Another Country (fiction book)

By James Baldwin

Once again I read this book many years ago but I can tell you that I liked it a lot and I also really dig everything else I've ever read by Baldwin. He touches on love and desire in many interesting and thoughtful ways. The following below is a synopsis copied from Amazon. (I may have to do this from time to time...) I recommend this book if you like an author with originality and depth.

"Published in 1962, this is an emotionally intense novel of love, hatred, race and liberal America in the 1960s. Set in Greenwhich Village, Harlem and France, ANOTHER COUNTRY tells the story of the suicide of jazz-musician Rufus Scott and the friends who search for an understanding of his life and death, discovering uncomfortable truths about themselves along the way"

Ancient Evenings (fiction book)

by Norman Mailer

This is one crazy ass book. Mailer bases his fiction story on archeological facts and modern ideas of Egyptian history, religion, and culture. The story revolves around the mighty Egyptian gods, its infamous pharaohs, historic battles and the beautiful and seductive women who reined during Egypt's most powerful point in time. It may have taken Norman Mailer 10 years to write all 844 pages of this book but it was worth every bit of it. If you like Egyptian culture and history, amazing story telling, and stories of lust, love, religion, and power, I recommend this book.

FPR Podcast #7

Another new and exciting Podcast hosted by yours truly is available on iTunes! Get it while its HOT! During Ferrispark Podcast #7 I play Keith Kemp's "Floor Kulture" ep in its entirety and talk about the record and Mr. Keith Kemp. Don't miss it...

All Things Censored (non-fiction book)

by Mumia Abu Jamal

This book is the published version of short journals by Mumia Abu Jamal that were supposed to be aired on NPR's "All Things Considered". When some sponsors who were offended by the material threatened to stop their money donations, the show was canceled. So much for all things considered. The essays are extremely critical of Americas racial predigests and treatment of the poor. The author Mumia Abu Jamal is currently on Death Row for the murder of a police officer. Jamal claims he is innocent and was framed due to the content of his essays and spoken word.