Western lore as it pertain to Blacks has been rife with negative diversity and troubled backdrop where any accomplishment and assimilated joy has been far and in between. Reconstruction after the Civil War was turbulent and transitional for people of color, wrought with a false sense of security of emancipated sovereignty. This we already know. My intent with this piece is to bring to fruition a few triumphant trials that were manifested between two worlds – fictitious and the truth. MORE
Can we ignore trends in African-American literature and the stimuli that touches us whenever we deem books page-turning delights? From Urban Contemporary fiction, to the so-called Chick Lit titles, and finally how the overall romance genre is faring nowadays, it seems as though the industry is relaxing a bit to paint pictures of pleasurable delight as far as giving readers what they want…and believe me, sex is certainly selling! And THIS is the gist of this new Romer Review installment. We feel it is time to talk about the steamy side of romance, where little is left to imaginable images, and where innuendo is much more than premise. MORE
