I can’t say I am a voice of young Black men in America. I also can’t say I am an expert in the narration of Black experience in America. Nor can I say I am an expert in music. The thing is, I don’t know that I trust a British writer who is not Black to tell me these things either. As a novel in which I am finding out about a set of characters even through the lens of a kind of sub-culture (record […]
Aliens?
I will admit I had serious reservations about this book going in. And even into the first three chapters, the only thing that kept going through my head was: But for the most part, this book blew my socks off in the best possible way, and I’m really glad I didn’t DNF it after those first few chapters. “Gods without Men” has a very “Station 11” feel to its structure, and if you liked “Station 11”, I would highly suggest this book. Centered around a […]

