— “Blood Grove” by Walter Mosley / #waltermosley

#365Stories in 2023 - 55/365
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"The Thief" (1995)
by Walter Mosley

Ex-convict Socrates is having dinner at Iula's Diner when a younger man, Wilfred, arrives, flashing a large amount of cash. Wilfred brags about his lifestyle as he and Socrates debate his methods, and who is really paying for his actions.

Mosley explores pride and shame, right and wrong, in a story that Esquire describes as an "edgy philosophical throw-down."

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Cool article on a great writer
"He is published in 24 countries. Yet he bridles at the persistent "crime writer" tag. Besides his Easy Rawlins and Fearless Jones mysteries, he has created a ghetto philosopher, Socrates Fortlow, a "blues novel", science fiction and a "non-aligned attack on capitalism", Workin' On the Chain Gang (2000). He also writes for theatre and film."
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/sep/06/fiction.politics

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"All writing is that structure of revelation. There's something you want to find out. If you know everything up front in the beginning, you really don't need to read further if there's nothing else to find out."

- Walter Mosley

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#BlackHistory happening now: Walter Mosley (one of my favorite authors) wins the Crime Writers’ Association's highest award, the Golden Dagger.
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https://locusmag.com/2023/02/mosley-wins-golden-dagger/

It has so far been a bad year for reading for me. I just stopped reading my second book of the year and I rarely do that. Guess it is time to pick up a classic. Started to read Devil in the Blue Dress by #WalterMosley read it years ago and looking forward to reading again. @bookstodon

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Walter Mosley has long been a favorite writer of mine. So much so that an entire shelf in my bookcases is devoted to him. Yes, I have read them all plus many not on this shelf that I either borrowed from the library or own as an ebook.

5-7 of my sixteen thousand favorite authors for #Bookstadon:
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#GeneLuenYang
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...*sigh* this is hard