SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT!! Let’s get it. Mark your calendars. Why? On April 1st, 2023, A new short story collection from the inimitable Gayl Jones will hit the market. My 💭; A master at language use. It’s not hard to see why Ms. Toni Morrison was so fond of Gayl Jones. Her use and manipulation of language is stunningly beautiful and often simply brilliant. There are some bright shining moments in this too short collection, but at all times her prose is poetic and intoxicating. Even in the flash fiction pieces, called fragments in this collection the prowess is still evident. In the fragment Ravenna, she tells of a pending adoption, and manages to infuse moving emotion in a few short pages, “Both girls were ten. (they wondered how ravenna got so old before anyone wanted her.) But the other girl was not a beauty. she was Black in the days when Black wasn’t considered beautiful. and in all honesty, her face looked like a frog’s though if she’d been lemon yellow or even beige that feature might have been quietly overlooked.” This is quite an impressive collection and one I highly recommend. Thanks to Edelweiss and Beacon Press for an advanced DRC. #butter #gayljones #beaconpress #ownvoicesreviews #sundayspotlight2023 #blackbooksmatter #bookblogger #bookreview #bookreviewer #blackbibliophile #readmorebooks #followforblackbooks (at Downtown Houston) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoABlDsrqNO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
