tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:10:25 +0000http://aalbc.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)Blogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-6030124621769542539Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:06:00 +00002008-06-29T13:10:25.676-04:00 Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary PoetExhibit at Zambezi Bazaar in conjunction with the Leimert Park Book Fair. Amiri Baraka is one of the most prolific African American writers of the 20th century. He is an acclaimed poet and the Obie-winning playwright of Dutchman. His long list of writing credits includes: Blues People; Home; Social Essays; Black Fire; Selected Poetry of Amiri http://aalbc.com/blog/2008/06/video-amiri-baraka-evolution-ofnoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-4548248426329544295Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:02:00 +00002008-06-13T10:07:45.026-04:00Someone forwarded me a NY Times Article. The Times usually pisses me off when they write about Black folks 'cause they typically show the our most pathetic side. To be sure the NYT couchs these artilces in sympatheic terms and tone. But this is only to pander to their liberal audience at the expense of Black people. The late quote was from a Brother in Harlem about my age who said in response http://aalbc.com/blog/2008/06/harlemnite-prays-for-shootings-so-saynoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-1849039136848365931Thu, 08 May 2008 03:14:00 +00002008-05-07T23:16:48.584-04:00http://aalbc.com/blog/2008/05/aalbccoms-10th-anniversary-partynoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-5969055109396979347Sat, 03 May 2008 18:07:00 +00002008-05-03T14:19:05.859-04:00Presented To TROY JOHNSONIn Appreciation For Your Dedication, Professionalism, Guidance, And Integrity In the Publishing IndustryThanks You AALBC.com For 10 Powerful Years Of Supporting Black Books. From Your Colleagues In The Publishing Industry 2008 The above is the inscription on a plaque presented to me last night at Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe in Harlem last night. The presentation was a http://aalbc.com/blog/2008/05/above-is-inscription-of-plaquenoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-2599828574026452131Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:36:00 +00002008-02-08T00:44:16.525-05:00 2008 Essence Literary Award Winning Books Announced http://books.aalbc.com/2008_essence_literary_awards_nominees.htm Would you believe I attended and forgot my camera! Actually I think I lost it today -- cause I can't find it. Bottom line I don't have any photos to share. The awards program was a standing room only event. There were plenty of notable authors, celebrities, and book industry http://aalbc.com/blog/2008/02/2008-essence-literary-award-winningnoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-5939726690272285831Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:19:00 +00002008-01-20T12:39:21.304-05:00partnershipAfrican-AmericanAALBC.comCushcity.comMosaicBooks.combook January 7, 2008 For Immediate Release MEDIA INQUIRIES Troy Johnson, AALBC.com, (866) 603-8394 Gwen Richardson, Cushcity.com, (281) 444-4265 Ron Kavanaugh, MosaicBooks.com, (718) 530.9132 THREE LARGEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN BOOK SITES JOIN FORCES TO PROMOTE BLACK LITERATURE HOUSTON, TX – AALBC.com, Cushcity.com and MosaicBooks.com, the three largest and most established web sites focusing on http://aalbc.com/blog/2008/01/three-largest-africa-american-booknoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-8329421205156366787Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:01:00 +00002007-12-11T09:17:06.789-05:00http://thebestblackbooksearch.com Ok, despite the pretentious descriptor this is really a good way to query and learn about web sites that focus on books written by Black authors. I gathered all of the good web sites that I’ve come across and restricted the Google search engine to return results from them. The sites include venerable institutions like Cushcity.com and Mosaicbooks.com, you’ll http://aalbc.com/blog/2007/12/best-black-book-search-engine-periodnoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-8346083140925019375Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:15:00 +00002007-12-01T01:43:54.322-05:00Barack Obama http://aalbc.com/authors/barack_obama.htm Barack Obama hosted a fund raiser at Harlem's "World Famous" Apollo Theater on the evening of November 29th 2007. The event featured supporters; comedian Chris Rock, scholar and activist Dr. Cornel West, and New York State Senator Bill Perkins. Obama spoke to a standing room crowd of approximately 1,500 people. The video was taken by http://aalbc.com/blog/2007/12/barack-obama-at-harlems-apollo-theaternoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-5825340150967770871Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:55:00 +00002007-11-26T21:58:34.527-05:00Grace After MidnightVideoInterviewThe WireSnoopbookFelicia "Snoop" Pearson and AALBC.com founder Troy Johnson video taped interview (8 minutes) The first time I saw Snoop was on HBO's The Wire. I recall watching the scene with her buying a nail gun (fans of The Wire will know what I'm talking about). I also recall thinking just how consistently brilliant HBO is with casting. I replayed that scene twice just taken by the character. I said to http://aalbc.com/blog/2007/11/my-interview-with-snoop-of-hbos-wirenoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-1508252023060432016Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:16:00 +00002007-11-04T21:48:10.185-05:00frank lucasAALBCgangsteramericanharlemnew yorkThe movie American Gangster was filmed in my neighborhood in Harlem. The steps of the church Denzel Washington is standing, in the photograph above, is just around the corner from my home. My home is just a short walk from where I grew up. The street just behind Denzel’s head is the street where Maya Angelou and Kareem Abdul Jabar own brownstones. Once you get past the street closures, and http://aalbc.com/blog/2007/11/american-gangsternoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-7856243848937507458Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:56:00 +00002007-10-07T16:13:52.270-04:00 Karrine Steffans is the author of the New York Times bestsellering books The Vixen Diaries (2007) and the wildly sucessful and scandelous Confessions of a Video Vixen (2005). Confessions is currently [Oct. 2007] the all-time best selling book on AALBC.com I had a chance to interview Karrine, on October 3rd 2007, during the New York City leg of her hectic book tour for The Vixen Diaries: http://http://aalbc.com/blog/2007/10/karen-steffans-interviewed-by-aalbccomnoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-5344213246337314279Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:52:00 +00002007-10-06T14:59:15.578-04:00 I was listening to the radio (1010 AM, WINS, New York) this week and heard a report of some Jewish people in Roslyn, LI who received some Jewish hate mail. Apparently they got some letter in the mail emblazoned with a Swastika. The police were investigating. I began thinking to myself wow, Black people confort racism on a much higher level on a daily basis. I really could not understand why the http://aalbc.com/blog/2007/10/racist-hate-mailnoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-6838089891796547109Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:55:00 +00002007-10-06T15:01:00.018-04:00The following link points to a letter, written by Terry McMillan, on the ills of the publishing industry. The letter addresses, among other things the hurt and pain, caused by these Tell-All Books that are so popular today. Visit http://www.thumperscorner.com/discus/messages/1/30333.html to read some very interesting commentary.http://aalbc.com/blog/2007/10/terry-mcmillan-speaks-out-on-ill-ofnoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-3143711920144364404Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:02:00 +00002007-10-03T10:06:15.817-04:00OK y'all this is big. Cheryl Woodruff, founder and former associate publisher of One World, Random House’s multicultural imprint, has been named president and associate publisher of SmileyBooks. This will be an opportunity for Us to publish the kind of Black books we've all be claiming that the German conglomerates will not publish. Now I know it will not be easy and Smiley Books is not going tohttp://aalbc.com/blog/2007/10/ok-yall-this-is-bignoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-2083618496032392258Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:11:00 +00002007-09-30T15:16:30.384-04:00Black New Yorkers: Booklover hopes to profit from his passion by Tanangachi Mfuni, Amsterdam News Staff Originally Published Vol. 97 No. 40 September 28-October 4, 2006 © 2006, Amsterdam News When Harlemite Troy Johnson launched a website dedicated to Black books nearly eight years ago, it came out of “a passion for Black people,” he said. Today, Johnson’s African American Literary Book Club (http://aalbc.com/blog/2007/09/two-years-ago-black-new-yorkersnoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-614921826232308298Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:47:00 +00002007-09-26T11:45:02.500-04:00It has been almost 30 years since I first set foot on the Syracuse University Campus during, what I believe was, the 1st Empire State Games. I was a gymnast representing the New York City Region. Even as a kid from the big city I was overwhelmed by the size and facilities offered by the University. SU was the first major university campus I ever visited; and this is the primary reason I chose