#1
- Breaking the Cycle Edited by Zane #2 - Public Enemy #2: An All-New Boondocks Collection by Aaron
McGruder
#3 - The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth
by Zane #4 - Getting Buck Wild: Sex
Chronicles 2, Vol. 2 Edited by Zane #5
- Afterburn by Zane
Nonfiction
#1
- Confessions of a Video Vixen by Karrine Steffans #2 -
Diary of a Lost Girl by Kola Boof
#3 - A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
#4 - The Ditchdigger's Daughters by Yvonne S. Thornton, M. D.
#5 - Africa's Gift to America by J. A. Rogers
Dr. Manning Marable is one of America’s most influential and widely read
scholars. Since 1993, Dr. Marable has been Professor of Public Affairs,
Political Science, History and African-American Studies at Columbia
University in New York City. For ten years, Dr. Marable was founding
director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at
Columbia University, from 1993 to 2003. Under Dr. Marable’s leadership,
the Institute became one of the nation’s most prestigious centers of
scholarship on the black American experience.
Yvonne Bynoe is widely regarded as a leading figure among
a new generation of public intellectuals. She currently provides political
and cultural commentary for the National Public Radio (NPR) program, News
and Notes with Ed Gordon. Bynoe’s straightforward analysis has garnered her
praise from academics and average citizens. Acclaimed scholar,
Manning Marable has called Bynoe “one of Hip Hop Culture’s most
insightful observers.”
Being duped by love was the best thing to ever happen to
this new literary superstar! With one of the most hilarious novels
written this year under her belt, Patricia Wilson-Smith, the new comic
face of romance and dating in America shows no signs of slowing down.
After being unceremoniously duped by a would be online
suitor, this mother of one and talented musician sat down to write a
tearful recount of her experience, and ended up penning one woman’s
semi-fictional account of traversing the Atlanta dating scene—the
laugh-out-loud tour de farce, “Duped By Love”.
Out
of Bounds: Coming Out of Sexual Abuse, Addiction, and My Life of Lies in
the NFL Closet by Roy Simmons - Book Review by Kam Williams
http://reviews.aalbc.com/out_of_bounds.htm
“There was this constant worry in the back of my head about being found
out for liking men. I’d venture to say that the stigma of homosexuality
among young black men is three or four times greater than it is for
young white men. Because I was a football player, folks just naturally
assumed I was straight… I was living a closeted life in my own little
closeted world. Nobody knew. I doubt anybody even suspected.”
—Excerpted from Chapter 5
Forced into Glory represents the fruit of Bennett’s labors, and this 652
page biography sets the record straight, exposing the real Abe Lincoln,
wart and all. Virtually every myth gets exploded along the way, as
the author uncovers his subject as an insensitive bigot who, for
instance, advocated peace while waging a war of ethnic cleansing on
Native Americans.
“Since race itself is a fraudulent concept, devoid of
scientific reality, racism can only be justified through the suppression
of black counter-narratives that challenge society’s understanding about
itself and its own past. Racism is perpetuated and reinforced by the
historical logic of whiteness, which repeatedly presents whites as the
primary actors in the important decisions that have influenced the
course of human events.
There is considerable historical evidence that undermines the coherence
and legitimacy of that master narrative of American history. Why do the
great masses of white Americans remain unmoved?" —Sampled from
Chapter One
Designed
with every demographic in mind, The Vanishing Black Male is a
remarkable movie not to be missed by young or old, by male or female,
by black or white or anyone with an interest in a frank discussion of
the future of African-American men. This critic’s pick for the
Best Documentary of 2005. (Directed by
Hisani DuBose)
On Sunday,
March 19th 2006, at 3 PM Chrysalis Theatre Company will perform a
music theatre reading of Andrea Hairston's, new speculative fiction
novel Mindscape during the first AALBC.com Brownstone Series. Hosted by
AALBC.com at our home in Harlem NY. A musical reading is a reading
with music. There will be signers and musicians, as well as actors who
will voice the characters different points of view. There will be a
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event! Please visit
The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College
will host The Eighth National Black Writers Conference on
Thursday, March 30, 2006 through Sunday, April 2, 2006.
