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The Black Arts Movement (BAM)

“…aesthetic and spiritual sister of the Black Power concept.”―Larry Neal The Black Arts Movement spans the period from the mid 1960’s to...

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List of Contributors to Step into a World

The Following is the List of Contributors to This Amazing Volume Toyin Adewale is a native of Emure-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Born in 1969, she has absolutel...

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Former Editor-in-Chief of Essence Magazine Opens Akwaaba D.C. Inn for Black Writers

Washington, D.C.: Hundreds of book lovers (in addition to a host of best-selling authors, literary activists, and media personnel) joined Monique Greenwood, aut...

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The 5th National Black Writers Conference Report from the Field 2

Report from the Field National Black Writers Conference 2000 Part 2 of 3 “Elizabeth Nunez, the conference director and the director of t...

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The Black Arts Movement’s Attack on W.E.B. Du Bois’ Theory of Double Consciousness

Tony Lindsay There have been two major Black literary movements in American history: The Harlem Renaissance and The Black Arts Movement. The first, The Harlem Rena...

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Complete List of 1,453 Titles Sold in 2006

Complete List of 1,453 Titles Sold in 2006 In 2006 AALBC.com sold 1,453 different titles via the Amazon.com affiliate program. Th...

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midnight & indigo Vol II (6): Nineteen Speculative Stories by Black Women Writers

by Ianna A. Small

midnight & indigo Vol II (6): Nineteen Speculative Stories by Black Women Writers Ianna A. Small A Black woman performs a strange ritual in a public space. A house has pr...

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AALBC.com eNewsletter - August 1st 2012 - #193

Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle Help AALBC.com support our literary legacy. If you find somethi...

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Milligan Books

Dr. Milligan with Author Monica Regina Payton Dr. Rosie Milligan, CEO Milligan Books Discusses Milligan Books June 2005 ...

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Her Praise: Profile of Camille Yarbrough, a Renaissance Woman

With a career in the performing arts that has spanned a lifetime the acclaimed singer, actress, poet, activist, television producer and author, Camille Yarbrough...

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Bantam Doubleday Dell

Writer's Home | Up | AALBC.com Home http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell Coming of Age in Mississippi Click to ...

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midnight & indigo Issue 4: Twenty-two Speculative Stories by Black Women Writers

by Ianna A. Small

midnight & indigo Issue 4: Twenty-two Speculative Stories by Black Women Writers Ianna A. Small midnight & indigo celebrates Black women writers with this Speculative fic...

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Online Magazines

Below you will find a list of many resources available to locate print and electronic publications of all genres. Using the links below you'll find search engi...

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Abiola Abrams Interview with <em>BackList</em>

In her interview with BackList, she drops knowledge on classical literature, screenwriting, and why she’s definitely an O.G. Dare Click to orde...

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Good Books, Films, Events & Articles – June 23, 2014 eNewsletter

You may receive this eNewsletter directly in your email-box by subscribing. It may also be read on your Kindle ebook reader, or any device by downloading a PDF version....

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THE BLACK SCHOLAR: Journal of Black Studies and Research

Volume 1 Number 1 November 1969 Mission Statement From the Inaugural Issue: THE BLACK SCHOLAR has been born out of the struggle of black scholars, black intellectuals...

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AALBC.com eNewsletter - September 20th 2012 - Issue #194

Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle AALBC.com's 25 Best Selling Books For July 1st through August 31st 2012...

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The Music Moguls Who Bled Millions from a Black Legend

Originally Published by the NOI Research Group The recent death of the great Rock & Roll pioneer Chuck Berry at 90 years of age, and the “love” being...

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“Furious Flower” Conference Celebrates African American Poetry

Harrisonburg, Virginia: Over sixty distinguished poets and scholars gathered to help set the agenda for African American poetry for decades to come at the historic Fu...

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On-Line Newsletters

The following on-line newsletters (listed in no particular order) are an extremely valuable and informative resource to anyone with an interest in African-American li...

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SOS—Calling All Black People: A Black Arts Movement Reader

by John H. Bracey Jr., Sonia Sanchez, and James Smethurst

SOS—Calling All Black People: A Black Arts Movement Reader John H. Bracey Jr., Sonia Sanchez, and James Smethurst This volume brings together a broad range of key writi...

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Kola Boof: Words with the Author of the Best Black Book of 2006

Egyptian/Sudanese-American writer Kola Boof is the author of seven books published in eight countries. Her autobiography, Diary of a Lost Girl (Door of Kush, ...

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Furious Flower: African-American Poetry from the Black Arts Movement to the Present

by Joanne V. Gabbin

Furious Flower: African-American Poetry from the Black Arts Movement to the Present Joanne V. Gabbin The Furious Flower Conference of 1994 represented the largest gatheri...

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Stephen Carter “Palace Council” Interview

Here, he talks about his sequel, New England White, another sophisticated suspense thriller set amidst the African-American elite. KW: Your dad was a profes...

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mosaicbooks.com

Mosaicbook.com ceased operations in 2014 it was a tremendous loss. However they carry on our proud literary tradion with Mosaic Literary Magazine. Launched in 1...

