The Bluelight Corner: Black Women Writing on Passion, Sex, and Romantic Love

by Rosemarie Robotham

A collection of the very best writing by African-American women, The Bluelight Corner explores and reveals all the rich and varied dimensions of Black women's romantic lives. A dramatic, touching, lively, erotic, tender, tragic, fierce, bawdy, heartfelt, and utterly surprising collection of voices, this is a one-of-a-kind gem of fiction and memoir.

368 pages, Paperback

First published December 22, 1998

Reviews

[whynta · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just adored this mix of essays, excerpts, poems, and stories. It’s shocking how so many of the struggles these women wrote about decades ago still ring true today. My only critique is that I wished there was some sort of structure or categorization, to make these pieces flow a bit better. There were a few 180s in there that broke my NECK.

[Jwt Jan50 · Rating 5 out of 5]

The cover and the title caught me. But, it's really more about romance and the trials/tribulations of relationships. Lots of variety. Lots of 'sense of place.' Not all great reads. Not for one sitting or even all in a row. I interspersed them with other works I was reading. They're good.