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Praise for Ran Walker
"This collection of stories [Portable Black Magic] from a dimension neighboring the Twilight Zone is delightfully weird and unsettling. Walker's fresh, absorbing tales of the unusual reflect everyday black life through his own remarkable lens."
~ L. Penelope, author of the Earthsinger Chronicles series
“Thank you, Ran, for picking up the guitar of fiction and fretting together characters of such warmth, depth, and humanity.”
~ Tyehimba Jess, Pultizer Prize-winning author of Olio and Leadbelly
"Before we were 'in' again, Ran Walker was crafting stories that embodied renaissance prose, afro-nerd culture, black love, and dialogue that keeps readers at the edge of their reading nook. For those of you who are just making your foray into the world of culturally-relevant fiction, put Ran Walker at the top of your list. You want to be part of the wave that says, 'I knew him when.'" ~ Erica Buddington, Educator, Author, and HBO Def Poet
“Ran Walker's Mojo's Guitar (Il était une fois Morris Jones) plays an authentic Blues song on the page, filled with all the sorrow, heartache, and beauty that entails. This layered, haunting book is worth listening to.”
~ Mat Johnson, author of Loving Day and Pym
“Walker's clarity of style and smooth, mellifluous language [...] place him among the cadre of new black voices budding with fresh, ripe tales of a past and present yet to unfold.”
~ Daniel Black, author of Perfect Peace and Listen to the Lambs
"Ran Walker's Black Hand Side: Stories shows the uncommon, the comical and the role reversal where every story refutes the stereotypical black male image. [...] Walker introduces a cast of characters who are all confronted with some kind of moral conflict around what blackness itself means to them--a dilemma that America itself has struggled with since 1619. Ultimately, while several stories explore the ideas of black love, much of Black Hand Side: Stories presents a commentary on cultural appropriation and engagement and how in reality African Americans find themselves dealing with, ignoring or living in and around whiteness. Walker does an excellent job of pushing the racial envelope in this book, confronting preconceptions and notions while always helping readers see the shifting black persona."
~ Shonda Buchanan, author of Black Indian and Who's Afraid of Black Indians?
~ L. Penelope, author of the Earthsinger Chronicles series
“Thank you, Ran, for picking up the guitar of fiction and fretting together characters of such warmth, depth, and humanity.”
~ Tyehimba Jess, Pultizer Prize-winning author of Olio and Leadbelly
"Before we were 'in' again, Ran Walker was crafting stories that embodied renaissance prose, afro-nerd culture, black love, and dialogue that keeps readers at the edge of their reading nook. For those of you who are just making your foray into the world of culturally-relevant fiction, put Ran Walker at the top of your list. You want to be part of the wave that says, 'I knew him when.'" ~ Erica Buddington, Educator, Author, and HBO Def Poet
“Ran Walker's Mojo's Guitar (Il était une fois Morris Jones) plays an authentic Blues song on the page, filled with all the sorrow, heartache, and beauty that entails. This layered, haunting book is worth listening to.”
~ Mat Johnson, author of Loving Day and Pym
“Walker's clarity of style and smooth, mellifluous language [...] place him among the cadre of new black voices budding with fresh, ripe tales of a past and present yet to unfold.”
~ Daniel Black, author of Perfect Peace and Listen to the Lambs
"Ran Walker's Black Hand Side: Stories shows the uncommon, the comical and the role reversal where every story refutes the stereotypical black male image. [...] Walker introduces a cast of characters who are all confronted with some kind of moral conflict around what blackness itself means to them--a dilemma that America itself has struggled with since 1619. Ultimately, while several stories explore the ideas of black love, much of Black Hand Side: Stories presents a commentary on cultural appropriation and engagement and how in reality African Americans find themselves dealing with, ignoring or living in and around whiteness. Walker does an excellent job of pushing the racial envelope in this book, confronting preconceptions and notions while always helping readers see the shifting black persona."
~ Shonda Buchanan, author of Black Indian and Who's Afraid of Black Indians?
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