The paintings on the covers of Mulatto and Weep in the Sun by Jeanne Wilson are obviously by the same artist, but that artist, unfortunately, is uncredited, and I can see no evidence of a signature either, which is too bad, because the artist’s skills as a draftsman and painter are considerable and I am kind of curious to know how his or her career played out after 1979, the year these paperbacks were published:
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Yes, I do own both novels, and yes, the scans are mine, but no, I haven’t read them, and no, I won’t be reading them any time soon.
Because the truth is, the plantation-titillation genre — not the usual appellation, I know, but close enough — holds no attraction for me.


The first one reminds me of Tarantino’s last movie.
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