Milk in My Coffee

Eric Jerome Dickey

May 2000 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

From Eric Jerome Dickey comes the New York Times bestselling book that stirred up controversy with its bold portrayal of racial identity and subtle understanding of sexual intimacy. 

Jordan Greene is in culture shock when he arrives in Manhattan from his Tennessee hometown. Still, he manages to keep the pace and stay in the race, with a Wall Street job, a Queens apartment, and a very sexy girlfriend named J'nette.

But when Jordan meets Kimberly Chavers, what starts as a shared cab ride turns into something more. This girl is funny, fiesty, fine...and white. And for a man with Malcolm X's picture hanging on his office wall, that's a definite problem....

This brightly entertaining and emotionally complex novel demonstrates why Eric Jerome Dickey was “one of the most successful Black authors of the last quarter-century” (The New York Times).

Ratings and reviews

I read this book back in the day. Unfortunately, I was incarcerated. Made me forget about time. I had to read every book came out. YES!! Very good. Can't wait till the next issue.😅😅🤣🤫

Eric Jerome Dickerson is an author I don't think i would have ever even known about, if it wasn't for my father recommending his work, or taking his 19 year old son on a trip to NYC. Eric definitely captured the mood, pace and overall feel of NY, and tied in my hometown of Los Angeles as well. Phenomenal character development, great storytelling. EJD thank you for writing this book, im sure i will read for years to come, and thank you for penning a tale that a 19 year old reader could enjoy.

I started reading again after becoming a mom and this was such a great book I kept reading all Eric Jerome Dickey's books. Thank you so much for mini vacations.

About the author

Eric Jerome Dickey (1961–2021) was the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of twenty-nine novels, as well as a six-issue miniseries of graphic novels featuring Storm (X-Men) and the Black Panther. His novel Sister, Sister was honored as one of Essence’s “50 Most Impactful Black Books of the Last 50 Years,” and A Wanted Woman won the NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work in 2014. His most recent novels include The Blackbirds, Finding Gideon, Bad Men and Wicked Women, Before We Were Wicked, The Business of Lovers, and The Son of Mr. Suleman.