Himes was equally revealing in the many interviews he granted during his long and tumultuous career in America and France.
Traces the life of the first African-American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, discussing how she overcame racial and economic barriers to become a successful writer.
―Nothing, you moon pie face lil' boy. Just calling to see if you and Laila was getting along.‖ ―Oh snap, that's what it was. I knew it was something, I just couldn't remember. B... you're a life saver. I'm glad you called.
Symbolising some of the author's most provocative writing, this novel captures the essence of Black life, and recognises the beauty and strength that lies within each of us.
This edition includes an introduction by Iceberg Slim's widow, Diane Millman Beck.
A young adult biography of novelist Ralph Ellison
Thirty-two-year old writer Damian Cross has just returned from a disastrous first book tour only to be dumped by his fiancee.