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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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Harlem Book Fair

Harlem Book Fair Harlem State Office Building Plaza New York New York The Harlem Book Fair is the United State’s largest African-American book fair and the nation&r...

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Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards

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Harlem Bible: In The Beginning

by Grant Harper Reid

Harlem Bible: In The Beginning Grant Harper Reid Harlem Bible—-In the Beginning by Grant Harper Reid Multi-Book Award-winning author Grant Harper Reid has authored his ...

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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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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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4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair

Toni Trent Parker, member of Black Americans in Publishing, will produce her fourth annual African American Children's Book Fair on Saturday, April 20th from 10am to ...

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Tony Rose

Tony Rose Tony Rose (October 11, 1950 – May 27, 2025) was the Publisher and CEO of Amber Communications Group, Inc. the nation’s largest African-American ...

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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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Alain Locke: An Introduction

ALAIN LOCKE: AN INTRODUCTION(Part 1) Alain Locke established his intellectual brilliance by a lifetime of study and teaching. This include...

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Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir

by Daniel R. Day

Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir Daniel R. Day New York Times Bestseller • “Dapper Dan is a legend, an icon, a beacon of inspiration to many in the Black commu...

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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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June 2016 Newsletter Celebrating the Best in Black Literature

Subscribe to AALBC.com’s eNewsletter Carter G. Woodson Award Winning Books The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) established the Carter G. Woodson Bo...

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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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September eNewsletter: Bestselling Books, 118 Book Events, and More

July/August 2016 Bestselling Books Titles on Go On Girl! Book Club's reading list are prominent on our bestsellers list this period. This is good, because these books ...

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Harlem Girl Lost: A Novel

by Treasure Blue

Harlem Girl Lost: A Novel Treasure Blue “A true urban novel filled with vivid images of the street.”–Black Issues Book ReviewTreasure E. Blue, street lit’s hottes...

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Chester Himes

Long before becoming a famous novelist, Chester Himes was a budding criminal. But his life changed after he was arrested in Chicago. His approach to his first voca...

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March 1, 2017 Newsletter — Book Award Announcements, New Books, and More

New Books Coming Out March 2017 Helene Cooper tells the amazing of story Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, leader of the Liberian women’s movement and the first democratically el...

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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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Top 50 Authors, Bestselling Books, and More

50 Favorite African-American Authors of the 20th Century 1,826 readers cast votes, back in 2001, for their favorite African-American authors. Here we share the 50 au...

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Behold the Dreamers: A Novel

by Imbolo Mbue

Behold the Dreamers: A Novel Imbolo Mbue Imbolo Mbue’s The Longings of Jende Jonga one of two books to earn $1 Million+ advances at the Frankfurt Book Fair read more; �...

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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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Homegoing: A Novel

by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing: A Novel Yaa Gyasi Yaa Gyasi’s London Book Fair 2015: In Pre-Fair Deals, Debut Sells to Knopf for Rumored 7 Figures A riveting, kaleidoscopic debut novel a...

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February 28th 2013 - eNewsletter Highlights

Our monthly eNewsletter contains information about books and films by or about people of African descent. Authors You Should Know (Children's Book Authors) Sharon ...

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Bridget Davis - The “Pocono Film Festival” Interview

Bridget Davis - “Pocono Mountain Film Festival” Interview Bridget O. Davis grew up in Harlem, in the Drew Hamilton Projects, with her four sisters. Some of he...

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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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The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature

AALBC.com assessed the relative strengths of almost 300 American cities, to determine which ones are best able to provide environments that are supportive of, and conduci...

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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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eNewsletter Highlights – January 31st 2013 – Issue #198

Read Our Complete eNewsletter AALBC.com's Bestselling Books Lists We've just published three new bestselling books lists. Our bimonthly bestselling books for N...

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What Happened to the Best African American Literary Magazines?

I'm a collector. My family calls it hoarding. While I'm a big proponent of electronic books, I still love to surround myself with books and magazines. Recently I h...

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Migrated Writers

Migrated Writers 17th Annual Celeb.of Black Writing A Report From The Field More Bios. The Sight of the 360 Event 4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair AA Cultural E...

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We, As a People, Will Get to the Promised Land!

Dr. King’s last sermon was delivered April 3, 1968, at the Church of God in Christ Headquarters, Memphis, Tennessee Your browser does not support the ...

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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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Excellent Books, Authors, Events and More

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 versi...

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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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The 2016 Black Pack Party: A Wonderful Celebration!

The 10th Black Pack Party, like all the others, was a wonderful celebration. Hosted during Book Expo America each year, the Black Party Party is an annual celebration...

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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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American Gangster

Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe Square-Off in Harlem Heroin-Trade Saga American Gangster (2007) Click to order via Amazon ...

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Ishmael Reed – July 1-7, 1983, in Emeryville, California

REGINALD MARTIN: Camus wrote in "Neither Victims nor Executioners" that the only really committed artist is he who, without refusing to take part in the...

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Resources for African American Writers, Authors and ReadersPlaces to Submit WorkPublishersDialogueFYAH.comCopyright InformationPublishing GlossaryOn-line Writers Worksh...

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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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An Extraordinary Life: Josephine E. Jones

by Wendy Jones

An Extraordinary Life: Josephine E. Jones Wendy Jones This is the biography of my mother, a South Carolina sharecropper’s daughter, born in 1920, who journeys to New ...

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Notes of Artistic Freedom Fighter

INTRODUCTION By Dr. Nathan Hare With the return of “white nationalism” to the international stage and the White House and new threats of nuclear war, ...

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Zora Neale Hurston: A Life In Letters by Carla Kaplan

Chapter 1 “DE TALKIN’ GAME” The Twenties (and Before) First and foremost a storyteller, with profound appreciation for the power of a well-crafted...

