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Phillis Wheatley Book Awards
Phillis Wheatley Book Awards TBD Harlem New York This annual award, named for the first published African-American female writer, is given for literary work and literary advocacy that transcends cultu...
Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley 0000000121244897 Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784) was the first published African-American female poet, originally enslaved but later emancipated by the Wheatley family. Despite her d...
Phillis Wheatley, Complete Writings
Phillis Wheatley, Complete Writings Phillis Wheatley 9780140424300 Fiction Penguin Classics Penguin Random House The extraordinary writings of Phillis Wheatley, a slave girl turned published poetIn 17...
Heav’nly Tidings From the Afric Muse: The Grace and Genius of Phillis Wheatley Poet Laureate of the American Revolution
Heav’nly Tidings From the Afric Muse: The Grace and Genius of Phillis Wheatley Poet Laureate of the American Revolution Richard Kigel 9781557789280 Nonfiction Paragon House Paragon House Foreword by N...
The Age of Phillis
The Age of Phillis Honoree Fanonne Jeffers 9780819579492 Poetry Wesleyan University Press Wesleyan University Press Poems imagine the life and times of Phillis Wheatley In 1773, a young, African Ameri...
The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley (The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers)
The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley (The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers) Phillis Wheatley 9780195060850 Poetry Oxford University Press Oxford University Press The past...
J. A. Faulkerson
J. A. Faulkerson NONE J.A. Faulkerson is a Northern Virginia-based writer known for classics like Adinkrahene and Real Men Raise CHAMPIONS. He's a Phillis Wheatley Book Award finalist and has recentl...
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards Troy Johnson Article All Photos © 2013 AALBC.com, LLC - Feel free to use them but please provide a photo credit to Troy Johnson, AALBC.com and a link...
Top 50 Authors, Bestselling Books, and More
Top 50 Authors, Bestselling Books, and More Troy Johnson Article 50 Favorite African-American Authors of the 20th Century 1,826 readers cast votes, back in 2001, for their favorite African-Ameri...
Richard Kigel
Richard Kigel NONE Richard Kigel is an experienced literacy professional and veteran teacher with a focus on inspiring students in reading and writing. He is notable for his revealing article on Phil...
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’s flagship Black literary...
Geri Spencer Hunter
Geri Spencer Hunter NONE Geri Spencer Hunter is an award-winning writer and co-founder of The Sacramento Black Nurses Association. A retired nurse from Iowa, she has authored two novels and contribut...
Deborah Davis
Deborah Davis 0000000109357178 Deborah Davis is an acclaimed author of seven non-fiction books, including the authorized history of The Oprah Winfrey Show and Guest of Honor, a Phillis Wheatley Award...
John A. Williams Acceptance Speech - The King Alfred Plan
John A. Williams Acceptance Speech - The King Alfred Plan Author Interviews Learn More about John A. Williams' Work Here: https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=John+A.+Williams The 1st Ph...
Susan Keeter
Susan Keeter NONE Susan Keeter has illustrated over a dozen titles, including picture books on Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman and 18th-century poet Phillis Wheatley. Susan Keeter has ...
Fabu Phillis Carter
Fabu Phillis Carter NONE Poet Fabu was appointed Madison's Poet Laureate in 2008 and served in that position until 2012. Fabu Phillis Carter, professionally known as Poet Fabu, was appointed Madison’...
Daughters of Africa
Daughters of Africa Margaret Busby 9780345382689 Fiction Ballantine Books Penguin Random House An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from Ancient Egyptian to the...
Early Negro Writing - 1760-1837
Early Negro Writing - 1760-1837 Dorothy Porter 9780933121591 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press In Early Negro Writing, first published in 1971, Dorothy Porter presents a rare and indi...
Cold Case True Crime: A Mystery Novel
Cold Case True Crime: A Mystery Novel Denise N. Wheatley 9781335489005 Fiction Harlequin Intrigue Harlequin Enterprises Limited True Crime Is Her Beat. But This Cold Case Is Personal… Samant...
Denise N. Wheatley
Denise N. Wheatley NONE Denise N. Wheatley is a lover of happily-ever-afters and the art of storytelling. She has written (and ghostwritten) numerous novels and novellas that run the romance gamut, ...
Osonye Tess Onwueme
Osonye Tess Onwueme 0000000114408785 Dr. Osonye Tess Onwueme, a University Professor of Global Letters at the University of Wisconsin, is a renowned author with several prestigious awards including t...
Er Doc’s Las Vegas Reunion
Er Doc’s Las Vegas Reunion Denise N. Wheatley 9781335595270 Fiction Harlequin Medical Romance Larger Print Harlequin Enterprises Limited Will She Roll the Dice on a Second Chance When She’s Reunited w...
Saharra K. Sandhu
Saharra K. Sandhu NONE Saharra K. Sandhu is a scientist-turned-romance writer, known for weaving South American and Caribbean folklore into her novels. Her debut, “Daughter Of The Missing”, is a Whea...
Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
Honoree Fanonne Jeffers 0000000021030293 Honoree Fanonne Jeffers is a renowned poet known for her work on culture, religion, history, and family. With five books to her name, including the acclaimed ...