Confirmed authors include Marita Golden who will deliver the address
on the Conference theme, Haki Madhubuti, Valerie Wilson Wesley,
Walter Mosley, Samuel Delany, Walter Dean Myers, Quincy Troupe,
Ishmael Reed, Elizabeth Nunez, Willie Perdomo, and Camille
Yarborough, among others. Dr. Myrlie Evers-Williams, wife of the
late civil rights activist, Medgar Wiley Evers, is the Honorary
Conference Chair.
Described by Walter Mosley as "the most significant
gathering of black writers in the country," the National Black
Writers Conference is the largest gathering of its kind in North
America. Initially conceived in 1986 by the late author John Oliver
Killens, the Conference has consistently attracted a stellar array
of writers and scholars including Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, Alice
Walker, and others.
A
Celebration of Black Writing Building Community, Building Readers™
QBR: The Black Book Review and Nubian Heritage
Join us in launching the 2006 Harlem Book Fair by celebrating a
decade of black writing, the individuals who have caused black books
to flourish, the authors who have written our stories, and the
organizations that have contributed to our success.
Thursday, February 23, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Nubian Heritage,
2235 Fifth Avenue @ West 126th Street
New York, NY 10027.
This event is free and
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LiterateNubian, Inc. is a nonprofit organization founded in January
2001. The domain serves as an online meeting place where aspiring and
established writers can showcase their work and network with other
writers across the globe. LiterateNubian has an established forum
where writers of all genres can share ideas, give advice, and have
conversations on topics of their choosing. We offer a wealth of features
and resources. LiterateNubian posts news of literary events,
activities, and contests. We welcome news of literary activities in the
African Diaspora. Visit this important website.
Black Books Plus is a Minority and Family owned
operated business dedicated to bringing quality African American books
and educational materials to our homes. The President, Tyra
Mason-Chekwas is the mother of three wonderful children. A former Ms.
Caribbean USA and currently Publisher of Seaburn Books and Black Book
News Magazine, she believes in the benefits of education and the
empowerment of our people. In collaboration with her husband, Dr.
Sam Chekwas, a dentist and author, they have organized numerous book
events and awards, including BIBLIOS Book fair in Queens, NY (in May)
and BlackBookExpo in Brooklyn, NY (in September). Together they have
provided thousands of Free books to children, schools and libraries
through the Read Aloud NY Program and Paedeia Educational Promotions.
Souls is a quarterly
interdisciplinary journal sponsored by the Center for Contemporary Black
History, a scholarly resource center of the Institute for Research in
African-American Studies at Columbia University; it is published by
Taylor & Francis. Established in January 1999, the journal maps the
broad boundaries of scholarship and intellectual debates in the
contemporary Black experience: the current studies in recent Black
history, politics, socioeconomic research, social theory, and culture.
Produced in the spirit of the intellectual activism of
W. E. B. Du Bois, Souls presents creative and challenging
interpretations of the key issues now being confronted by scholars of
modern Black America, Africa, and the Caribbean.
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will read are real journal entries from women raising black children all
over the world. Visit this wonderfully maintained web log chock full
of humorous and poignant stories.
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Anita Doreen Diggs has distinguished herself as a
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#1
- Confessions of a Video Vixen by Karrine Steffans
Manning
Marable
Yvonne
Bynoe
Patricia
Wilson-Smith
Out
of Bounds: Coming Out of Sexual Abuse, Addiction, and My Life of Lies in
the NFL Closet by Roy Simmons - Book Review by Kam Williams
Living
Black History: How Reimagining the African-American Past Can Remake
America’s Racial Future by Manning Marable
- Book Review by Kam Williams
The
Vanishing Black Male
AALBC.com
Brownstone Series Presents: A Dramatic presentation from the debut
science fiction novel Mindscape
The
Eighth National Black Writers Conference
A
Celebration of Black Writing Building Community, Building Readers™
LiterateNubian 
Black
Books Plus
Souls:
A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture & Society
Being
Mama Daily 
Diary
of a Lost Girl by Kola Boof
The
Other Side of the Game by Anita Doreen Diggs