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I was excited when I cracked open this book.  It came in the big box of classics that I bought for a very reasonable price from E-bay that is still paying dividends.

The publication date for my copy was 1965.  It was underlined in places which means at some point someone actually read it.  I wonder if that copy of the book influenced history somehow?

The book is a series of 5 stories of southern black people.  It was originally written in 1935 and includes an essay by the author about growing up in the south.  Now the book while a classic … Continue Reading

So Are they?  Maureen Down promises to answer this question or at least ask it in her book but falls a little short.  The title comes from a miscellaneous sub chapter that lasts 10 pages and does a little background work on the Y chromosome.  I’m not bitter, I’ve read quite a few books that take their title from a throwaway line in the book that really has little to do with the overall story that you’re reading.  I’m looking at you Catcher in the Rye.

Ms. Dowd starts off slowly, the first third of the book was a detailed listing … Continue Reading