tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post4149017129475625375..comments2023-12-13T03:12:37.688-08:00Comments on POC Reading Challenge: POC Author and Book Suggestions, A-KPam Phohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14190817860987781775noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-45270669851964668062012-02-29T11:34:15.644-08:002012-02-29T11:34:15.644-08:00Is it too pushy of me to suggest my own book, TANK...Is it too pushy of me to suggest my own book, TANKBORN, and Tu Books' other launch books WOLF MARK and GALAXY GAMES? Also to be released this year, VODNIK and CAT GIRL'S DAY OFF.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-71557847168157918032010-01-31T20:19:05.295-08:002010-01-31T20:19:05.295-08:00This is a new one being published this spring (I b...This is a new one being published this spring (I believe in March but I could be wrong):<br /><br /><i>Secret Daughter</i> by Shilpi Somaya Gowda<br /><br />Also I don't remember seeing Thrity Umrigar on your list. She wrote <i>The Space Between Us</i> and <i>The Weight of Heaven</i>.Christina Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756342293865115352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-83052336014152164602010-01-31T13:54:10.135-08:002010-01-31T13:54:10.135-08:00One author I remember right now -
Uwem Akpan, Sa...One author I remember right now - <br /><br />Uwem Akpan, Say you're one of themAthirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03366654538383603004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-3549797217435254962010-01-30T13:48:44.395-08:002010-01-30T13:48:44.395-08:00Children's books
Faith by Maya Ajmera
14 Cows...Children's books<br /><br />Faith by Maya Ajmera<br />14 Cows by ~ Carmen Agra Deedy<br />Thomas Gonzalez (Illustrator), Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah<br />The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes, illustrated by E.B. Lewis<br />Cora Cook Pancit by Dorina K. Lazo GilmoreColor Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062017327837729986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-62153422591352798472010-01-30T13:47:39.015-08:002010-01-30T13:47:39.015-08:00Pam,
Snagged this great list from Mitali. All YA
...Pam,<br />Snagged this great list from Mitali. All YA<br /><br />THE SKIN I'M IN by Sharon Flake<br />CODETALKER by Joseph Bruchac<br />BLUFORD HIGH series by Anne Schraff and Paul Langan<br />DRAMA HIGH series by L. Divine<br />KIMANU TRU series by various authors<br />ROMIETTE AND JULIO by Sharon Draper<br />LIAR by Justine Larbalestier<br />EXTRAS by Scott Westerfeld<br />SUNRISE OVER FAJULLAH by Walter Dean Myers<br />BALL DON'T LIE by Matt de la Peña<br />AFTER TUPAC AND D. FOSTER by Jacqueline Woodson<br />SUCKERPUNCH by David Hernandez<br />CONFETTI GIRL by Diana López<br />MY LIFE AS A RHOMBUS by Varian Johnson<br />GRAFFITI GIRL by Kelly Parra<br />HATERS by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez<br />THE FIRST PART LAST by Angela Johnson<br />SHE'S SO MONEY by Cherry Cheva<br />PERFECT CHEMISTRY by Simone Elkeles<br />ADIOS TO ALL THE DRAMA by Diana Rodriguez Wallach<br />TYRELL by Coe Booth<br />ALL ABOUT US series by Shelly AdinaColor Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062017327837729986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-39010688208775742572010-01-29T21:33:09.826-08:002010-01-29T21:33:09.826-08:00Wow, great suggestions all! Updated the list.Wow, great suggestions all! Updated the list.Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176612881975170987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-44084222535715364892010-01-28T18:05:40.583-08:002010-01-28T18:05:40.583-08:00I would like to suggest anthologies edited by Lori...I would like to suggest anthologies edited by Lori M. Carlson, which will introduce readers to several wonderful voices--<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780805076165" rel="nofollow">Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States</a> (Henry Holt, 2005) and <a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780066239576/Moccasin_Thunder/index.aspx" rel="nofollow">Moccasin Thunder: American Indian Stories for Today</a> (HarperCollins, 2005). Full disclaimer: I'm the author of one of the stories in Moccasin Thunder.Cynthia Leitich Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07650058326282279022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-18381104685732495082010-01-26T10:33:03.956-08:002010-01-26T10:33:03.956-08:00Terry McMillian "Waiting to Exhale"
(tha...Terry McMillian "Waiting to Exhale"<br />(that's the only one I know from her, I'm sure she had others too)<br /><br />I have to second Octavia Butler, she's an important part of Sci-Fi literature.<br /><br />Hmm, those are the only ones I would be readily aware of.Old Folkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974128781041813293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-1648229639321459192010-01-25T23:36:49.829-08:002010-01-25T23:36:49.829-08:00Julia Alvarez: Yo!
