Sculptured Nails and Nappy Hair [Paperback]

LINCOLN PARK (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 18, 2005

SCULPTURED NAILS AND NAPPY HAIR is the widely acclaimed, debut text by LiNCOLN PARK; one of the Nation's most prolific writers of AFRoPuLP fiction novels. Throughout each of the four short stories in this riveting collection, these most unlikely, Black heroines of the 1980's are forced to address issues such as paternal death, love triangles, entrepreneurship and premeditated murder.

What is AFRoPuLP?

AFRoPuLP is fiction writing that explores Pulp Fiction from a multicultural perspective. It is not for the faint of heart or the self-righteous, though. The language and subject matter can get rough. AFRoPuLP books combine sci-fi; murder, sex, mystery and life as a minority in America into neat little packages of complexity. Neat Complexity. See what we mean? LOL

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

Sculptured Nails and NAPPY HAiR is for anyone who is sick to death of reading happy, wappy, sappy stories about people who resolve their problems (I scared my Mom to no end with this book! LOL). Enjoy.   --LP

About the Author

LiNCOLN PARK began writing books as a way to privately express her feelings about prevalent social issues; especially in regard to urban, African-American, feminine perspectives. However -- with the subjects and popularity of her titles now crossing over publishing color-lines, LiNCOLN PARK's fecund fables and prolific parables of modern episodes are heralded by a colossal and mounting faction of fervent, mainstream literati.

Called a 'gifted writer' by the prestigious, RAWSISTAZ Book Reviewers; as well as a special combination of -- Erma Bombeck's CRACK WIT, Tim Russert's CRACK RESEARCH, Merriam Webster's CRACK DEFINITIONS and a generally, CRACKED MIND -- LiNCOLN PARK's extraordinary literary style is controversial, cult and cutting-edge. As she frequently administers a more severe and disquieting pen than her contemporary literary counterparts, 4465 PReSS has taken unique initiative and placed the standard seal of PARENTAL ADVISORY on the front and back covers of all LiNCOLN PARK-penned books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: 4465 PReSS (September 18, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1411640624
• ISBN-13: 978-1411640627
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,127,138 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

LiNCOLN PARK's fecund fables and prolific parables of modern episodes are heralded by an exponentially mounting faction of fervent fans and literati.

LiNCOLN PARK's extraordinary literary style is controversial, cult and cutting-edge. As such, the standard seal of PARENTAL ADVISORY has been placed on the front and back covers of all LiNCOLN PARK-penned books.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FAST, FOUL, FECUND and FRESH. Frankly, I'm a new FAN!, August 14, 2006

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Julia Joyce "Hollywood's Queen of QWERTY" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sculptured Nails and Nappy Hair (Paperback)

This book was suggested reading to me by a young friend on MY SPACE. While not a fan of poorly written and rapidly constructed 'street-lit' I was blown away by this book -- perhaps even more by the literary style of Lincoln Park. To be such a simple and fast read (2 hrs., tops), SCULPTURED NAILS AND NAPPY HAIR is amazingly in-depth and intense.

There are four short stories in the book with five main characters, if you add Park (Somehow, Lincoln Park-as-narrator has managed to become an obscure, Hitchcockian character in her own tales!). She has completely mastered the use of obscenities and figurative context in relationship to raw storytelling. (If you're a literal reader, you won't get the essence of this book, at all!)

Again, I had just not expected to see evidence of literary wit in the 'street-lit' genre, but Lincoln Park can even make the act of SUICIDE sound magical: "...Then, as fast as God had taken His paintbrush to splish and splash His palette of Northern Lights onto the starry canvas of the Alaskan night, He washed the canvas clean. That way, He could fool around with His paints and brushes some more, on the morrow. Sufficient unto the day was the evil, thereof... ". My goodness!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ariel Benjamin, March 2, 2006

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Ariel Benjamin "Ariel Benjamin" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sculptured Nails and Nappy Hair (Paperback)

This book was off the hook! Finally someone from my era putting it down the way we know how. Being a New Yorker myself I could appreciate all of the 4 letter lovely's this book. Can't wait for the next ones!!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Book Trailer for Sculptured Nails and NAPPY HAiR, March 22, 2008

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LiNCOLN PARK (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sculptured Nails and Nappy Hair (Paperback)

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