Recently read Clive Davis' Soundtrack of My Life. The bomb! Included the Columbia, Arista, Sony& J Records years.
Recently read Clive Davis' Soundtrack of My Life. The bomb! Included the Columbia, Arista, Sony& J Records years.
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom by Peter Guralnick:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...eet_Soul_Music
Talking to Myself - Pearl Bailey
The 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene
Long Division by Kiese Laymon:
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/...long-division/
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Unwelcomed….by Deborah Moffitt
Meet Behind Mars by Renee Simms
My Life So Far by Jane Fonda
The Beast Side: Living and Dying While Black in America by D. Watkins:
https://www.simonandschuster.com/boo.../9781510716391
The Circus Fire by Stewart O'nan
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/b...-stewart-onan/
Chokehold: Policing Black Men by Paul Butler:
https://thenewpress.com/books/chokehold
Come and Get These Memories, the Genius of Holland-Dozier-Holland arrived yesterday, and How Sweet It Is by Lamont Dozier was delivered today.
^^^ I have the big decision to make of which one to read first.
Five-Carat Soul by James McBride:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/b...james-mcbride/
Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice by Paul Butler:
https://thenewpress.com/books/lets-get-free
Postcards from Cookie: A Memoir of Motherhood, Miracles and a Whole Lot of Mail by Caroline Clarke:
https://www.harpercollins.com/produc...32207580332066
Lately, we collect books, with good intentions, that remain in mint condition. We vow to turn off the TV and read for a few hours, but we can browse the Internet with the TV on.
I prefer biographies. We have Becoming by Michelle Obama, Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen and The Giant of the Senate by Al Franken. Right after I got the last one for Ralph, Franken decided to quit. Such a loss.
I used to love buying oversized "coffee table" books on sale at Borders. I would stock up on potential gifts. Great bargains. About dogs, cooking, travel, assorted topics.
A couple of years ago I bought Ralph a beautiful book by Al Kent called Custodians of the Hummingbird. It is a big thick book. There supposedly is a reference to Ralph in it, but he hasn't opened the book. It sits on his desk.
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What Happened, Miss Simone? by Alan Light:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/b...by-alan-light/
Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness edited by Rebecca Walker:
https://softskull.com/dd-product/black-cool/
A promised land-barack obama.
Montaro Caine — the first novel by Sidney Poitier. Standard airport fare, but capably written and enjoyable:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/b...idney-poitier/
Just devoured Obama's A Promised Land. But Michelle's Becoming is far more compelling. Barack tends to be a die hard pol. wonk. Which weighed his tome down in places. Great read nonetheless.
O, Africa! by Andrew Lewis Conn:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/b...ew-lewis-conn/
Caste-isabel wilkerson.
Just as I Am - Cicely Tyson
How lucky was I to get my hands on this? Every Barnes & Noble in the NYC metro area is sold out. The bookseller at one location told me they had SIGNED COPIES--and had an in-store event scheduled! I scored mine at a mom-and-pop today. Totally immersed. She's an idol of mine.
https://www.rollingstone.com/product...nline-1121259/
Rage Is Back - Adam Mansbach:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/b...adam-mansbach/
Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama by David J. Garrow:
https://www.harpercollins.com/produc...32206550794274
Unbreak My Heart - Toni Braxton:
https://www.harpercollins.com/produc...32122247643170
The Water Dancer - Ta-Nehisi Coates:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/b...nehisi-coates/
Zone One - Colson Whitehead
I've owned a copy of this for 11 years. Couldn't bear reading it at the height of the pandemic:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_One
Anything scholarly, especially in the African-American and American studies fields, is more than welcome for me. And, yes, Segrest is incredibly accomplished; several professors who were clients at the bookstore I managed assigned her work.
I didn't realize that you had a professional background in a psychiatric hospital. You and my sister would have a lot to talk about; she's been a shrink at Houston's VA for 30 years.
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