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Anika Malone: A New Voice in Women’s Fiction

Reprinted Courtesy of Writersandpoets.com, LLC Late last year I talked to two authors Carl Weber and Toni Lee who both underscored the importance of having a...

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A Report From The Field

360� A Revolution of Black Poets -- A Report From The Field "360� was a two day gathering of poets in Baltimore, Maryland on September 11 & 12, 1998. Event...

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Serendipity Literary Agency

ABOUT SERENDIPITY LITERARY AGENCY Located in Brooklyn, NY, near the heart of America's publishing industry, Serendipity Literary Agency, LLC. is a boutique...

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A Profile of the Late Hugh Holton

Hugh Holton, passed May 18, 2001 at age 54, just eight days after his eighth novel, The Devil’s Shadow Books Behind the Badge This is a profile of t...

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Robert Fleming

Robert Fleming Interested in psychology and sociology, I came to writing as a fluke in the early 1970s when a friend, Willard Jenkins, allowed me to sub for him as ...

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April 2014 eNewsletter - Good Books, Films, Events, Articles & More

You may receive this eNewsletter directly in your email-box by subscribing. It may also be read on your Kindle ebook reader. Enjoy our previous eNewsletters. Sponso...

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Dead Emcee Scrolls: The Lost Teachings of Hip-Hop

A CONFESSION There is no music more powerful than hip-hop. No other music so purely demands an instant affirmative on such a global scale. When the beat drops, people...

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Marvin X Unplugged An Interview by Lee Hubbard

Marvin X Unplugged An Interview by Lee Hubbard While drugs and their impact have been talked about, no one has really dealt with the addiction to drugs ...

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Interview with Production Designer Wynn Thomas

Production designer Wynn Thomas started working in theatre as a teenager growing up in Philadelphia. Upon graduation from Boston University, Thomas went to New Y...

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John Henrik Clarke

John Henrik Clarke Dr. John Henrik Clarke was born January 1, 1915 in Union Springs, Alabama and died July 16, 1998 in New York City. His family came from a long ...

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F.Y.O.S.

Founders independent publishing company, FYOS Entertainment, LLC Tonya Marie is a Dean's List graduate of Northwestern University (NU...

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Alice Walker The “PBS American Masters” Interview

Alice Walker has been defined as one of the key international writers of the 20th Century. She made history as the first African-American woman to win a Pulitz...

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Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing

by Larry Neal and Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones)

Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing Larry Neal and Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing was originally published in ...

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Who Was Frank Yerby?

Frank Garvin Yerby (September 5, 1916 — November 29, 1991) Frank Yerby was an African American writer who gave the world a body of literature that...

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Selected Poems of Calvin C. Hernton

Back in the day, Calvin C. Hernton, a poet, scholar, and essayist, was considered a literary maverick, an outspoken advocate of truth-telling. The author of ten books, in...

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Under the Skin

Following the needless deaths of my grandfather and my father, I was very interested in reading Linda Villarosa’s Under The Skin: The Hidden Toll Of Racism On Ameri...

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A Novelist’s Staying Power: Interview with Gloria Mallette

I first met Gloria Mallette in 2000 at an author event at Zawadi Gifts in Brooklyn. Gloria was giving a reading for her new book, Shades of Jade....

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Afaa Michael Weaver

Afaa Michael Weaver Afaa Michael Weaver (蔚雅風) was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1951. He attended the public schools there and gradua...

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Virginia Deberry and Donna Grant: Our writing career is officially on HOLD

Virginia DeBerry (r) and Donna Grant (l)...

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50 Best Places to Meet Other Book Lovers Online

Editor’s Note: This article was updated in April 2017 to show sites that are no longer active or have completely shut down (they are striked out) due, in part...

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South End Press

http://southendpress.org/ South End Press is an independent, nonprofit, collectively-run book publisher with more than 250 titles in print....

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360° A Revolution of Black Poets

by Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander

360° A Revolution of Black Poets Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander At poetry slams, in coffee houses and cafes, on spoken word CDs, and even featured in Hollywood ...

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AALBC.com May 2013 eNewsletter Book Highlights

AALBC.com Best-selling Books - March to April 2013 This version of AALBC.com's eNewsletter, which focuses on book related content is designed for Amazon Kind...

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Gloria Naylor Discusses Her Novel The Men of Brewster Place on Barnesandnoble.com

Moderator: Welcome, Gloria Naylor! Thank you for taking the time to join us online this evening. How are you doing tonight? Gloria Naylor: I am doing fine. Niki fr...

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Exercise Your Mind With a Good Book – July 29, 2014 eNewsletter

You may receive this eNewsletter directly in your email-box by subscribing. It may also be read on your Kindle ebook reader, or any device by downloading a PDF version....

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Monster’s Ball

lMonsters (2001) Click to Order via Amazon MPAA: Rated R for strong sexual content, language and violence. Runtime: 111 Country: USA Language: ...

