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Mojo Rising: Confessions of a 21st Century Conjureman

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I've been a big admirer of Arthur's work since I read his novel, ANOTHER GOOD LOVING BLUES (a terrific blues tale and love story about a piano player from Beale Street who falls hard for a beautiful conjure woman). In MOJO RISING, Flowers talks about how he came to his craft as a writer as well as how he came to conjure and how his practice has impacted both his literary work and his spiritual/political development. It's a fascinating work, well told and certainly worth the long wait! Now for his next novel!

I've been a big admirer of Arthur's work since I read his novel, ANOTHER GOOD LOVING BLUES (a terrific blues tale and love story about a piano player from Beale Street who falls hard for a beautiful conjure woman). In MOJO RISING, Flowers talks about how he came to his craft as a writer as well as how he came to conjure and how his practice has impacted both his literary work and his spiritual/political development. It's a fascinating work, well told and certainly worth the long wait! Now for his next novel!

Thankfully, this is not another book of hoodoo recipes, spells and bones, but an honest and reflective work that takes the practice seriously. There aren't many works, scholarly or otherwise that addresses the subject and Flowers does so with style. I'm not familiar with his other literary work, but this one is a keeper.