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Get out your drapes and rumba

Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots by Margarita Engle

May 3, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Get out your drapes and start to jump, leap and swing to the beat! You will Rumba the night away! Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots by Margarita Engle is a prose poetry book that reads like a novel. Each character (and there are several, some named and some just their occupation) has a story to tell about California in the early years of the Untied States time in World War Two. American born sisters, 16-year-old Marisela and 14-year-old Lorena just want […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: 20th century his, california, Dance, Los Angeles history, Margarita Engle, Race relations, Racism, Rudy Gutierrez, Zoot Suit Riots

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:150 · Genres: Fiction, History, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: 20th century his, california, Dance, Los Angeles history, Margarita Engle, Race relations, Racism, Rudy Gutierrez, Zoot Suit Riots ·
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The Library Book – A love letter to libraries

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

March 3, 2019 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

This book came into my sight line during voting for the Goodreads “best of 2018” awards and I bookmarked it to read, jumped in the queue at my local library and promptly forgot all about it. When it became available it was a delightful companion to Bird Box (in that, it was not horrifying) and I enjoyed this glimpse into the world of the library, that is so very dear to my own heart. Reminiscent of Devil in the White City in narrative style, but […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Los Angeles history, public libraries, Susan Orlean, the library book

cheerbrarian's CBR11 Review No:9 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Los Angeles history, public libraries, Susan Orlean, the library book ·
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A personal memoir from former congressman and mayor of Compton

February 24, 2018 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

From Compton to Congress: His Grace For My Race is Walter R. Tucker III’s autobiography about his political rise and fall in the 1990s. The book introduces us to Tucker when he was sworn into Congress, a great achievement at 35 since he was the youngest African-American to hold a congressional seat. Unfortunately, during his first term, Tucker became the focus of an FBI bribery investigation and indictment! The narration pauses on the scandal to trace Walter’s upbringing while slowly revealing the court case. Tucker comes […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: 92 LA riots, autobiography, Compton, Congressman, court case, LA riots, Los Angeles history, Martha Tucker, mayor, political scandal, politics, scandal, Walter R. Tucker III, Walter Tucker III

teresaelectro's CBR10 Review No:4 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: 92 LA riots, autobiography, Compton, Congressman, court case, LA riots, Los Angeles history, Martha Tucker, mayor, political scandal, politics, scandal, Walter R. Tucker III, Walter Tucker III ·
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