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Video Coverage of the 2018 National Book Club Conference

I attended the 2018 National Book Club Conference August 3rd and 4th. I have not attended since the 2010. The conference is really was like attending a family reuni...

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National Book Club Conference

National Book Club Conference Atlanta Westin Buckhead Atlanta Georgia National Book Club Conference Foundation, Inc., is a literary organization founded by author Curtis ...

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Troy at the National Black Book Club Conference

This past August I participated in the National Black Book Club Conference. It was by 3rd time attending and 2rd time taking an active roll. Below is a 6 minute video hig...

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Book Club Picks - $10 Classics from HarperCollins - Plus More in AALBC’s eNewsletter

Books a Few Book Clubs are Enjoying this Month The Tea’s October Selection – We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Adichie offers readers...

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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...

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AA LIT. CONFERENCE 2000

THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE CONFERENCE 2000 "THE LEGACY LIVES ON…..IN BOOKS!"...

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July eNewsletter: Best Sellers, Reviews, a Contest, and Our Online Book Club is Coming Back!

“Spalding’s MFA in Writing alums don’t just win awards, they make a difference with inclusive, thought-provoking titles. Our affordable, top-tier program emphasiz...

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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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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 ...

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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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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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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 - 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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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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Bestsellers Lists, Authors, New Books & More - June 2015

Read Our eNewsletter Archives Subscribe to Receive Highlights of Our eNewsletter and More on Your Kindle Multi-Title Authors Find Success on Spring ...

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Read This to Discover Great Authors, Books, Events & More

★ Read Our eNewsletter Archives ★ Subscribe to Receive Highlights of Our eNewsletter and More on Your Kindle Sponsored by Akashic Books and Infamous Books AALB...

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Highly Recommended, Recently Reviewed, and Discounted Books

Subscribe Forward AALBC Highly Recommends A L...

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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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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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AALBC.com eNewsletter March 28th 2006

The Following is an excerpt of AALBC.com's March 28th eNewsletter:MAKING THE BEST OF AALBC.comTip #1 — Use the Google Search EngineAALBC.com is a massive web site; make...

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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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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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Critically Acclaimed Children’s Book Author

Many children’s authors and illustrators come from the world of education but you also worked in the field of journalism for some major publications. What made ...

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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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David Covin

David Covin David Covin (October 3, 1940 – June 3, 2023) was Professor Emeritus of Government and Ethnic Studies at CSU Sacramento. He was the Past President of...

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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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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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Etheridge Knight Festival

Etheridge Knight Inc. P.O. Box 18043 Indianapolis, IN 46218 Phone (317) 396-1529.Fax (317) 925-1481 E-mail EKFestival@aol.com The 11th Annual Etheridge Knig...

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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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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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Troy Johnson

Troy Johnson A Shorter Biography of Troy Demetrius Johnson ▶ Troy Demetrius Johnson is the founder and president of the African American Literature Book Club (AA...

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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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April 18, 2017 Newsletter: New Books, Vote for Your Favorite Author, and More

AALBC.com Congratulates all the Winners of Pulitzer Prizes in the Letters and Drama Categories Fiction: Colson Whitehead for his novel Underground Railroad Poetry: Tyeh...

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Melissa Harris-Perry - The "Sister Citizen" Interview

Sister Melissa Born in Seattle, Washington on October 2, 1973, but raised in Charlottesville and Chester, Virginia, Melissa V. Harris-Perry is a professor ...

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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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Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison Morrison, won the Nobel Prize for Literature (1993). The motivation for the Prize was, “…who in novels characterized by visionary force and poe...

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K. Reshay

K. Reshay K. Reshay is a self-published author, poet, and playwright. She was a featured author and moderator at the 2022 National Book Club Conference in Atlanta, GA. ...

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Dealing With Writer's Block: Eight Things To Do While You're Waiting In Limbo

Having writer’s block is no laughing manner. Some writers, for example, take it very seriously—so much so that they...

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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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Pros and Cons of Mainstream and Self-Publishing

There are two basic routes to getting published, mainstream and self-publishing. Mainstream is when one submits one’s work to journals/magazines and publishin...

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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...

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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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Martha Southgate

Martha Southgate Martha Southgate is the author of Third Girl from the Left which was published in paperback by Houghton Mifflin in September 2006. It won the Best No...

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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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Antigua & Barbuda Literary Festival 2008 - Was a Blast

I have never attended an event that was more personally fulfilling and fun in my entire life! Participants which included authors like; Antiguan phenom Marie Elena John, ...

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New World of Words: Black Writers and poets spin tales of imagination and reality from Detroit to the world

Originally featured in Detroit’s Cityview Newsmagazine, October 28, 1999 he city’s new slogan announcing, "It’s a great time to be in...

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Brian W. Smith

Brian W. Smith Brian W. Smith is an award-winning, best selling author of fifteen novels. After spending nine years in the U.S. Army, Brian earned two Bachelor’...

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The Ultimate Top 10 Books Lists, Great New Books, Black Classic Press Celebrates 40 Years, and More!

Please join us as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Black Classic Press hosted by the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. We will be celebrating a full weekend, May 18–20. O...

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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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BWABC Literacy Festival

BWABC Literacy Festival Memphis Cook Convention Center Memphis Tennessee 2017 Festival was cancelled “The BWABC Literacy Association will not hold its annual fest...

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Terry McMillan

Terry McMillan Originally from Port Huron, Terry McMillan (born October 18, 1951, fell in love with books as a teenager while working at the local library. She stud...

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Clarence V. Reynolds

Clarence V. Reynolds Clarence V. Reynolds is an independent editor and journalist. He is the former director of Literary Programs at the Center for Black Literature at Me...

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Troy Johnson on #WritersonWriting with Dr. Brenda M. Greene (#Center4BlackLit)

Dr. Brenda Greene interviews Troy Johnson, the founder of the African American Literature Book Club (AALBC) and President of AALBC.com, LLC. Greene and Johnson discuss th...

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Don't Bring Home a White Boy

A couple of days ago I posted a video (below) of Karen Hunter and Karyn Langhorne Folan, who are the publisher and author, respectively, of the book Don't Bring ...

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Patricia Spears Jones

Patricia Spears Jones Born and raised in Arkansas, Patricia Spears Jones aka Patricia Jones is [2024] the New York State Poet Laureate. She is a poet, playwright, educato...

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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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Author Martha Southgate Reflects on the State of African American Fiction

This article was brought to my attention by author Eisa Ulen (www.EisaUlen.com/blog).Author Martha Southgate (http://authors.aalbc.com/martha_southgate.htm) muses about t...

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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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