I Found This Great Book

Technically, this is not a short story. It is an excerpt from Hurston's Novel "Moses: Man of the Mountain". The novel is Zora Neale Hurston's retelling of the story of Moses. I will say that after reading this excerpt, I want to read the full novel. This story begins with the last plague that struck Egypt. Throughout the story, Hurston links the story of Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt t...

Alice Ruth Moore was born in 1875 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Part of the first generation of black people born after the abolishment of slavery. Her mother lived her early life in enslavement. Alice comes from a heritage of Black and Creole. Alice is a woman more people should research and read. She achieved as a musician, teacher and later writer. Her poems, essays and short stories are part of t...

Episode 153 Nicole Glover The Seekers 4th book in The Murder and Magic Series Book Blurb: In the 1960s, the world was caught up in reaching beyond our planet and into the cosmos. It felt impossible—but there was nothing science, math…and magic couldn’t make possible. The race to space was on, and the Moon was what everyone had their eyes on. Including Cynthia Rhodes, a brilliant arcane engineer at...

In this episode I discuss the second book in Angela Henry's Xavier Knight series, Knight's Shade. I also discuss three new books I recently added to my directory of crime fiction by Black authors. Finally, I discuss why the podcast has been on such a long pause and what are my plans for the podcast in the future. You can find all the books discussed and more here: https://www.ifoundthisgreatbook.c...

For the second time, I have had the honor to interview award winning mystery author Tracy Clark. We talk about the first book in her new Detective Harriet Foster mystery series, "Hide". Tracy provides some great insights into the creation of her new sleuth, Harriet Foster. Listen to this interview to find out why Ms. Clark gave her sleuth three incredible heavy burdens to carry while she attempts...

Fay Snowden's Website: Noir mystery writer | Faye Snowden I had the immense pleasure to talk with mystery author Faye Snowden. Her latest book is "A Killing Rain" and features her sleuth, Raven Burns. "A Killing Rain" is the second book in the Raven Burns series of mysteries. We Discuss 2:15 Faye provides an overview of "A Killing Rain" 4:06 We discuss Faye's sleuth, Raven Burns 15:17 Faye provide...

My final discussion of the novels by Jessie Redmon Fauset is with Tonia Ransom from The Nightlight Podcast. We dig deep into Fauset's novel "Comedy: American Style". This novel explores the desires of a family matriarch's commitment to passing for white and the effect it has on her children. Faucet presents the dynamics of passing from several different perspectives. Tonia's deep and personal view...

A Conversation with Mystery Author Nicole Glover - I Found This Great Book Nicole Glovers books "The Conductors" and "The Undertakers" are historical mystery set in post civil war Philidelphia. The sleuths Hetty and Benjy solve murder mysteries with magic. We Discuss: 03:00 – Nicole discusses her motivation for creating The Conductors. 04:13 – Nicole provides details on her research process. She p...

Alverne Ball https://www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-alverne-ball-mystery-and-graphic-novel-author/ Author of the Frank Calhoun police procedurals series Only the Holy Remain Blue Religion And the New Graphic Novel – "Across the Tracks: Remembering the Tulsa Race Massacre and Black Wall Street" We discuss Alverne's sleuth Frank Calhoun who has some heavy demons he is fig...

Dani and Mollie from the Black Chick Lit podcast join me to discuss Jessie Redmon Fauset's third novel, "The Chinaberry Tree". A fascinating novel that explores the lives of three black women in a small suburban town in early 1900s New Jersey. The novel explores their desire for respectability and security through marriage. But a family secret lingers in the background of their lives and threatens...

The Shoemaker Murder can be found in the anthology "Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes" edited by Paula L. Woods. A collection of mystery, crime, and suspense fiction by Black authors. You can purchase you own copy of this anthology by going to www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/145 . The Shoemaker Murder is a locked room mystery set in Harlem in the early 1900s. Johnson, the shoemaker, lies dead on his sho...

In this short story, Hurston features the trail of Laura Lee Kimble and her fight for justice. We also learn of a lifelong friendship between two women.

Featured mystery author Teddy Hayes. Creator of the Devil Barnett Detective Mystery Series. Teddy Hayes - Black Mystery Authors - I Found This Great Book

The first in a series of short stories I will feature. I discuss "Since You Went Away" by Frankie Y Bailey. A locked room style mystery set on a train going from New Orleans to Chicago in 1946. https://ifoundthisgreatbook.com/142

My discussion of the Hurston short story Hurricane. This short story from the "Complete Stories" collection is an excerpt from Hurston's novel "Thier Eyes Were Watching God" You can listen to all my discussions of Hurston's short stories at https://www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/zora

I feature mystery author Jake Lamar. Author of the American Mysteries in Paris series.

I am joined by Alicia – The Pretty Brown Eye Reader to discuss "Plum Bun" by Jessie Redmon Fauset. We have an in-depth discussion of Faucet's story which explores the life changing consequences for a Black woman, Angela, and her sister, Virginia, when Angela decides to pass for white.

My discussion of Zora Neale Hurston's short story, "High John De Conquer." A story written as a gift of hope to the United States during the challenging times of World War II.

Featuring mystery author Solomon Jones. He writes thrilling amateur sleuth and police procedurals. Check out his book at: https://www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/136

I had so much fun talking with Cheryl Head about her latest book in the Charlie Mack Motown series, Warn Me When It's Time. We dig deep in discussing her sleuth Charlene "Charlie" Mack. Cheryl shares insight into her research methods for the latest book that deals with hate groups in Detroit. These are just some of the great things we talked about. https://www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/138 We discus...

I had the magnificent pleasure to talk with historical mystery author Nekesa Afia about her new book "Dead Dead Girls". A mystery set in the Harlem Renaissance. https://www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/135 We discussed: 01:25 – Nekesa shares why she selected 1920s Harlem as the setting for her mystery 03:03 – We learn how Nekesa's sleuth Louise Lloyd was created 06:22 – We talk about how the reader wil...

Published in 1942 in The American Mercury The original version of this story is titled "Now You Cookin' with Gas Includes a "Glossary of Harlem Slang" which was originally call "Harlem Slanguage https://www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/zora The narrator begins telling us about Jelly. A young man who is a pimp. Now in 1942 the team pimp did not mean what it means today. A pimp in this story was a man wh...

This week's featured mystery author is Alexia Gordon. The author of the Gethsemane Brown Mysteries. https://www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/133

This week I feature mystery author Rachel Howzell Hall. An award-winning mystery author. https://www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/132

I had the great honor of talking with mystery author Tracy Clark, the author of the Chicago Mystery series that features private investigator Cass Raines. https://www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/interviews/talking-with-mystery-author-tracy-clark/ We discussed: 02:00 - We learn about Tracy's sleuth Cass Raines 04:10 - We learn why Cass Raines entered the police force 06:30 - We talk about the source of...