/lit/ - Literature

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Anonymous Mon Aug 5 12:51:59 2019 No.13589678 [Reply] [Original]

What’re some good books written by black people, /lit/?

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 12:52:45 2019 No.13589684 >>13589678 Gucci Mane's Autobiography.

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 12:55:34 2019 No.13589694 Dom Casmurro and Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas, by Machado de Assis.

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 12:56:43 2019 No.13589700 the book of enoch

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 12:57:42 2019 No.13589704 >>13589678 None

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 12:57:50 2019 No.13589705 >>13589678 Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 12:58:40 2019 No.13589709 >>13589694 He was the son of Europeans tho. Everyone in Brazil looks tanned, it's impossible to avoid sun exposition, especially during his day and age.

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:01:45 2019 No.13589722 James Baldwin is the only correct answer

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:01:54 2019 No.13589724 >>13589709 He was a mulatto, not really black in Brazil, but definitely would be considered black in the U.S.

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:11:55 2019 No.13589766 the sellout by paul beatty

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:18:31 2019 No.13589794 >>13589678 What do a unicorn and a smart black man have in common? They're both fictional creatures.

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:20:37 2019 No.13589800 >>13589794 Haha epic bro

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:23:36 2019 No.13589811 >>13589678 A grain of wheat by James Ngugi also /pol/ b8 thread

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:24:01 2019 No.13589813 >>13589722 He’s not a book but he is pretty great. It’s funny that he gets recommended a lot but I’ve never seen a thread about any of his books.

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:24:42 2019 No.13589816 File: 383 KB, 1537x2339, 811sH64sXOL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13589678 not a joke, great read

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:28:03 2019 No.13589837 >>13589811 Why is it bait? What are you suggesting?

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:29:21 2019 No.13589843 >>13589837 due to 'site culture' this will inevitably devolve into edgy racism

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:30:52 2019 No.13589852 Picrel Also post more pimp literature please

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:31:53 2019 No.13589860 File: 19 KB, 183x275, Download.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13589852 *

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:32:39 2019 No.13589865 >>13589678 Pushkin and Dumas provide fine literature and entertaining adventures respectively.

Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:33:01 2019 No.13589868
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>>13589678
patience agbabi's retelling of the canterbury tales. it's genuinely witty and although it doesn't really capture the spirit of chaucer it's obviously written with affection for the original.

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:46:20 2019 No.13589921 Nightmare mode: Name a classic book written by a black person where the main them isn't racial issues.

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:46:29 2019 No.13589924 File: 64 KB, 317x475, 20949187.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] SETTLERS by j. Sakai

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:48:17 2019 No.13589932 >>13589921 Anything by Amos Tutuola

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:49:48 2019 No.13589941 File: 45 KB, 657x527, 1545631380390.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13589724 Fair enough. At least now I can say one of my favorite writers is a nigger next time someone accuses me of being racist

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:57:26 2019 No.13589979 >>13589678 Writings from Ancient Egypt The Tale of Sinuhe Manetho's Aegyptiaca

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:58:37 2019 No.13589987 >>13589694 Fantastic meme.

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:59:06 2019 No.13589989 Count of Monte Cristo.

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:59:11 2019 No.13589991 >>13589813 Probably because he's known more for individual essays/short stories ("Going to Meet the Man" etc) that can be found in multiple collections/anthologies.

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 13:59:22 2019 No.13589993 >>13589678 all the books written by niggers that are assigned to public school cattle, of course. they were selected for their quality and eternal relevance, not because of affirmative action / brainwashing agenda

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 14:02:07 2019 No.13590010 >>13589993 Ooh, racism and class snobbery in one post! Throw in a few references to "roasties" or some shit and you'll have a bingo!

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 14:02:25 2019 No.13590014 Their eyes were watching God by Toni Morrison. >>13589705 >>13589684 These too

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 14:03:19 2019 No.13590016 >>13589993 Unironically kys

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 14:09:08 2019 No.13590043 >>13589678 Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi wa Thiong'o Shaka by Thomas Mofolo Langston Hughes is pretty good as well

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 14:34:49 2019 No.13590166 If I ever need to read a learned treatise about how to steal a bike, I will consult with the coloreds. Until such time I will stick to the based white male.

>>	Anonymous Mon Aug 5 14:54:53 2019 No.13590239 >>13590014 >Their eyes were watching God by Toni Morrison. Uuh

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