L. C. Morse's Sundial is the defintive novel of the Black college experience. It captures vividly the depths of human passions shot through the intellectual and affective rites of passage in a turbulent time. Morse stands in the grand tradition of Ellison, Baldwin and Morrison - Cornel West, Princeton University \"The 60s were a dramtic time in the lives of Black college students. Campuses, particularly Black ones, became the stage - often the staging area - for Black discontent and the search for new values. They were the places where Black heroes could be not only held but touched; where often the first confrontations with class and color prejudice, regional differences and adult authority took place. For many, it was during the college years when they came face to face for the first time with the tragedy of the death of peers; when love left indelible impressions on the heart; when traditions found meaning and adulthood finally arrived. All of these things are poignantly described by L. C. Morse in his novel Sundial.\" - ESSENCE Magazine | Sundial by L C Morse, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters