I Found This Great Book

My discussion of the Hurston short story, "Cock Robin Beale Street".

This week's featured mystery author from The Black Mystery Authors Directory is Krys Batts. The author of "What's Done in the Dark". Krys Batts - Black Mystery Authors - I Found This Great Book

My bookish friends, Marci and Ako from The Colored Pages Book Club join me for a fun and insightful discussion of the first novel by Jessie Redmon Fauset, "There is Confusion". Jessie Fauset was a pivotal person from the Harlem Renaissance. She was the editor of "The Crisis", the publication of the N.A.A.C.P. She edited many of the famous writers from the Harlem Renaissance. Published in 1924, "Th...

A discussion of what I believe is a wonderful horror story by Hurston.

This week I am featuring mystery author R. Lanier Clemons. She is the author of the Jonelle Sweet mystery series. https://www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/126

I continue my journey through the short stories of Zora Neale Hurston in my discussion of Mother Catherine.

Featuring the author of the "Sherise Stone Mystery Series" CeiCi Christy. The first book in the series is "Major League Rookies".

Featuring mystery author Nelson George. The author of the D. Hunter mystery series.

This week I am featuring the cozy mystery author Abby Collette also known as Abby Vandiver.

This week's featured mystery author is VM Burns. VM Burns is a cozy mystery author who has three wonderful mystery series you should check out.

Angela Henry is the author of the Kendra Clayton mystery series. Angela is also the author of "Knight's Fall".

My discussion of the short story "She Rock" by Zora Neale Hurston. This story is another version of the story told in Hurston's story "The Country in the Woman".

Tracy Clark is the author of the Cass Raines mystery series. The series features Cass Raines who is an ex-cop turned private investigator. Check all of Tracy Clark's books here: https://www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/118

This week we talk about a short story that is an excerpt of Hurston's novel, Moses Man of the Mountain. In this story Hurston explores the moment Moses transitions from life to death.

This week I am featuring the creator of the Charlotte Justice series, Paula Woods.

My discussion of the short story "Monkey Junk" by Zora Neale Hurston. An interesting story written in an old testament biblical style. https://www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/zora

Karen Grigsby Bates is the author of two mystery novels that feature the journalist sleuth Alex Powell. These stories are set in the Black publishing world. Here two books are "Plain Brown Wrapper" and " Chosen People" https://www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/114

If this short story had a sound track, it would be the Billy Strayhorn song, Lush Life. This story shows the range of Hurston's writing and gives us another view of life in Harlem in the 1930s. You can listen to all of my discussion here: Reading Zora Neale Hurston's Short Stories - I Found This Great Book

This week I am featuring the award winning mystery author Attica Locke. The author of the Highway 59 mystery series.

This story is available in both collections of Hurston's short stories An exploration of writing style by Hurston This short story is similar to "Book of Harlem" in its writing style. In both of these stories, Hurston uses a structure and voice that is similar to old testament texts. From the numbered paragraphs to the use of third person, these stories take on the same voice you would hear if som...

This week I am featuring mystery author Tyora Moody. Tyora writes soul-searching mysteries with a dash of romance. www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/110

Alicia from the Pretty Brown Eye Reader YouTube channel joins me for a discussion of this very funny short story. You can also follow Alicia on her Instagram channel @prettybrowneyereader and on Twitter @pbereader . Items we discussed At the 01:25 mark, Alicia talks about her YouTube channel. At the 03:26 mark, I give a brief overview of the story. At the 04:48 mark, we give our initial impression...

This week I feature mystery author Terris McMahan Grimes. She is the author of the Theresa Galloway mystery series. You can view both books in the series at: https://www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/108

This week's featured author is Kwei Quartey. Kwei is the author of the Detective Inspector Darko Dawson series and the PI Emma Djan series. Both series are set in Ghana.

This week's featured author is R. Franklin James. The creator of the Hollis Morgan mystery series. A six book series that follows the life of Hollis Morgan from recently released white collar criminal to becoming a probate lawyer. The books in this series are: The Fallen Angels Book Club Sticks & Stones The Return of the Fallen Angels Book Club The Trade List The Bell Tolls The Identity Thief R. F...