Ayi Kwei Armah: The Beautyful O...Julia Alvarez: Yo!<br />Ayi Kwei Armah: The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born<br />Toni Cade Bambara: Those Bones Are Not My Child<br />Gioconda Belli: The Inhabited Woman<br />Roberto Bolano [tilde on n]: The Savage Detectives<br />Octavia Butler: Kindred [Really all of her stuff should be on here, but I'm partial because this is in my TBR pile]<br />Ana Castillo: Sapogonia<br />Alejo Carpentier: The Kingdom of This World<br />Junot Diaz: Drown<br />Sandra Cisneros: Woman Hollering Creek<br />Austin Clarke: The Polished Hoe<br />Maryse Conde: I, Tituba Black Witch of Salem; Crossing the Mangrove<br />Beatrice Culleton: In Search of April Raintree<br />Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man<br />Laura Esquivel: The Law of Love; Like Water for Chocolate<br />Carlos Fuentes: The Orange Tree, Terra Nostra<br />Eddy L. Harris: South of Haunted Dreams<br />Oscar Hijuelos: Our House in the Last World<br />Zora Neale Hurston: Tell My Horse: Every Tongue Got to Confess<br />Kazuo Ishiguro: Never Let Me Go; A Pale View of the Hills<br />Yasunari Kawabata: House of the Sleeping Beauties<br /><br />I actually have more to add, but I thought I'd at least make it easy on you by following your letter divisions. Ha. Ummm. I have a lot of books. Yeah. I should also add that I am deliberately not adding poets to this list despite the fact that I plan on reading several of them, but I'd be happy to supply a list if anyone's interested.murahtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13121312415979578705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-9994371908476615802010-01-25T14:36:12.244-08:002010-01-25T14:36:12.244-08:00Thanks for the suggestions! Kristilyn, yes, and I ...Thanks for the suggestions! Kristilyn, yes, and I just added him to the list. :)Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176612881975170987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-90865629565117158932010-01-25T12:55:06.263-08:002010-01-25T12:55:06.263-08:00Would Lawrence Hill be in this category?Would Lawrence Hill be in this category?Kristilynhttp://www.readinginwinter.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-13938463648860031082010-01-25T09:14:53.574-08:002010-01-25T09:14:53.574-08:00I've got a couple of additions for you!
Juhmp...I've got a couple of additions for you!<br /><br />Juhmpa Lahiri has also written Interpreter of Maladies (collection of short stories)<br /><br />Andrea Levy: Small Island<br />Never Far From Nowhere<br />Fruit of the LemonZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11504105694800511170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-25571582658729181232010-01-24T18:33:21.319-08:002010-01-24T18:33:21.319-08:00Laura Resau has two books, Red Glass and The Indig...Laura Resau has two books, <i>Red Glass</i> and <i>The Indigo Notebook</i>, both featuring Latina characters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-71208035771126363312010-01-24T17:04:58.304-08:002010-01-24T17:04:58.304-08:00I just thought of Cynthia Kadohata and her books K...I just thought of Cynthia Kadohata and her books Kira-Kira (which I loved) and Weedflower (which my daughter says is also excellent).Carrie K.http://booksandmovies.colvilleblogger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-20072306125708063822010-01-24T16:56:55.657-08:002010-01-24T16:56:55.657-08:00What an amazing list!
Others I thought of--
Feli...What an amazing list!<br /><br />Others I thought of--<br /><br />Felicia Luna Lemus <br />- Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties<br /><br />Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha<br />- Consensual Genocide <br /><br />Suheir Hammad <br />- Breaking Poems <br /><br />Junot Diaz<br />- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com