My choices include:
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois
Race Matters by Cornel West
Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
These I've already read, but I think I will revisit:
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Native Son by Richard Wright
I realize my list is a small fraction of material considered as classics, but hey, I only have the summer to do all of this reading. I think it's a pretty ambitious list and I think Maggie will be happy to see I've chosen a few Southern authors.
4 comments:
Okay I've read They're eyes were watching God; The invisible man; The color purple; Beloved. I just finished a book by an Oklahoma author, Rilla Askew, called Fire in Beulah. I highly recommend it. You caught me at a good time with this challenge. I'm nearing the end of my last book. It's pure fluff. Some sort of mystery. I'll take you up on the challenge.
My sister read Fire in Beulah too and she said it was good also. I guess I need put that one on my list also.
I also have read Race Matters. I've checked out Native Son and Their eyes were watching God. I did enjoy Hurston's book. I read it in college. I love re-reading boooks because you end up seeing things that you missed before. It's like a whole new experience. Mainly because you are bringing a new view point to the story.
Fire in Beulah isn't writing by an African American author but I think Rilla is a wonderfully open woman. I've spoke to her on two seperate occassions. She wants people to face the past in hopes that we can have a better future.
Okay, I just reserved Their eyes were watching God. I'm sure all 3 of us RE alums have read Invisible Man, but I really loved that book and if I had time, I'd read it again.
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