26.Dec.2009 Bayou by Jeremy Love (Vol 1)
Bayou is an online comic by Jeremy Love, which first appeared at Zuda Comics, and later out in print as the first printed book format work to be released by the online website. The story is a mixed of fantasy and reality, reality which is based on the oppressed era for Black people (1930s America). [...]
04.Apr.2009 The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The story in The Color Purple is told through a series of diary entries and letters. Somehow this worked well for me, since I could have short attention span sometimes, and reading diary entry or letter means it’s hardly longer than 2-3 pages at a time. The narrator, Celie, is a black woman who lives [...]
01.Aug.2007 Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Kindred utilizes the devices of science fiction in order to answer the question “how could anybody be a slave?” A woman from the twentieth century, Dana is repeatedly brought back in time by her slave-owning ancestor Rufus when his life is endangered. She chooses to save him, knowing that because of her actions a free-born [...]