Deborah E. McDowell Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Deborah E. McDowell on X
Reader, writer, teacher, gardener, seamstress, contrarian. Professor, @WoodsonUVA Alice Griffin Professor of English, University of Virginia
Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Toni MorrisonDeborah E. McDowellExcellent piece by @FJasmineG Banning Toni Morrisonâs âBelovedâ doesnât protect kids. It just sanitizes racism and slavery. - The Washington Post https://t.co/043hm7K4Wt
Paperback, 2004
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Conditions of the Present: Selected Essays
Lindon BarrettDeborah E. McDowell@nrookie Lindon Barrett. âInstitutions, Classrooms, Failures: African American Literature and Critical Theory in the Same Small Spacesâ (1994) in Janet Neary, Ed. *Conditions of the Present: Selected Essays.* Duke university Press.
Paperback, 2018
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How to Go Mad Without Losing Your Mind: Madness and Black Radical Creativity
La Marr Jurelle BruceDeborah E. McDowell@CharlesWMcKinn2 Recommend excerpts from Theri Pickensâs book, *Black Madness : Mad Blackness* and @Afromanticist (LaMarr Jurelle Bruceâs *How to go Mad Without Losing Your Mind.*
Paperback, 2021
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The Salt Eaters
Toni Cade BambaraDeborah E. McDowellPleased to see so many resonate with that Toni Cade Bambara quote, but those of you havenât may wish to read some of her work in full, most especially her novel, THE SALT EATERS & her short story collections: GORILLA, MY LOVE and THE SEA BIRDS ARE STILL ALIVE.
Paperback, 1992
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All Saints: New and Selected Poems
Brenda Marie OsbeyDeborah E. McDowell@DanielTorday Well, while it didnât lead me to my âstyleâ (whatever that is), I still recall the day I stumbled upon Brenda Marie Osbeyâs *All Saints,* which remains one of my favorite volumes of poetry. https://t.co/7rPwhHvWZC
Paperback, 1997
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Kindred
Octavia ButlerDeborah E. McDowellâPeople forget [KINDRED] is literally a half-century-old book.â But, he marveled, âitâs still immediate.â Octavia Butlerâs Science Fiction Predicted the World We Live In - The New York Times https://t.co/qws0cDrsLd
Paperback, 2004
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The Emancipation Circuit: Black Activism Forging a Culture of Freedom
Thulani DavisDeborah E. McDowellInstalled in my chair to hear an exchange between Thulani Davis @temne and Eric Lott about Davisâs new book, THE EMANCIPATION CIRCUIT.
Hardcover, 2022
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Bound in Wedlock: Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century
Tera W. HunterDeborah E. McDowellIt is indeed a mind-blowing piece of work, as is her book, BOUND IN WEDLOCK. @TeraWHunter is, in my view, one of the finest historians writing today. https://twitter.com/melnickjeffrey1/status/1515865748182388747 https://t.co/e1a8JK5IzL
Paperback, 2019
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Black Madness: Mad Blackness
TherĂ Alyce PickensDeborah E. McDowell@CharlesWMcKinn2 Recommend excerpts from Theri Pickensâs book, *Black Madness : Mad Blackness* and @Afromanticist (LaMarr Jurelle Bruceâs *How to go Mad Without Losing Your Mind.*
Paperback, 2019
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Ordinary Notes
Christina SharpeDeborah E. McDowellAt each @WoodsonUVA diploma ceremony, we present our graduates with a book. This yearâs selection is Christina Sharpeâs ORDINARY NOTES. @hystericalblkns https://t.co/2j3ATqhguW
Hardcover, 2023
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