Back Down Memory Lane: Books by Authors of Color I Read in High School
Thursday, October 10, 2013
I read many books in high school that were amazing and considered classics: A Catcher in the Rye, The Illiad, The Odyssey, Great Expectations, The Great Gatsby, Beloved, The Merchant of Venice, Things Fall Apart ,Out of Africa ,The Virgin Suicides, and more...
However, I also was blessed to read books by authors of color that many may not have been introduced to in high school or college. Take a chance to read them or encourage your children to read them during their school breaks.
David Guterson - Snow Falling Cedars
Malcolm X & Alex Haley - The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Zora Neale Hurston - Their Eyes Were Watching God
Jamaica Kincaid - Lucy
Barbara Kingsolver - The Bean Trees, Pigs in Heaven
Maxine Hong Kingston - The Warrior Woman
Chang-Rae Lee - Native Speaker
Anne Moody - Coming of Age in Mississippi
Toni Morrison - Sula
Gloria Naylor - Bailey's Cafe, Linden Hill, Mama Day
Jonathan Spence - The Question of Hu
Amy Tan - The Joy Luck Club
Richard Wright - Black Boy, Uncle Tom's Children
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