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"QBR's evolving canon is a splendid way to begin honoring black artists." -Charles Johnson, from the Foreword

"From critiques of W. E. B. Du Bois's Black Reconstruction in America to Alex Haley's Roots to Langston Hughes's The Ways of White Folks, these short, trenchant essays stimulate and challenge."-Booklist

"A celebration of black literature. . .insightful commentary."-Ebony

"A rich and surprising assortment." -American Legacy

"Delving into a book is an entertaining and edifying way to celebrate and reflect on the rich tapestry of African American history. A great way to start is with Sacred Fire: The QBR 100 Essential Black Books." -Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Capturing the full sweep of writing from the diaspora--from Africa to the Caribbean to America--Sacred Fire is a soul-stirring collection of provocative analysis on 100 works of literature that have shaped and defined black culture for over 200 years.

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David Walker's Appeal.

The Souls of Black Folk. Things Fall Apart. Their Eyes Were Watching God. The Fire. Next Time. Beloved . . .

Books are a cornerstone of black culture. Charting over 200 years of transition and turmoil, perseverance and triumph, intelligence, horror, and exquisite beauty, black literature rings with a remarkable people's vitality and passion, improvisational spirit and spiritual questing.

Now, capturing the full sweep of writing from the Diaspora—from Africa to the Caribbean to America—Sacred Fire: The QBR 100 Essential Black Books celebrates the most influential works in this rich tradition, one of world literature's strongest forces.

QBR: The Black Book Review is the preeminent showcase for the critical review of contemporary African American books and authors. The editors of QBR have tapped a blue-ribbon panel of leading scholars, historians, authors, and booksellers to reach a consensus on works having the most significant impact across the decades —the books that matter most. The resulting list of 100 books is an impressive collection of poetry, short fiction, novels, drama, autobiography, and history.

Divided into six thematic sections —introduced by outstanding young writers like Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Arthur Flowers, and Robert Fleming —the books are excerpted and highlighted with insightful commentary. The first section, "Ancestors, Origins, and Memory," explores books that have shaped our views of slavery, oppression, and the African continent as paradise lost. Included in this section are The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, the first independently written slave narrative; Beloved, Toni Morrison's haunting tale of slavery and its aftermath; and Ivan Van Sertima's groundbreaking challenge to European history, They Came Before Columbus.

The section called "Community and Identity" celebrates books that explore individual freedom and the collective power of the alienated and marginalized, featuring the works of W. E. B. Du Bois, Wallace Thurman, Langston Hughes, Chinua Achebe, and Lorraine Hansberry, among others. Their range is matched by their depth. In the sections "Politics, Nationalism, and Revolution" and "Soul and Spirit," one finds Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice, Chancellor Williams's The Destruction of Black Civilization, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letters from a Birmingham Jail, and Marian Wright Edelman's Guide My Feet. In "Sisters' Stories," works by Maya Angelou, Ntozake Shange, Audre Lorde, and other outstanding writers capture the varied experiences of black women. "Brothers' Lives" salutes the seminal works on black manhood by writers like Richard Wright, August Wilson, and Ernest Gaines.

Honoring and exploring the greatest achievements in black writing across the centuries, Sacred Fire is soul-shaking, essential reading for all lovers of literature and lively opinion.

"QBR's evolving canon is a splendid way to begin honoring black artists."—Charles Johnson, from the Foreword.

A soul-stirring celebration and provocative analysis of the great books that have shaped and defined black culture for over 200 years, including:

  • The Narrative of the Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
  • Our Nig
  • Lyrics of Lowly Life
  • The Souls of Black Folk
  • Cane
  • The Mis-education of the Negro
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God
  • Native Son
  • If He Hollers Let Him Go
  • Jesus and the Disinherited
  • Annie Allen
  • Invisible Man
  • Things Fall Apart
  • The Fire Next Time
  • The Wretched of the Earth
  • The Autobiography of Malcolm X
  • Two Thousand Seasons
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  • The Destruction of Black Civilization
  • The Hero and the Blues
  • The Chaneysville Incident
  • Beloved
  • Kindred
  • The Famished Road
  • The Daughters of Africa
  • Krik? Krak!
About the Author:
MAX RODRIGUEZ is the founder and publisher of QBR: The Black Book Review. ANGELI R. RASBURY is a freelance writer and managing editor of Black Issues Book Review. CAROL TAYLOR, a book editor for eight years, has worked with many of today's top black writers.

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  • PublisherTrade Paper Press
  • Publication date1999
  • ISBN 10 1620458446
  • ISBN 13 9781620458440
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages252

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