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The 5th National Black Writers Conference Report from the Field 3

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

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Black Women Lead the Way Promoting Black Culture through Books

“Where a woman rules, streams run uphill.” —Ethiopian proverb AALBC.com’s Bestselling Books - January to February 2015 The #1 selling book on AALBC.com, for Jan...

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Sister Souljah

Sister Souljah Sister Souljah was born Lisa Williamson in 1964, in the Bronx, New York and raised in the projects. A graduate of Rutgers University, she ear...

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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...

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Walter White

Walter White Check out the 2022 autobiography, White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret, by A. J. Baime. Walter Francis White,...

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Linda A. Duggins

Linda A. Duggins Linda A. Duggins is the Director of Multicultural Publicity at Hachette Book Group, USA. As Co-founder of the Harlem Book Fair, she has helped to...

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Kimani Press

This Summer Sizzles With the Launch Of Kimani Romance�! Bestselling Authors Pen Sophisticated and Sexy Novels for the World's Only African-American Romance ...

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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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Patrick M. Oliver

Patrick M. Oliver Patrick Oliver is a program manager and literary consultant dedicated to promoting reading and writing as tools of empowerment. Through a variety of inn...

Book Review

Chasing The 400

The African American Caste System When you think about the caste system you think of the poor in countries like India where there is a division of society based on diff...

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J. A. Faulkerson

J. A. Faulkerson Jeffery “J. A.” Faulkerson (aka Jeh Allen) is Northern Virginia-based Creative Writer who has penned instant classics like Adinkrahene: Fear ...

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Louise Thompson Patterson, A Life of Struggle and Justice by Keith Gilyard

To study her story is to witness the courage, sacrifice, vision and discipline of someone who spent decades working to achieve justice and liberation for all people (Gily...

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HBF Publishers

About HBF Publishers http://www.hbfpublishers.comHBF Publishers is a publishing house dedicated to providing a unique and simple oppor...

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Darcel Turner

Darcel Turner Darcel Turner was born in Bronx and also raised in Queens, New York. Darcel has transcribed The 4th National Black Writers Conference Book. She audited ...

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Junot Diaz

Junot Diaz Junot Díaz’s fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The Best American Short Stories. His highly-anticipated first nove...

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Saharra K. Sandhu

Saharra K. Sandhu Saharra K. Sandhu is a scientist during the day and a romance writer at night. Great combination! She has traveled throughout South America and the Cari...

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Patrick A. Howell

Patrick A. Howell Patrick A. Howell is an award-winning veteran of the banking industry. His early work was published in UC Berkeley’s African American Literary Jou...

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The #1 Site for African American

Social Media 101 Social Media Marketing Tips by AALBC.com Founder Troy Johnson I've been actively selling books on-line since 1997. Over the years ...

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Kurt Boone

Kurt Boone Kurt Boone has written over 350 poems. He’s been noted in the New York Daily News, Newsday, ABC TV, McCreary Report, QBR and New York Amsterdam News. A f...

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Richard Wesley

Richard Wesley Richard Wesley was born July 11, 1945 and is a playwright, and screenwriter for television and cinema. Wesley is an Associate Professor in Play...

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My Song: A Memoir by Harry Belafonte

My Song: A Memoir is the story of a blessed life, that of Harry Belafonte, the mythic musician, actor, humanitarian, and social activist. With the assistance of Micha...

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Tamisha Anthony

Tamisha Anthony Tamisha Anthony is a freelance illustrator for various clients, such as Macmillan Publishers, New York University, and Chronicle Books. She has been an ed...

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Open Letter to Chris Brown

Open Letter to Chris Brown by Kevin Powell March 23rd, 2011 Dear Chris: I really did not want to write this open letter, and would have preferred to speak to ...

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Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha

Melvin Van Peebles Stars in Semi-Autobiographical Vanity Pic Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha Unrated Running time: 99 minutes...

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The Kevin M. Weeks Story: Never Say Die; Be Optimistic

The Kevin M. Weeks Story: Never Say Die; Be Optimistic ’Never Say Die; Be Optimistic’ ’Sounds of Blackness &rs...

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Wendy Jones

Wendy Jones I come from a family of storytellers. My mother and my grandmother were my first teachers. Around the kitchen table, on a Harlem street corner talking to a ne...

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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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Ali

""A notable and articulate advocacy of black conscientious objection came from the Nation of Islam. In 1942 Elijah Muhammad was arrested in Chicago and convic...

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“The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain”

One of the most promising of the young Negro poets said to me once, “I want to be a poet—not a Negro poet,” meaning, I believe, “I want to write l...

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Second Line Home: New Orleans Poems

June 2005, almost a decade ago, was the time I last visited New Orleans. It was still almost the Big Easy I knew in the mid-1980s. Several months later the nation obs...

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Michael Steele - Interview - Oct 2011

Michael Steele The Interview Michael Stephen Steele was born on Andrews Air Force Base in Prince Georges County, Maryland on October 19, 1958, but given up ...

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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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Black American Portraits: From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

by Christine Kim and Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews

Black American Portraits: From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Christine Kim and Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews A celebratory visual chronicle of the many ways in which Bl...

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Nyambi Nyambi The "Mike & Molly" Interview with AALBC.com's Kam Williams

Nyambi Nyambi The “Mike & Molly” Interview Versatile Shakespearean thespian and television comedy sensation Nyambi Nyambi stars on the television sitcom �...

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Nyambi Nyambi The "Mike & Molly" Interview with AALBC.com's Kam Williams

Nyambi Nyambi The “Mike & Molly” Interview Versatile Shakespearean thespian and television comedy sensation Nyambi Nyambi stars on the television sitcom “Mi...

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