The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

2021•Drama•640 pages

Taste attributes: dramahistoricalfamilyheavyrealisticemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesocial commentarycoming of age

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Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, moving novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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About This Book

The great scholar, W. E. B. Du Bois, once wrote about the Problem of race in America, and what he called “Double Consciousness,” a sensitivity that every African American possesses in order to survive. Since childhood, Ailey Pearl Garfield has understood Du Bois’s words all too well.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaHistoricalFamilyInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceSocial commentaryComing of age

Subjects

Contemporary WomenHeritageHistoryAfrican American womenAfrican American familiesAfrican AmericansRace identityLiterary fiction

Details

Author
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Published
2021
Pages
640
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