Lists of Bests: Essential Black Canadian Writing http://www.listsofbests.com/list/4044 "An anthology can serve only as an introduction to a literature, and Revival is no exception," Bailey Nurse writes in the introduction to Revival. The anthology includes a list of recommended fiction, non-fiction, drama, criticism and race writing. What follows is Bailey Nurse's recommended list of fiction: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:47:28 GMT en-us 0 50 32 0 0 Revival : An Anthology of the Best Black Canadian Writing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006956 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006956"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0771067631.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Despair: And Other Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006957 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006957"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805059806.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andre Alexis</div> The Survivors of the Crossing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006960 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur C. Clarke</div> The Meeting Point: The Toronto Trilogy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006965 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006965"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/976637239X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Austin Clarke</div> Storm of fortune;: A novel, http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006971 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Austin Clarke</div> The bigger light; http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006973 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Austin Clarke</div> The Polished Hoe: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/866 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/866"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060557621.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Austin Clarke</div> Villa Fair http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006978 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006978"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0888784104.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bernadette Dyer</div> Waltzes I Have Not Forgotten http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006979 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bernadette Gabay Dyer</div> La pacotille: Roman (Collection Fictions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006983 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gérard Etienne</div> No Man in the House http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1006985 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cecil Foster</div> Stranger at the Gate http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007000 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The eye of the storm http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007006 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Hearne</div> Brown Girl in the Ring http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13291 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13291"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446674338.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nalo Hopkinson</div> The Salt Roads http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/982462 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/982462"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446677132.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nalo Hopkinson</div> Dining With the Dictator http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007021 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dany Laferriere</div> Why Must a Black Writer Write About Sex? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007027 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dany Laferriere</div> Down among the dead men http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007038 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dany Laferrière</div> A Drifting Year http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007039 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dany Laferriere</div> Moon Honey (Nunatak Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/751539 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/751539"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1896300006.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056536894_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Suzette Mayr</div> Venous Hum http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/751542 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/751542"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1551521709.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1139901655_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Suzette Mayr</div> Out of My Skin http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007055 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007055"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1896332080.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tessa McWatt</div> This Body http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007061 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007061"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0002005654.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tessa McWatt</div> Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007062 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007062"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312289146.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nega Mezlekia</div> Looking for Livingstone: An Odyssey of Silence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007063 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007063"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0920544886.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056507677_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by M. Nourbese Philip</div> Harriets Daughter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007066 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007066"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0889611343.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marlene Philip</div> Diss/Ed Banded Nation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007085 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007085"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1896095267.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David N. Odhiambo</div> Passages http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007086 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> No Crystal Stair http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007087 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007087"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1551666626.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056515140_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eva Rutland</div> In Silence the Strands Unravel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007099 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sybil Seaforth</div> Her Head: A Village http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007101 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007101"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0889740569.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Makeda Silvera</div> Behind the Face of Winter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007103 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007103"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0920661955.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H. Nigel Thomas</div>