From #Longreads: Since last January, author Michael A. Gonzales has been writing a monthly column for Catapult called “The Blacklist,” in which he rescues out-of-print texts by black authors from obscurity. Gonzales so far has uncovered little-known works of satire, crime fiction, and urban realism from the middle to the end of the 20th century. In each installment, he interviews those close to the work — usually editors, friends, or the authors themselves if they’re still living — for insight into the book’s creation.

https://longreads.com/2018/06/13/series-exhumes-out-of-print-books-by-black-authors

good project

This is so dope. This really piques my interest as a book collector AND online dealer of books that are mostly by and/or about Black folks

These little-known books remind me of Alice Walker's discovery of Zora Neale Hurston and how she pulled Zora's "Their Eyes..." out of obscurity decades after the book debuted.

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