Sable Lit Reviews

The events of Thursday, June 25th 2009 are probably not lost on anyone with a television, an Internet connection or a cell phone with texting capabilities.  Like most people, I was working when I heard the news of Farrah Fawcett’s death. When my co-worker mentioned it while looking at a news website while eating his [...]

I’m not sure what memory has to do with culture other than what we choose to remember and what memories we choose to keep says a lot about who we are. Just like the clothes we wear or the mindsets we keep, culture has is complex and multifaceted. Lately, I was thinking about how we [...]

An experience I had while in New York in April made me think of the irony of adulthood and class. For myself, I thrive on my independence. Most things I would rather do myself. The some members of poorest of classes often find it difficult to accept help or charity. I don’t know how many [...]

Title: AAMBC National Meeting Location: San Antonio, Texas Description: Join your favorite authors at the African Americans on the Move Book Club in San Antonio, Texas where authors and readers are brought together to experience southern hospitality and build relationships around their favorite books. Start Date: 2009-06-13 End Date: 2009-06-14

In By the Moonlight by Jaxx Steele, sexy vampires Jared and Byron have been friends for centuries. When Byron catches up with Jared at his favorite flesh bar, the reader senses right away that the only flesh Bryon wants to see is Jared’s. Jared is a hetero vampire who believes that blood tastes the sweetest [...]

Every school year growing up, I can remember the bulletin board my teachers would dedicate to the monthly calendar. It would be decorated to represent that month’s holidays or seasons. There would be the summer sun for June since school lasted well into the month of June on the East coast back then. Months with [...]

Dream in Color is more than just a story about how two daughters of immigrants rose to hold positions in Congress. As I was reading I was struck by the constant references to Hispanic culture, a culture that values community support and work ethic as well as compassion. Many different cultures would claim the same [...]