http://aalbc.com/blog/2007/09/2007-outstanding-alumni-award-fromnoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-1538468641128502058Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:07:00 +00002007-09-20T09:24:53.998-04:00african americanbookspopularreading http://aalbc.com/blog/2007/09/just-few-popular-books-on-aalbccomnoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-3318740940574715982Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:20:00 +00002007-09-19T16:51:19.162-04:00Troy Johnson, Founder of AALBC.com is interviewed by Darryl Jenkins on Winbrook Pride TV. http://tinyurl.com/2ph9sd (time: 28 min 53 sec)http://aalbc.com/blog/2007/09/troy-johnson-founder-of-aalbccom-isnoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-8822393028636711170Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:10:00 +00002007-09-18T23:02:55.443-04:00Stevie Wonder ConcertStevie Wonder Concert Clip I drove from NYC and paid almost 3 times face for a pair of tickets to see Stevie Wonder perform on a chilly evening on the Baltimore harbor. I'd easily place this in the top 5 concerts I've ever seen. It was more than nostalgia, it was simply a great concert -- no gimmicks, not fancy footwork or pyrotechnics -- just great music and lyrics. Stevie performed for 2.5 http://aalbc.com/blog/2007/09/stevie-wonder-concert-clipnoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-1183243905008204184Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:18:00 +00002007-08-21T10:22:56.073-04:00Got to do Better - Hot Ghetto MessA prominent individual in Black publishing recently suggested that “I choose a side”. Basically I need to stop supporting the negative literature; you know the stuff that includes all of the negative Black stereo types, or an abundance of sex, violence, etc. This person felt that if your support both you are contributing to the harming our community, in much the same way as if you supported onlyhttp://aalbc.com/blog/2007/08/bets-hot-ghetto-mess-or-stop-supportingnoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-4913074314510907490Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:37:00 +00002007-07-23T21:38:42.815-04:00http://aalbc.com/blog/2007/07/conversation-with-howard-zinn-andnoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-2411127011007132091Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:34:00 +00002007-07-01T20:48:08.363-04:00This article was brought to my attention by author Eisa Ulen (www.EisaUlen.com/blog). Author Martha Southgate (http://authors.aalbc.com/martha_southgate.htm) muses about the state of African American Fiction “I am a 46-year-old writer of “literary” fiction. I’ve had three novels published — the first for young people, the last two for adults. All have won minor prizes, been respectfully http://aalbc.com/blog/2007/07/author-martha-southgate-reflects-onnoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-6829290277250441084Wed, 02 May 2007 03:38:00 +00002007-05-01T23:56:57.860-04:00I must say after a almost 15 years of building web pages and even longer surfing the net, there is very little that make me say "wow". Recently, however, I found a service that I'm actually reselling because I think it is just a cool (but effective) marketing tool. The real selling point is the price. Please check out the what I'm talking about by clicking the picture below: Get Yours Video at http://aalbc.com/blog/2007/05/we-are-offering-great-new-servicenoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-5498733206024529307Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:33:00 +00002007-04-26T13:52:51.311-04:00AALBCPavilionBEAbook expo AmericanAfrican-AmericanbookBookExpo America's Conference/Educational Programs run from May 31 - June 3, 2007 at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center in New York, City Visit: http://events.aalbc.com/bookexpo_america_2007.htm BookExpo America (BEA) combines the largest selection of English language titles on the planet with special industry and author events and unparalleled educational content to create a dynamic environmenthttp://aalbc.com/blog/2007/04/african-american-pavilion-at-book-exponoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9597670.post-7683844931773563410Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:26:00 +00002007-04-26T13:32:57.886-04:00ImusRapnappy headed hosrussell simmonsI guess the following could be considered a rant: This is just one of my posts to a popular topic of discussion on one of my discussion baords. The subject of the post was: Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons calls for an end to "offensive words" in rap music Read the rest of the reactions here: http://www.thumperscorner.com/discus/messages/179/26266.html The genie is out of the bottle... If http://aalbc.com/blog/2007/04/my-reaction-to-hip-hop-mogul-russellnoreply@blogger.com (AALBC.com)