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Format: Hardcover, 448pp. A Day Late and a Dollar Short is also #1 on the New York Times Best Seller's List (February 4 - February 10, 2001) Much-heralded and long awaited, Terry McMillan's tour-de-force novel introduces the Price family-matriarch Viola, her sometimes-husband Cecil, and their four adult kids, each of whom sees life-and one another-through thick and thin, and entirely on their own terms. With her hallmark exuberance and cast of characters so sassy, resilient, and full of life that they breathe, dream, and shout right off the page, the author of the phenomenal best-sellers Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back has given us a novel that takes us ever-further into the hearts, minds, and souls of America-and gives us six more friends we never want to leave. |
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Edited by Carol Taylor
Format: Paperback, 272pp. Brown Sugar brings together some of the most acclaimed voices in
today's black literary world-Sapphire, Natasha Tarpley, Reginald Harris, and
Pamela Sneed, among them. These titillating stories cover the full spectrum of
black experience and identity as they reveal sexuality and sensuality in all
their varied and exotic forms. From the subtle to the graphic, Brown Sugar
embraces the ardor and passion of black love and lust, and will appeal to both
men and women. Featuring both well-established authors and promising new
writers, this one-of-a-kind collection represents the past, present, and future
of black literature at its pleasurable and outrageous best. |
#3 (click title to order this book on-line now) Format: Paperback, 488pp. Youngblood was AALBC.com's Coffee Will Make You Black on-line book club selection for January 2001 John Oliver Killens's landmark novel of
social protest chronicles the lives of the Youngblood family and their
friends in Crossroads, Georgia, from the turn of the century to the
Great Depression. Its large cast of powerfully affecting characters
includes Joe Youngblood, a tragic figure of heroic physical strength;
Laurie Lee, his beautiful and strong-willed wife; Richard Myles, a young
high school teacher from New York; and Robby, the Youngbloods' son, who
takes the large risk of becoming involved in the labor movement. |
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#4 Author: Kirbyjon H. Caldwell Format: Paperback, 256pp.
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#5 Edited by Kevin Powell Format: Hardcover, 470pp. The best work of hip-hop generation writers [Over 100!] captured in a single volume "Kevin Powell is pushing to bring the voices of his generation: the concerns, the cares, the fears, and the fearlessness."—Nikki Giovanni From fiction writers, poets, journalists, and commentators, this absorbing anthology captures, for the first time, the new school of black writing, including established and award-winning authors like Junot Diaz, Edwidge Danticat, Danyel Smith, and Paul Beatty, as well as emerging voices from around the world. In addition to showing today's literary flowering, Step Into A World provides a window into the crucial issues of contemporary black life, including racial and sexual identity, post-civil rights politics, and hip-hop culture. Compiled by critically acclaimed poet, journalist, and essayist Kevin Powell, this groundbreaking book is a revelation.
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#6 (click title to order this book on-line now) Author: N. Xavier Arnold Format:
Paperback, 332pp. "The Genocide Files is an entertaining read which clearly sets up an anticipated sequel (hopefully minus the preaching). Kudos to a first time author". ~ Quarterly Black Review Gripping suspense, sinister plots, love, murder
and government malfeasance. First time novelist, N. Xavier Arnold, skillfully
spins a yarn blending historically conscious fiction with a contemporary flavor
that captures readers and thrusts them forward through a menagerie of climactic
spoils in the life of central character, Matthew Peterson. |
#7 Satin
Doll(Click title or book to purchase an autographed copy directly from AALBC.com) Author: Karen E. Quinones Format: Paperback, 279pp. Set in Harlem and Philadelphia, Satin Doll tells the story of a woman living in two worlds, and feeling comfortable in neither. The lovely Regina sips cocktails in Greenwich Village with the literary elite one night, and goes barhopping with her Harlem homegirls the next. There’s Yvonne, who discovers the lawyer she is dating is married, but decides to steal him away from his wife. Tamika, who finds out the prison inmate she’s been loyal to for three years has married a white woman while behind bars. And Puddin’, a cocaine sniffing good-time girl who will snatch off her wig to fight at the drop of a hat.
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#8 Title:
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Seventh Octave: The Early Writings of Saul Stacey Williams(Click title to Purchase Online and Learn more about this Book and Poet) Author: Saul
Stacey Williams, Jessica
C. Moore (Editor) Publisher: Moore Black Press Hailed as "a dreadlocked dervish of words...the Bob Marley of American poets" (Esquire), Saul Williams is a gifted young poet who is opening up this literary art form to a new generation of readers. Like his writing -- a fearless mix of connecting rhythms and vibrant images -- Saul Williams is unstoppable. He received raves for his performance as an imprisoned street poet in the Trimark Pictures release Slam, winner of the Camera d'Or at Cannes and the Grand Jury prize at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. The consummate spoken-word performance artist, Williams has also been signed by producer Rick Rubin to record a CD of his poetry.
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#9 The Isis [Yssis] Papers: The Keys to the Colors (Click title or book to purchase on-line) by Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, M.D. Format: Paperback, 1st ed., 302pp. "This work is dedicated to the victims of the global system of white supremacy (racism), all non-white people worldwide, past and present, who have resolved to end this great travesty and bring justice, then peace to planet Earth."
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#10 (click title to order this book on-line now) by Format: Hardcover, 25th ed., 296pp. Ever since it won the 1977 Newbery Medal, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry has engaged and affected millions of readers everywhere. This special 25th anniversary edition celebrates the timelessness of this beloved classic -- and introduces it to a new audience. Set in a small town in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this powerful, moving novel deals with issues of prejudice, courage, and self-respect. It is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice. It is also the story of Cassie Logan, an independent girl who discovers over the course of an important year why having land of their own is so crucial to her family. The racial tension and harrowing events experienced by young Cassie, her family, and her neighbors cause Cassie to grow up and discover the reality of her environment.
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