The Living Is Easy by Dorothy West [in Shelf Awareness]
27 Nov, by in Adult Readers, Black/African American, Fiction, Repost
The late, great Dorothy West's trailblazing debut novel, The Living Is Easy, remains presciently relevant almost three-quarters of a century after its initial publication. Racial inequity, police brutality, Black incarceration all haunt West's biting narrative, ready to resonate with a new generation of contemporary readers. Set...