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Brooklyn Book Festival

Brooklyn Book Festival Brooklyn Borough Hall and Vicinity Brooklyn New York The Brooklyn Book Festival is the largest free literary event in New York City, presenting an ...

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Brooklyn Book Festival 2013 - Photos and Video

Brooklyn Book Festival 2013, a set on Flickr. Photos from the Brooklyn Book Festival 2013...

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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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A Fire in Harlem - Tribute to Sekou Sundiata at Up South International Book Festival

Up South International Book Festival September 19th ’ September 23rd 2007 www.upsouth.org On Friday, September 21, 2007, there was a fire in Harlem...

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Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors

Brooklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors  by Leah Mullen  Perhaps the most overlooked and under acknowledged heroines and heroes of the past decade have been t...

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AALBC.com eNewsletter – October 11th 2012 – Issue #195

Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle By Troy Johnson Authors You Should Know Countée Porter Cullen http...

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Terrific Books Coming in May, Beyond Adichie, and More!

Terrific New Books Coming in May Former U.S. Poet Laureate, Rita Dove will publish a collection of her poetry from the 30 year period, 1974 to 2004. There are also new n...

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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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Enrich Your Life; Read a Good Book – August 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. E...

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Ave Maria Cross

Ave Maria Cross As poet, playwright and teaching artist, Ave Maria Cross has practiced her passion and exercised her God-given talents for over 20 years, through re...

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Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora

by Grace Aneiza Ali

Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora Grace Aneiza Ali Down the PDF version of Liminal Spaces, which is made available free of charge by OpenBook P...

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Good Books, Films, Events & Articles – May 2014 eNewsletter

You may receive this eNewsletter directly in your email-box by subscribing or download a PDF version. It may also be read on your Kindle ebook reader. Enjoy our previou...

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An UPTOWN Continuing Literary Tradition (Harlem 1986 - 1996)

’ An UPTOWN Continuing Literary Tradition (Harlem 1986 - 1996) by ’Marie Brown (presented at the Second Symposium/Performance  Monday Dece...

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Colin Channer on Caribbean Literature, the Black Readers, Love, Urban Fiction, and the Art of Writing

With the stunning 1998 publication of Waiting In Vain, Colin Channer introduced the sensuality and spirituality of reggae as a literary form on American shores, mixing...

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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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The Book of Hov: A Tribute to Jay-Z

by Jay-Z

The Book of Hov: A Tribute to Jay-Z Jay-Z The Classic Edition of The Book of HOV, weighing nearly 5 punds, is presented in JAY-Z blue, a color that has become a symbol of...

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30+ Must Read Books - Something for Everyone

Our January 2016 eNewsletter was sponsored by author Russell A. Mabane.  Learn how you may sponsor an AALBC.com eNewsletter. Bestselling Books for November/De...

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Ayana Mathis

Ayana Mathis Ayana Mathis is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is a recipient of the Michener-Copernicus Fellowship. Her first novel, The Twelve Tribes...

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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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June 2017 eNewsletter: The Best New Books, Author Info, and More

This Month’s Newsletter is Made Possible by Support From Amistad Authors You Should Know Tracy K. Smith The Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, recently nam...

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Migrated Interviews

Migrated Interviews Aisha Tyler - The "Balls of Fury and Death Sentence" Interview Alisa Hyman - Book Reviewer, Educator Alrick Brown - The "Kinyarwanda" Interview -...

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Great Books, Events, Films & More - October 2015 eNewsletter

AALBC.com’s Best Selling Books — July/August 2015 We just published our ten best selling fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books for the period July 1 through ...

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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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She is Global, an Artist, a Movement—Malaika Adero is “Global I Aam”

Kalisha Buckanon, John McGregor, Deborah Cowell, and Troy Johnson, president of he African American Literature Book Club (Photo Credit Marcia E. Wilson 2016) An...

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Vashti Harrison

Vashti Harrison Vashti Harrison was born in 1988 and is an Author, Illustrator, and Filmmaker from Onley, Virginia. She has a background in cinematography and screenwrit...

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St. Martin's Press - Backlist

St. Martin's New Releases | Writer's Home | AALBC.com Home   St. Martin's Press � 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010 � 212-674-5151   I Know ...

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Keisha-Gaye Anderson

Keisha-Gaye Anderson Keisha-Gaye Anderson is a Jamaican-born poet, creative writer, visual artist, and media professional, whose multi-platform storytelling has examined ...

