Terry McMillan Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Terry McMillan

TAKE MY HAND by Dolen Perkins-Valdez In a class all by herself. Wish I could write like her.

Terry McMillan

Colson Whitehead on ‘Harlem Shuffle’ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/books/review/podcast-colson-whitehead-harlem-shuffle-colm-toibin-magician.html?smid=tw-share

Terry McMillan

I love everything Roxane Gay writes. My favs: DIFFICULT WOMEN and AN UNTAMED STATE. Read her and learn. #RoxaneGay

Terry McMillan

If you want to read an example of a great opening of a novel, read the opening paragraph of THE ODDS, by Stewart O'Nan.

Terry McMillan

Read anything by Reynolds Price. (But KATE VAIDEN is one of my favorites!)

Terry McMillan

Randall Kenan was a brilliant writer. And friend. Seeing him on the cover of the NYTBR this morning shook me at my core. Read LET THE DEAD BURY THE DEAD. Stories. Magic. He was one of our best. Still is. Can't wait to read his selected writings:BLACK FOLK COULD FLY. #RandallKenan

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RT @rgay: Reading While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory (out in July) and it’s so fun and charming andI am loving it.

Terry McMillan

YOUR BLUES AIN'T LIKE MINE by BEBE MOORE CAMPBELL She was my friend. I wish I could write like her. I used to tell her this. And she would just tell me to shut up. That both of our voices were meant to be our voices.

Terry McMillan

Read any novel by Stewart O'Nan: especially, THE ODDS and LAST NIGHT AT THE LOBSTER.

Terry McMillan

Three of my favorite books are THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger, HAIRCUT (& Other Stores) by Ring Lardner & THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by Zora Neal Hurston. Their voices were honest, compelling, and not pretentious. They helped me liberate mine way back when.