tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post1728070032749664645..comments2024-03-28T16:20:18.628-05:00Comments on Book Chase: Black Girl / White GirlSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-57245722748703017682007-04-16T08:51:00.000-05:002007-04-16T08:51:00.000-05:00Stefanie, it's a book from late 2006. In fact, sh...Stefanie, it's a book from late 2006. In fact, she has a new novel coming out sometime in May called "The Gravedigger's Daughter." I tried buying an advance reader's copy of the new one on eBay three or four different times but kept getting outbid...so I'm looking forward to when it hits the bookstores.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-78035265922603420512007-04-16T08:49:00.000-05:002007-04-16T08:49:00.000-05:00John, it's definitely an interesting book. It's n...John, it's definitely an interesting book. It's not one that will leave you in a very cheerful mood, but the insights that it offers into those couple of decades are important reminders of how dangerous a time the '60s and '70s were for this country.<BR/><BR/>Oates has used the white/black thing in previous books; that conflict fits in well with her darker vision of what the world is really likeSam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-27390454368144915592007-04-16T08:06:00.000-05:002007-04-16T08:06:00.000-05:00Is this a new Oates book? It sounds intense.Is this a new Oates book? It sounds intense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-66606465315550685252007-04-16T07:57:00.000-05:002007-04-16T07:57:00.000-05:00Sounds like an interesting story. Quite a risk for...Sounds like an interesting story. Quite a risk for her to take on, too. The white/black divide seems to be more pronounced in American literature than Canadian. Though we do have quite a few books that deal with other racial tensions- english/french, whites/first nations, etc.John Mutfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08730205221787092204noreply@blogger.com