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Mos Def: Amino Alkaline ' The Watermelon Syndicate rocked the dome of Carnegie Hall

On Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 8pm, presented by Festival Network in partnership with Carnegie Hall and co-produced by Jill Newman Productions...

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Brenda M. Greene

Brenda M. Greene Professor, writer and scholar, Dr. Brenda M. Greene is Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Black Literature, Director of the National Black ...

Interview

Music Impresario Ralph Mercado Passes Away

  September 29, 1941- March 10, 2009 Music impresario Ralph Mercado passed away today, Tuesday, March 10, at 4:30 pm at Hackensack University Medic...

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Kevin Powell

Kevin Powell Kevin Powell is widely considered one of America’s most important voices in these early years of the 21st century. Legendary feminist Gloria Steinem as...

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justin a. reynolds

justin a. reynolds justin a. reynolds has always wanted to be a writer. Opposite of Always, his debut YA novel, was an Indies Introduce Top Ten Debut, a School Library Jo...

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August 2018 eNewsletter Recommended Reads, Videos, and More

Videos from the National Book Club Conference I attended the 2018 National Book Club Conference August 3rd and 4th. The conference is really like attending a family re...

Film Review

Big Words

Rap Group Reunites on 2008 Election Day in Dream Deferred Drama Big Words In Theaters: Jul 19, 2013 Limited Unrated Running time: 94 minutes Drama Directed By: Neil ...

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Kim Taylor

African American History Matters A master quilter looks back to the past and weaves ancestral history into textile art designs. The ancient West African tradi...

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May 2017 Newsletter: Bestselling Books, New Books, Author Info, and Much More

Our May Newsletter is Generously Sponsored by Amistad Bestselling Books Bestselling Books: March/April 2017 Provenance a novel by Donna Drew Sawyer, which tops o...

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Only 54 Black Owned Bookstores Remain in America

This is a follow up to an article, “Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Bookstore,” which was originally published here on March 25, 2012.   The article highl...

Book Review

African Rhytms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston

True jazz buffs will welcome this well-detailed, informative memoir, African Rhythms, by one of the most innovative musicians in America, Randy Weston, for it pays ear...

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Elizabeth Nunez

Elizabeth Nunez Elizabeth Nunez, PhD, (February 8, 1944 – November 8, 2024) immigrated to the US from Trinidad after completing high school there. She is the award...

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DuEwa M. Frazier

DuEwa M. Frazier DuEwa Frazier is a writer, author, educator, and award nominated poet. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. She fo...

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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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Glenville Lovell

Glenville Lovell Glenville Obrian Lovell is the author novels, short stories and a number of prize-winning plays. In 1995, his first novel, Fire in the Canes, was ...

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James Earl Hardy

James Earl Hardy James Earl Hardy is the author of the bestselling B-Boy Blues series, including B-Boy Blues, which has been praised as the first gay hip hop love story a...

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Nicola Yoon

Nicola Yoon Nicola Yoon’s gorgeous debut novel, Everything, Everything, one of the best young adult books of 2015. Yoon will be appearing at the Southlake, Texas, Barne...

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Suheir Hammad

Suheir Hammad Suheir Hammad was born October 25, 1973 and is from Brooklyn, by way of Palestine. She is American poet, author, performer, and political activist. Hammad ...

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Sonia Sanchez Performs “Full Moon” Concert in NYC

New York: Poet Sonia Sanchez celebrated the release of her new CD called The Full Moon of Sonia (V.I.A. Recording Artists 2004) at The Tribeca Performing A...

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Jackie Sibblies Drury

Jackie Sibblies Drury Jackie Sibblies Drury is a Brooklyn based playwright. Her plays include We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly...

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Articles for Writers

  In this section you will find articles for and about writers and the art of writing.  If you would like to contribute an article to this sectio...

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Bridgett M. Davis

Bridgett M. Davis Bridgett M. Davis was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She is a graduate of Spelman College in Atlanta, and Columbia University, where she re...

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Susan Robeson

Susan Robeson Susan Robeson grew up in West Harlem and spent many of her early years with her grandparents at their book-filled brownstone home in upper Harlem. She is a ...

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David Barclay Moore

David Barclay Moore David Barclay Moore was born and raised in Missouri, about ten miles from Ferguson. Throughout his adolescent years, David kept mainly to himself and ...

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