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The
Lakestown Rebellion
Reviews
The
fifth title in Coffee House Press's acclaimed Black
Arts Movement Series.
"Kristin
Hunter [Lattany] has written an honest work of fiction
about Afro-American reality. It's about time somebody
did."-Ishmael Reed
"It
involves seduction by local beauties, lethal lemonade
sold by engaging children, Baptist sing-ins, the jimmying
of machines. Kristin Hunter [Lattany]…has a sharp
and knowing eye, a good ear and an irrepressible sense
of humor."-Publishers Weekly
"The
Lakestown Rebellion is Lattany's flight of fancy.
It is what she wished had happened-what might have been
if the residents of all-black Lawnside [New Jersey]
had boldly resisted and cunningly thwarted the construction
of a highway that was rerouted through their town."
- Black Issues Book Review
"[Lattany] likes her characters and enjoys their
idiosyncrasies-a rare treat these days. Warmly recommended."-Library
Journal
"A
humorous but tough-minded look at what happens when
a fictional all-black community in 1965 finds itself
faced with destruction by a new highway…."
-Multicultural Review
"The
evils of urban renewal are outlined clearly here in
fabulist style…."
- Splendid magazine
"This
call back of Lattany's 1978 novel, part of Coffee House
Press's Black Arts Movement Series, is good news. Based
on real-life events, it's the story of a New Jersey
town founded by runaway slaves that has lasted-long
enough to face a modern dilemma when the state wants
to put a highway through the middle of town. What to
do? Call on ancient traditions like that of the trickster,
that's what. A blue-print for fighting the powers-that-be
that's still useful."
-MobyLives.com
"Lattany
doesn't tell a story so much as she immerses you in
an experience. You'll be all the more enriched for it.
The Lakestown Rebellion is as thoroughly enjoyable
a tale as has ever been penned." -One Nation
News
"Kristin
Hunter [Lattany]…endows her characters with a variety
of voices, which all ring true."-The New Yorker
"The
Lakestown Rebellion is a timely, insightful, and
very readable novel whose call to unity deserves attention."-The
Washington Post
"Only
life could have invented such a unique tale. Kristin
Hunter [Lattany] celebrates it in her unique novel."-Philadelphia
Magazine
"The
Lakestown Rebellion is an engaging, frequently amusing
work….While not a lengthy novel, [it] is in many
ways a 'large' book, and Hunter [Lattany] is to be commended
for choosing such a sizable canvas on which to paint
her picture."-First World
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