--- Mark Sullivan <
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net> wrote:
> Well, I know there are others on the list that
are
> far more familiar
> than I with black crime writers (Well, George?),
but
> I'll start.
Don't look at me. I've read and enjoyed Himes. There are
plenty of other writers whose pictures don't appear on the
books I have, so half the writers I read could be black for
all I know (including Bill Crider).
But I can't think of anyone else who appears to be
writing from an "African-American sensibility," whatever that
is.
I have, however, read OUT OF THE WOODPILE, which is one of
the books of criticism Jordan mentioned. Unfortunately, I
can't remember much about it. I don't think I've ever quoted
it anywhere (unlike Bill Crider), but I could be wrong.
And since I'm posting, let me thank those of you who have
contributed to the recent discussion on the mixing of first-
and third-person person points of view. I'm working on an
essay on Block's latest, and your input has helped me come up
with a sort of context into which to place the book (in
addition, of course, to the contexts of H-B in general and
the Scudder series in particular).
G.
===== George C. Upper III, Editor The Lightning Bell Poetry
Journal http://www.lightningbell.org/
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