Next Book Discussion – May 26

Date: May 26th

Time: 12:30 pm

Location: The Cuppa Cabeana (Library Building)

Book Discussion: Any book by Eric J. Dickey

About the Author:   Eric Jerome Dickey is an African-American novelist whose works often feature black characters in the United States. Many of his early books focus on the women. His debut novel, Sister, Sister, explores relationships among middle-class, African American women. A critic in Publishers Weekly found that the novel “brims with humor, outrageousness and an understanding of the generosity of affection.” The plot of Sister, Sister, centers on a closely knit, mixed-race family in Southern California and a tangled web of their family relationships, love affairs, and friendships.

Dickey’s novel, Milk in My Coffee, depicts a romantic relationship between a white woman and a black man. It was hailed as an engrossing and humorous tale by critics and fans alike. In the Library Journal, Emily Jones called the book, “sensitive yet realistic.”

The author moves away from strictly romantic relationship fiction and primarily middle class protagonists with Thieves’ Paradise. In the novel, Dickey focuses on the many struggles in the life of Dante, a laid off computer industry worker in his mid-twenties with a tragic past.

“Eric Jerome Dickey.” Contemporary Authors Online. Gale, 2008. Biography Resource Center. Gale. Spartanburg Community Col. Lib. 29 April 2008 <http://find.galegroup.com&gt;.