Robert Jones Jr.
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Robert Jones Jr. is an American author whose debut novel, The Prophets (2021), about two enslaved men in love on a Mississippi plantation, was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction.
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Grew up: Brooklyn, New York City; attended Brooklyn College (opens wiqqi.app)
- Novel: The Prophets (2021): National Book Award finalist (2021), Edmund White Award (2022) (opens wiqqi.app)
- Short fiction: "Freedom Is Not for Myself Alone", in The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (opens wiqqi.app)
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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8 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The horror film Him is far from the best he has seen but one of the most accurate. (opens korrents.com)
“Him wasn’t the best horror movie I have ever seen; not by a long shot. But what I discovered, to my great surprise, is that it is one of the most accurate.”
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Under Tom King’s pen, Wonder Woman reads as neither wonder nor woman. (opens korrents.com)
“Regrettably, I find that under King’s pen, this legendary literary character reads as neither wonder nor woman.”
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Capitalism pushes creators to aim at the largest paying audience whatever cowardice that takes. (opens korrents.com)
“Capitalism compels us to direct all of our efforts toward the largest paying audience, no matter what cowardice is involved in doing so; no matter the artistic, ethical, legal, or spiritual catastrophe associated with…”
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The horror film Him is far from the best he has seen but one of the most accurate. (opens korrents.com)
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3 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Color Purple (opens rcmnd.app)
“Alice Walker is one of the most brilliant writers and The Color Purple is one of my favourite books of all time.”
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Go Tell It on the Mountain (opens rcmnd.app)
“Go Tell it on the Mountain struck me deeply because it’s wrestling with Christianity, and what Christianity does to the Black queer person.”
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The Blacker the Berry (opens rcmnd.app)
“He only wrote two books, The Blacker the Berry and Infants of the Spring.”
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The Color Purple (opens rcmnd.app)