Books, Books and an Interview

Harlem is Nowhere by author Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts is the first of a trilogy about African-Americans and utopia.

The historical novel Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez has gotten rave reviews and is now out in paperback.

Tayari Jones' third novel, Silver Sparrow, comes out this spring, but she's gifting one to a lucky winner on her blog.

And Junot Diaz talks about writing and ethnicity to the Mumbai Mirror.