Cover of The Matter Is Life

The Matter Is Life

by J. California Cooper · 1991

+ Want to read

A fourth collection of stories by the award-winning author.

Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 240 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare pricesHardcover

Liked The Matter Is Life? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked The Matter Is Life. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Bloodline: Five Stories Ernest J. Gaines · 1968 Shares short stories, African American, african american literature
  2. A Taste of Honey: Stories Jabari Asim · 2010 Shares short stories, African American, african american fiction
  3. Baby Brother's Blues Pearl Cleage · 2006 Shares african american fiction, African American, fiction
  4. Gorilla, My Love Toni Cade Bambara · 1972 Shares short stories, African American, fiction
See more recommendations →

“People who read The Matter Is Life tend to reach for these next.”

  1. This Bitter Earth Bernice L. McFadden · 2002
  2. Baby of the Family Tina McElroy Ansa · 1989
  3. Tumbling Diane McKinney-Whetstone · 1996
  4. Child of God Lolita Files · 2001

“If you want more of the same, start with these.”

  1. Money Is King Nicety · 2013
  2. The Best Short Stories by Black Writers: 1899 - 1967 · 1967
  3. Soulcatcher: And other stories Charles R. Johnson · 2001
  4. The Short Stories Langston Hughes · 1996

“If it was the short stories that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self Danielle Evans · 2010
  2. Going to Meet the Man James Baldwin · 1965
  3. In Love Trouble: Stories of Black Women Alice Walker · 1973
  4. Dr. King's Refrigerator: And Other Bedtime Stories Charles R. Johnson · 2005

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. The Boys, Volume 4: We Gotta Go Now Garth Ennis · 2009
  2. Pies & Prejudice Heather Vogel Frederick · 2010
  3. The World Crisis, Volume IV: The Aftermath Winston S. Churchill · 1929
  4. The Calling Nykko · 2010

Report a problem