Let's talk about books, brehs

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

does manga count?

 

[BrokePhiBroke]

@BrothaZay nah I can't get into e-books either. I got to have a paperback in my hand that smell of stale paper or new lol.
Flipping through pages.

@Raul Walter Mosley series. First book is Devil in the Blue Dress...it's a realistic fiction, detective kinda series I'm on book 6 or 7.

The Kept Woman by Karen Slaughter was so damn good. Another detective novel. That's what started me on this detective wave. So I decided to look up black author and found Mosley.

Bout to hop on this book The seat of the soul my bro just recommended tho.

 

[2stainz]

Starting at the scratch line was a dope read.

just now looked at the synopsis, I might have to cop

 

[Clayton Endicott]

I just started reading Coming Of Age In Mississippi by Anne Moody. The first chapter already has me , so I know this is going to be a tough albeit good read.

The Gospel According To Christ totally changed the way I look at Jesus, the Bible, and Christianity. at Jesus, at the Bible and Christianity as a religion.

 

[Dorian Breh]

Been having trouble getting into full length novels recently so I've been on that short story wave. Just finished a Dashiell Hammett compilation. Looking for my next joint currently.

Am i the only one who can't get into E-books?

I tried to read this one E-book and wasn't into it.

Ordered the same book off Amazon(paperback) and loved it.

It's a big difference between reading an e book on your phone or tablet vs. an e Reader like the Kindle. Most electronic screens are real tough on your eyes which gets in the way of enjoying the book.

 

[NoCones]

Finished The long fall - Walter Mosley. First in the Leonid McGill series
Starting a study of numbers - Schwaller de lubicz

alchemist is white hipster trash

 

[Tunez]

What's a good book for a dumb person like me?

 

[Astroslik]

What's a good book for a dumb person like me?

Dr.seuss

 

[Tunez]

Dr.seuss

I read that already

 

[Champagne Kudo]

 

[Remote]

@BrothaZay nah I can't get into e-books either. I got to have a paperback in my hand that smell of stale paper or new lol.
Flipping through pages.

@Raul Walter Mosley series. First book is Devil in the Blue Dress...it's a realistic fiction, detective kinda series I'm on book 6 or 7.

The Kept Woman by Karen Slaughter was so damn good. Another detective novel. That's what started me on this detective wave. So I decided to look up black author and found Mosley.

Bout to hop on this book The seat of the soul my bro just recommended tho.

I am most certainly NOT going to read any book called "The Kept Woman"

 

[OGBobbyJohnson]

The GOAT..Dude was unapologetically black

 

[Remote]

The GOAT..Dude was unapologetically black

He really said that?

 

[OGBobbyJohnson]

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[OGBobbyJohnson]

He really said that?

just going to copy and paste the excerpt from the link I posted earlier:


In that 1990 autobiography, Davis mentioned nothing about his making a cutting remark to Mrs. Reagan; in fact, he had nothing but kind words to say about meeting her:
[President] Reagan was nice to us, respectful and everything. But Nancy is the one who has the charm between those two. She seemed like a warm person. She greeted me warmly and I kissed her hand. She liked that.
Davis then described an encounter he had with an unnamed politician's wife at a dinner given by Secretary of State George P. Shultz later in the day, during which he claimed to have responded to her comments about jazz with a form of the "what's so important about you?" put-down:
At the table where I was sitting, a politician's wife said some silly shyt about jazz, like "Are we supporting this art form just because it's here in this country, and is it art in its truest form, or are we just being blasé and ignoring jazz because it comes from here and not from Europe, and it comes from black people?"

This came from out of the blue. I don't like questions like that because they're just questions from someone who's trying to sound intelligent, when in fact they don't give a damn about it. I looked at her and said, "What is it? Jazz time or something? Why you ask me some shyt like that?"

So she said, "Well, you're a jazz musician, aren't you?"

So I said, "I'm a musician, that's all" [...] "Do you really want to know why jazz music isn't given the credit in this country?" [...] "Jazz is ignored here because the white man likes to win everything. White people like to see other white people win just like you do and they can't win when it comes to jazz and blues because black people created this. And so when we play in Europe, white people over there appreciate us because they know who did what and they will admit it. But most white Americans won't."

She looked at me and turned all red and shyt, and then she said, "Well, what have you done that's so important in your life? Why are you here?"

Now, I just hate shyt like this coming from someone who is ignorant, but who wants to be hip and has forced you into a situation where you're talking to them in this manner. She brought this on herself. So then I said, "Well, I changed music five or six times, so I guess that's what I've done and I guess I don't believe in playing just white compositions." I looked at her real cold and said, "Now, tell me what have you done of any importance other than being white, and that ain't important to me, so tell me what your claim to fame is?"
When readers pointed out the discrepancy to Jon Wilde, the author of the Guardian piece which proffered the Davis/Reagan anecdote, he noted that:
The Miles/Nancy story was first told to me by [musician] George Clinton in '95 and I've heard it told many times since. If it is indeed only an urban legend, that's a shame.