tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post2807426317071060006..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: Paperback 205: Third Ward, Newark / Curtis Lucas (Lion Books 80)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-84085673632552448412010-08-26T05:47:18.797-07:002010-08-26T05:47:18.797-07:00I think I am in heaven. I can not believe I have f...I think I am in heaven. I can not believe I have found this here blog!Daddy Squeeze Me!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14857915791876792168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-32951907007056547622009-03-13T05:54:00.000-07:002009-03-13T05:54:00.000-07:00Forget about "thrust for love." How could you ign...Forget about "thrust for love." How could you ignore her "bone-aching hunger for love?" (heh. bone-aching.)<BR/><BR/>Then there's that Tobacco Road cover. Outside of <I>Newark?</I>justjackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00753684004309850108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-91582911085207752202009-03-12T05:49:00.000-07:002009-03-12T05:49:00.000-07:00I was also surprised you didn't say anything about...I was also surprised you didn't say anything about the "thrust for revenge". Also the author's difficulties with names apparently extends to titles (this may one of the most boring titles ever) and possibly pen names.<BR/><BR/>More seriously, I'm struck by the way black women are portrayed on so many of these covers. Most of them would need a good tan to be as dark as Lena Horne. I have heard that publishers claim that a black person on a cover can cut sales by as much as 10 %, even today, so I guess it would have been even worse back then. But it does make me wonder about the target audiences for these books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-18236831868039440802009-03-11T21:01:00.000-07:002009-03-11T21:01:00.000-07:00Am I the only one who thinks in the first picture ...Am I the only one who thinks in the first picture on the back cover she kinda looks like a life-size cardboard cutout? "Darn Wonnie display won't fit in the car!"<BR/><BR/>You know if she just cooked greens then her revenge would be stupid, but putting in <I>real seasonings</I>, well, that just makes the difference doesn't it?Eunicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692212353227538810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-30444970543222352422009-03-11T18:08:00.000-07:002009-03-11T18:08:00.000-07:00Giving her the surname Brown seems something of a ...Giving her the surname Brown seems something of a failure of the imagination.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-87889750672515045662009-03-11T15:21:00.000-07:002009-03-11T15:21:00.000-07:00Ew, ew, ew!My guess is, "Wonnie" is some hideous ,...Ew, ew, ew!<BR/><BR/>My guess is, "Wonnie" is some hideous , phonetic diminutive of "Juanita".<BR/><BR/>That is the shortest road sign EVER. And apparently, some distance from the road itself...<BR/><BR/>What, no fried chicken and watermelon? Poor revenge indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-84748170761653931072009-03-11T10:39:00.000-07:002009-03-11T10:39:00.000-07:00I can't believe you didn't comment on her "thrust ...I can't believe you didn't comment on her "thrust to revenge"!Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08084509066376979793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-17536028709544325132009-03-11T09:26:00.000-07:002009-03-11T09:26:00.000-07:00Ok, in the first picture on the back cover, she's ...Ok, in the first picture on the back cover, she's totally doing 'I'm A Little Teapot' all wrong...Little Ljhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371573469972636027noreply@blogger.com