Book Reviews
MAYA ANGELOU.
Poet, best-selling author, actress, playwright, producer and director.
“Carlos Moore has written an astounding book about revolution, resistance, passion and compassion. The plot could have been set in Ireland, in China, in Mississippi or in Algeria. It is an irresistibly human tale.”
SUSAN L. TAYLOR
Writer. Former Editorial Director of Essence Magazine
“Pichón is an intimate and moving look into the soul of a man and the country he loves so much. It's a story of romance and revolution, disillusionment, discovery and the long journey into a mature political consciousness and pride in self.”
EDWIDGE DANTICAT
Writer. Author of Brother, I'm Dying
“A bold and poignant book by one of the world's most daring intellectuals and scholars. Taking us on a heart-stopping journey, Carlos Moore delves deeply into his own life to show us what is wrong--and right--with our world and our place in it. Read and marvel, but also read and learn."
MARGARET BUSBY
Writer & Publisher. Author of Daughters of Africa.
“Carlos Moore’s life bears witness to the world-shaking events that defined much of the second half of the twentieth century: the Cold War, the Cuban Revolution, the decolonization of Africa, the emergence of the Third World, lastly, the US Civil Rights and Black power struggles in the 60s, 70s and 80s. His life amounts to a personalized story of all these events, with the Cuban Revolution and the impact it had on the Black population occupying center-piece.”
CLAUDIA MITCHELL-KERNAN
Scholar. Vice Chancellor Graduate Studies (UCLA)
"Pichon is a masterpiece of autobiography. This is an elegantly written account of the domestic and international intrigue that flows from Moore's pursuit of racial justice in the shadow of the cold war. Narrated with ever evolving insight, this autobiography is an illuminating social history of the period."
MotherJones.com
Fela: This Bitch of a Life (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556528354) was positively reviewed with cover image in a lengthy article on August 24, 2009 on MotherJones.com (290,000 visitors per month). They call it an "enticing read" and say that "reading Moore's book restores an emotional weight to a music that was forged in protest, under duress, suffering from grief. The mournful ballad "Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am," will leave your soul aching. This is Fela, he of the bitch of a life." To read the full article, click here: http://www.motherjones.com/media/2009/08/fela-kutis-bitch-life
LONG BEACH PRESS-TELEGRAM
Fela: This Bitch of a Life (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556528354) was noted in conjunction with an author event in the July 9, 2009 issue of the Long Beach Press-Telegram (circ. 78,352). For more, click here: http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_12805418
ArthurMag.com
Fela: This Bitch of a Life (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556528354) was noted with cover image on July 5, 2009 in conjunction with several upcoming author events on ArthurMag.com, an online magazine about counterculture. For more, click here: http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/07/05/july-8-10-la-evening-talks-with-fela-this-bitch-of-a-life-author-dr-carlos-moore/
AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY
Fela: This Bitch of a Life (Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, 9781556528354) was featured with cover image in the May 2009 issue of African American Family (circ. 27,271), a regional lifestyle magazine published for African American families in the Detroit area.
REX NETTLEFORD
Scholar. Vice Chancellor Emeritus, University of the West Indies (UWI).
"Carlos Moore, a lion of a ‘historian’, has in Pichón offered a timely and welcome tale of the struggle for human dignity on our racialised Planet and of the hunt for tolerance, compassion and the restoration of decency. Pichón is an invaluable contribution to the growing literature celebrating the invincibility of the human spirit.”
DR. CORNEL WEST
Princeton University professor, best-selling author, orator, and recording artist.
“Carlos Moore is a towering figure in contemporary scholarship and present day intellectual life. Don’t miss his powerful memoir!”
MARIO BAEZA
Founder/Executive Chairman of V-Me Media
“Carlos Moore has led an extraordinary life, which he chronicles so richly in Pichón. His life's journey navigating the racial divide and all of its attendant injustices, provides a unique prism through which his idealistic quest and social beliefs are tested and retested against ever changing backdrops--whether in his native Cuba, Europe, Africa, the United States or the Caribbean. This autobiography provides rare insights into the history of our times.”
ANGIE ROMERO
Latina Magazine recommended Pichon in her new blog "Get Cultured." It's a nice piece!
http://blog.latina.com/blog/2008/12/02/pick-up-pichon/
NELSON MACA
Salvador (BA) · 31/10/2008
Overmundo: http://www.overmundo.com.br/agenda/pichon-raca-e-revolucao-na-cuba-de-castro-por-carlos-moore
