Let’s Hear It For the Men!
By APOOO • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: Book of Lists •
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Books That Present a Primary Male Character in a Positive Light–Can You Think of Any Fictional Titles (excluding romance genre, we have a separate list for that genre) Written in 2007 or Later That Can Be Added to This List?
- Addicted by Zane
- A Life for a Life by Ernest Hill
- Always by Timmothy B. McCann
- Baby Brother’s Blues by Pearl Cleage
- Bittersweet by Freddie Lee Johnson III
- The Blackbird Papers by Ian Smith
- Blood on the Leaves by Jeff Stetson
- Echoes of a Distant Summer by Guy Johnson
- Fannin’ the Flames by Parry Brown
- For Love and Grace by Kendra Norman Bellamy
- Four Guys and Trouble by Marcus Major
- Friends & Lovers by Eric Jerome Dickey
- Good Peoples by Marcus Major
- The Hand I Fan With by Tina McElroy Ansa
- The Hearts of Men by Travis Hunter
- I Know Who Holds Tomorrow by Francis Ray
- I Wish I Had a Red Dress by Pearle Cleage
- Love is Blind by Parry Brown
- Joshua Tree by L. Steven Rencher
- Keeper of Secrets…Translations of an Incident by Anjuelle Floyd
- The Known World by Edward P. Jones
- Mercy, Mercy, Mercy by Ronn Elmore
- On the Right Side of a Dream by Sheila Williams
- Pulpit Confessions by Peron F. Long
- Raising Fences by Michael Datcher
- Satisfied with Nothin’ by Ernest Hill
- Saturday’s Child by Gayle Jackson Sloan
- The Shirt Off His Back by Parry Brown
- Some Things I Never Thought I’d Do by Pearl Cleage
- Standing at the Scratch Line by Guy Johnson
- Strong, Silent Type by C. Kelly Robinson
- Until and Forever by Timmothy B. McCann
- Wake of the Wind by J. California Cooper
- Waiting In Vain by Colin Channer
- What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage
- Within the Shadow by Brandon Massey
- A Woman’s Worth by Tracy Price Thompson
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My book Praise Your Way Through presented a primary male character in a very positive light. Samuel not only talked the talked, but he walked the walked!
wow…I love this list…and I love the idea of honoring our Black Men for the positive role models they can be…
ADELANTE!!!
Zulmara