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Sekou Sundiata

Sekou Sundiata Sekou Sundiata (August 22, 1948 - July 18, 2007) was a poet, performer, and teacher. While attending the City College of New York (CCNY), he began recit...

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Gloria Reuben - The "Raising the Bar" Interview

Born in Toronto on June 9, 1964, Gloria Reuben is the second youngest of a half-dozen children born to her Jamaican, gospel singing mother a...

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Invisible Man

by Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man Ralph Ellison Both a deeply compelling bestselling novel and an epic milestone of American literature. The book’s nameless narrator describes growing u...

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Aliona L. Gibson

Aliona L. Gibson Aliona L. Gibson was always in search of something interesting and creative to pursue, her first book, Nappy, was published by a small Black-owned press ...

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Curtis Bunn

Curtis Bunn In 2001, Curtis Bunn crafted his first novel, Baggage Check and watched in amazement as it became a word-of-mouth national success. The audacious, moving,...

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D-Knowledge

D-Knowledge Writer/Performer Dr. Derrick Gilbert, PhD, a/k/a poet D-Knowledge, lost his battle with liver disease on Sunday morning, November 1, 2015. He was 45. Straddl...

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People Like Us

by Jason Mott

People Like Us Jason Mott One of USA Today’s 15 Books You Should Read This Summer One of Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Hot New Summer Reads One of People’s Most ...

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Brother

by David Chariandy

Brother David Chariandy "A brilliant, powerful elegy from a living brother to a lost one, yet pulsing with rhythm, and beating with life." —Marlon James"Highly recommen...

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Bedrock Faith

by Eric Charles May

Bedrock Faith Eric Charles May One of Roxane Gay’s Top 10 Books of 2014One of Booklist’s Top 10 First Novels of 2014One of the Chicago Reader’s Favorite Books of 20...

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Invisible Man

by Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man Ralph Ellison Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all timeInvisible Man is a milestone in American literature, a book that has c...

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Treasure Blue

Treasure Blue Treasure Blue is an Essence Magazine best selling author. A former fire inspector with the New York City Fire Department, he is also winner of the Black ...

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Corridors of Genius

So many conflicting words have been written about the King of Pop, Michael Joseph Jackson, (1958-2009). Glenda R. Taylor’s Corridors of Genius takes an exhaustive l...

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American Struggle: Teens Respond to Jacob Lawrence

by Chul R. Kim

American Struggle: Teens Respond to Jacob Lawrence Chul R. Kim In the mid-1950s, as Brown v. Board of Education felled the ideology of "separate but equal," the great Afr...

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Hold It ’Til It Hurts

by T. Geronimo Johnson

Hold It ’Til It Hurts T. Geronimo Johnson Finalist for the 2013 PEN/Faulkner Award"The magnificence of Hold It ’Til It Hurts is not only in the prose and the story bu...

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New Books Worth Checking Out - July 2013

At least once a month, on my Blog, I will share information about new books that I think you will enjoy. If you subscribe to my blog, via your Kindle or through an RS...

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Trice Hickman - Interview

Trice Hickman's sophomore novel promises more sizzle just in time for the summer By Leah Mullen As soon as I turned the last page of Tric...

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Gifted Voices

Gifted Voices is a nationally distributed, monthly publication whose sole purpose is to promote the literary talents of emerging and established African American ...

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Baldwin: A Love Story

Long before I met James Baldwin’s friend Vertamae Grosvenor, I was a preteen Black boy who had read the writer’s bold novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, and it...

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The Birdcatcher

What the iconic African-American writer James Baldwin once told the young writers about the traditional stature of the prominent writers who put pen to paper was that it ...

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March 26th 2013 – eNewsletter Highlights

Read Our Complete eNewsletter AALBC.com mourns the passing of Nigerian novelist and poet Chinua Achebe (November 16, 1930 — March 22, 2013) Author of classic nov...

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jessica Care moore

jessica Care moore jessica Care moore is an internationally renowned poet/ publisher/ activist/ rock star/ playwright and actor. She is a five-time Showtime at the ...

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Ellen DeGeneres - Interview

DeGeneres (L) with NY State Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Born in Metairie, Louisiana on January 26, 1958, Ellen Lee DeGeneres attended the Univ...

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Mitchell S. Jackson

Mitchell S. Jackson Mitchell S. Jackson has been the recipient of fellowships from Urban Artist Initiative and The Center For Fiction. He teaches writing at New York Un...

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Albert Murray: Collected Novels & Poems: Train Whistle Guitar / The Spyglass Tree / The Seven League Boots / The Magic Keys/ Poems (The Library of America)

by Albert Murray

Albert Murray: Collected Novels & Poems: Train Whistle Guitar / The Spyglass Tree / The Seven League Boots / The Magic Keys/ Poems (The Library of America) Albert Murray ...

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A Child’s Introduction to African American History: The Experiences, People, and Events That Shaped Our Country

by Jabari Asim

A Child’s Introduction to African American History: The Experiences, People, and Events That Shaped Our Country Jabari Asim Jabari Asim goes beyond what’s taught in t...

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