne Alexander Smith’s Forty Acres: A Thriller
Forty Acres: A Thriller by Dwayne Alexander Smith, 384 pp. Atria Books, 2015, $10.00 paperback Several years ago I fell in love with Rod Serling. Yes, the very same Rod Serling of Twilight Zone fame. At the time I was … Continue reading
Review of The Hairdresser of Harare: A Novel
My first encounter with Zimbabwean writer and certified podiatrist Tendai Huchu was a few years ago when I found his short story “The Sale” in AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers (2012), edited by the incomparable Nnedi Okorafor. Continue reading
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