Critical Praise

"Touré has given life in Soul City a comic edge, revealing the humor and absurdities behind the seriousness of race. ...Highly recommended."

——Library Journal

"Agreeably shocking, sharply perceptive, quite funny."

——Kirkus

"A measured yet whimsical look at the ups and (more often) downs of modern African-American life and culture in his successful debut collection of stories, lists and essays."

——Publisher's Weekly

"I've been waiting a long time for an African-American to write inventive, edgy, sexy, magical, whimsical, funny, and smart stories that challenge the form, stereotypes of black people, display the beauty of black speech, and in a very subliminal manner, through it all, manages to sneak in and address the politics of race in the fabulously imagined utopia called Soul City. Touré' has broken new ground with this collection because he breaks all the rules, which makes it that much more refreshing. He's a smart, edgy, risking-taking young writer, so watch him. The ride is wild!"

——Terry McMillan, author of Waiting to Exhale