AALBC.com eNewsletter - March 15th 2005

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Fiction

1 - Chocolate Flava: The Eroticanoir.com Anthology, Zane (Editor)
2 - Gettin' Buck Wild: Sex Chronicles II, Zane (Editor)  
3 - A Hustler's Wife by Turner, Nikki
4 - Some People, Some Other Place by J. California Cooper
5 - A Project Chick by Turner, Nikki
 

1 - Hallelujah! The Welcome Table by Maya Angelou
2 - Race Matters by Cornel West
3 - Becoming Dad; Black Men and the Journey to Fatherhood by Leonard Pitts
4 - Slavery and the Making of America by James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton
5 - Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism by Cornel West

Remembering Ossie Davis, With Love by Jamie Walker
http://reviews.aalbc.com/remembering_ossie_davis.htm

Harlem, New York�Thousands of mourners packed The Riverside Church in Harlem on Saturday, February 12, 2005 to pay final respects to Ossie Davis�acclaimed actor, writer, producer, director, cultural griot, tireless civil rights activist, righteous warrior, and divine human being�who died of natural causes on Feb. 4 while working on a film called �Retirement� in Miami. Davis was 87 years old when he made his transition.

Watch a video of an AALBC.com Literary Salon featuring Toby Thompkins

Thomkins read from and discussed The Real Lives of Strong Black Women: Transcending Myths, Reclaiming Joy.  In this warm, sensitive and straightforward self-help guide for African American women, Toby Thompkins explores the triumphs, struggles and lessons necessary to transcend the stereotypes and overcome the consequences of being a "strong black woman." Culled from interviews with both black women and black men from all walks of life, the personal stories Thompkins uses to illustrate his ideas and communicate his healing message illustrate the costs involved in measuring up to this archetypal image, one of the most powerful and enduring in American society.

Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition
http://books.aalbc.com/african_american_art.htm

Lackawanna Blues - Reviewed by Brian Egeston
http://reviews.aalbc.com/lackawanna.htm

Hitch - Reviewed by Michael Dequina
http://reviews.aalbc.com/hitch.htm

Will Smith has proven to be such an immensely charismatic, easily likable, and effortlessly charming star in a variety of media, I always wondered why no one ever thought to cast him as a romantic lead. Now, after finally seeing him extend these qualities and his impeccable timing in the vastly enjoyable HITCH, it's downright unfathomable that it took so long for someone to use him in such a capacity, as he is as much a natural handling romantic comedy as he is saving the world on Fourth of July weekend.

Read this article to learn the lessons Parks learned from recovering from her lay-off, printing on demand, self-publishing and making the transition to becoming a mainstream author.

Playing My Mother's Blues by Valerie Wilson Wesley

In her triumphant new novel, bestselling author Valerie Wilson Wesley, one of the most respected and acclaimed voices in contemporary African American fiction, poignantly examines the stubborn bonds of family, passion, and a past that insists on repeating itself.

When it was first published in 1970, The Black Woman introduced readers to an astonishing new wave of voices that demanded to be heard. In this groundbreaking volume of original essays, poems, and stories, a chorus of outspoken women -- many who would become leaders in their fields: bestselling novelist Alice Walker, poets Audre Lorde and Nikki Giovanni, writer Paule Marshall, activist Grace Lee Boggs, and musician Abbey Lincoln among them -- tackled issues surrounding race and sex, body image, the economy, politics, labor, and much more. Their words still resonate with truth, relevance, and insight today.

A major work of cultural history, from the world-renowned Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, In Motion traces the movement of African-Americans throughout the United States and documents how migration shaped their culture and the nation as a whole. With specially commissioned maps showing the four major periods of migration, and compelling photographs of African-Americans searching for a new life.

Ma Dear�s Old Green House

Ma Dear�s Old Green House, a picture book written by Denise Lewis Patrick and illustrated by Sonia Lynn Sadler (published by Just Us Books, Inc.) was awarded the Children�s Book of the Year honor by the African American Academy of Arts and Letters.

The Wu-Tang Manual: Enter the 36 Chambers, Volume One

Since the release of the revolutionary Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) � over the course of four seminal group albums and a multitude of ambitious side projects � the Wu-Tang Clan has constantly redefined what hip-hop can do and where hip-hop can go. Now, after a decade of dark beats and mysterious lyrics hinting at a larger whole, the RZA, the abbot of the legendary Staten Island hip-hop collective, fully reveals, for the first time, the complex, multilayered Wu-Tang Universe in THE WU-TANG MANUAL.

BlacksandBooks.com

Target Market News and Black Issues Book Review form strategic alliance to create news and information source

(February 1, 2005) BlacksandBooks.com, a new information Web site, has been launched to target those who want authoritative business information about African-American authors, publishers and booksellers. The new venture brings together Target Market News and Black Issues Book Review magazine in a strategic alliance.

Mister Mann Frisby

Already a proven publishing phenomenon in the exploding category of urban fiction with his debut novel Blinking Red Light, Mister Mann Frisby is back and better than ever with his new novel WIFEBEATER (Riverhead Freestyle Trade Paperback; $13.00; March 2005). Once again, Frisby delivers a gritty story with a cast of unforgettable characters that are as real as they come.

Twice now, the National Book Club Conference has produced two of the most memorable and learning literary conferences ever. That's according to the 212 avid readers in 2003 and the 322 in 2004 -- and the more than 75 authors who have participated in the pair of events. So, why stop there? Plans are underway to assure that the third-annual National Book Club Conference is another bonanza that is bigger, but still intimate, fun and memorable. We provide the most exposure to your favorite authors than any other literary occasion.