Another Poll

ClassyLady · #1 05-26-2003, 03:28 PM

Actually, I can't belive that CT4 didn't ask this one already (I did a search

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Who is your favorite author and what is your favorite book?

Authors: James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison

Books: If Beale Street Could Talk, Go Tell on the Mountain, and Giovanni's Room by Baldwin, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Hurston, Sula, Paradise, and Beloved by Morrison

CrimsonTide4 · #2 05-26-2003, 04:08 PM

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Originally posted by ClassyLady
Actually, I can't belive that CT4 didn't ask this one already (I did a search )

I had to search my daggone self. I thought I had, but I guess I never did.

At any rate, so many authors that I would read in a heartbeat.

Kimberla Lawson Roby
Bebe Moore Campbell
Eric Jerome Dickey
Sharon Draper
Zora Neale Hurston
J. California Cooper
Terry McMillan
Yolanda Joe
Diane McKinney-Whetstone

and the GRANDMAMA of them all. . .

**Elle from Legally Blonde voice**
ME!!

1browngirl · #3 05-26-2003, 06:07 PM

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Originally posted by ClassyLady
Who is your favorite author and what is your favorite book?

Authors: Eric Jerome Dickey, E Lynn Harris, Nikki Giovanni, Lolita Files, Terry McMillan, Alice Walker, Zora Neal Hurston

Books: All of E Lynn Harris' books, Everything written by EJD (except Theives Paradise), Coffee will make you black, God Don't like Ugly, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Color Purple

I forgot Carl Weber, I loved all three of his books and am waiting for the next!!!

CrimsonTide4 · #4 05-26-2003, 06:14 PM

I forgot one: Lolita Files. . .she needs to come with another one. It has been about 2 years.

Gina1201 · #5 05-26-2003, 06:33 PM

I would have to say that my favorite books are: The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah and Flyy Girl by Omar Tyree.

Some of my favorite authors include: E. Lynn Harris, Omar Tyree, Eric Jerome Dickey, Lolita Files, Terry McMillar, and Marcus Major.

DableST_1 · #6 05-26-2003, 11:13 PM

Lolita Files
Alice Walker
Sister Souljah
Eric Jerome Dickey,
E Lynn Harris,
Nikki Giovanni

abaici · #7 05-27-2003, 12:28 AM

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
I forgot one: Lolita Files. . .she needs to come with another one. It has been about 2 years.

Isn't Blind Ambitions new? If not, I just read it this weekend. I love her books.

Favorite books:

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Their Eyes are Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah

Other authors:

Pearl Cleage
J. California Cooper
TJ Butler
E.Lynn Harris

CrimsonTide4 · #8 05-27-2003, 12:29 AM

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Originally posted by abaici
Isn't Blind Ambitions new? If not, I just read it this weekend. I love her books.

Nope, it came out before Child of God.

ClassyLady · #9 05-27-2003, 02:53 AM

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Originally posted by abaici
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

This is one of the few books that I had to read for school that I actually enjoyed. I can't believe that I left it off the list. I also love Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie.