Monthly Archives: April 2020

Unknown's avatar cedbrownsaid 10:28 pm on April 8, 2020  

2020 Lit Prize.

Somehow I missed this announcement from February but I’m still super excited! Congrats to Barbara Johnson-Davis, 2020 recipient of the Jacobs/Jones African American Literary Prize. I had the idea for the prize in 2017, so I’m happy to see it carry on!

Many thanks to the NC Writers Network, Bridgette Lacy (final judge), UNC Creative Writing Program, and our donors (C. Alan, S. Brown, B. Bryson, J. & T. Davy-Mendez, R. Eppley, E.P. Johnson, J. Sadusky, E. Safrit, R. Shuford)!

Unknown's avatar cedbrownsaid 4:05 am on April 7, 2020  

A Lucky Man.

At first I thought “oh lorrrrd another book about straight Black New York braggarts and bravado”, but I re-learned to never judge a book…

Jamel Brinkley presents nine stories about surprisingly unassuming Black men and boys, each trying to navigate his way through life’s ambiguities. Maybe the author was riffing on questions from various elements and eras of his own life. Super well written, an absorbing read.

(I’m still kinda tired of NY stories though.)