African American Literary Awards Show 2006
African American Literary Awards Show 2006 African American Literary Awards Show 2006 THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. Visit htt...
2007 African American Literary Awards Show
2007 African American Literary Awards Show 2007 African American Literary Awards Show 2007 African American Literary Awards Show THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HE...
Arisa White
Arisa White NONE Arisa White, an acclaimed poet and assistant professor at Colby College, is known for her work that centers queer and trans narratives. She is a Cave Canem graduate, a multiple award...
2008 African American Literary Awards Show
2008 African American Literary Awards Show 2008 African American Literary Awards Show The 4th Annual African American Literary Awards Show 2008 Group shot from the 2008 Awards Show _...
We Eat to Remember: Soul Food Poetry
We Eat to Remember: Soul Food Poetry Fabu Phillis Carter 9781949958553 Nonfiction Ironer's Press Ironer's Press We Eat to Remember: Soul Food Poetry is about the historical and cultural connections th...
The Loss of All Lost Things
The Loss of All Lost Things Amina Gautier 9781932418569 Fiction Elixir Press Elixir Press Winner of the Chicago Public Library’s 21st Century Award.Winner of a Royal Palm Literary AwardWinner of the F...
The Black Box (paperback): Writing the Race
The Black Box (paperback): Writing the Race Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 9780593299807 Nonfiction Penguin Publishing Group Penguin Random House A New York Times Notable Book “Henry Louis Gates is a natio...
Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War
Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War Vincent Brown 9780674260290 Nonfiction Belknap Press Harvard University Press Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winner of the James A. Rawley ...
Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution
Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution Gretchen Woelfle 9781629793061 Nonfiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group The lives of...
City of Eternal Spring (Pitt Poetry Series)
City of Eternal Spring (Pitt Poetry Series) Afaa Michael Weaver 9780822963257 Poetry University of Pittsburgh Press University of Pittsburgh Press Winner of the 2015 Phillis Wheatley Book Award (poetr...
Every Day Is For The Thief: Fiction
Every Day Is For The Thief: Fiction Teju Cole 9780812995787 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY DWIGHT GARNER, THE NEW YORK TIMES • NAMED ONE OF THE...
Omar Tyree
Omar Tyree 0000000063866005 Omar Tyree, a.k.a. The Urban Griot is a New York Times best-selling author, journalist, lecturer, poet, screenwriter, songwriter, playwright, host, blogger, publishing con...
Taking Over Wall Street with Books by Charisse Carney-Nunes
Taking Over Wall Street with Books by Charisse Carney-Nunes Charisse Carney-Nunes Article The Lit Bit Wall Street is in for another invasion… no, not just more protestors armed with ...
The Black Box: Writing the Race
The Black Box: Writing the Race Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 9780593299784 Nonfiction Penguin Press Penguin Random House “Henry Louis Gates is a national treasure. Here, he returns with an intellectual and ...
Shine Bright: A Personal History of Black Women in Pop
Shine Bright: A Personal History of Black Women in Pop Danyel Smith 9780593132715 Nonfiction Roc Lit 101 Penguin Random House American pop music is arguably this country’s greatest cultural contributi...
Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature Farah Jasmine Griffin 9780393651904 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Farah Jasmine Griffin has...
Blue Laws: Selected and Uncollected Poems, 1995-2015
Blue Laws: Selected and Uncollected Poems, 1995-2015 Kevin Young 9780385351508 Poetry Knopf Penguin Random House A rich and lively gathering of highlights from the first twenty years of an extraordina...
Nate Powell
Nate Powell 0000000078269174 Nate Powell, born in 1978, is a New York Times best-selling graphic novelist known for “March,” the autobiography of John Lewis. A self-publisher from age 14, Powell's aw...
Black Bell
Black Bell Alison C. Rollins 9781556597008 Poetry Copper Canyon Press Copper Canyon Press Sweeping from the eighteenth century to futurist fabulations, Black Bell harmonizes poetry with performance ar...
Trailblazers, Black Women Who Helped Make America Great, 3: American Firsts/American Icons, Volume 3
Trailblazers, Black Women Who Helped Make America Great, 3: American Firsts/American Icons, Volume 3 Gabrielle David 9781734618150 Nonfiction 2Leaf Press 2Leaf Press The third volume in the Trailblaze...
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song Kevin Young 9781598536669 Poetry Library of America Library of America A Library of America AnthologyA literary landmark: the biggest, most ambiti...
Revolution in Our Lifetime: A Short History of the Black Panther Party
Revolution in Our Lifetime: A Short History of the Black Panther Party Donna Murch 9781784787004 Nonfiction Verso Books Verso Books Donna Murch is an Associate Professor of history at Rutgers Universi...
Say Her Name
Say Her Name Zetta Elliott 9781368045247 Nonfiction Jump At The Sun Jump At The Sun Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Forum, these poems pay tribute to victi...
The Place of Broken Things
The Place of Broken Things Linda Addison and Alessandro Manzetti 9781646338573 Poetry Crystal Lake Publishing Crystal Lake Publishing Read an Interview with the Poets Bram Stoker Award® winners...
Thursday Night Lights: The Story of Black High School Football in Texas
Thursday Night Lights: The Story of Black High School Football in Texas Michael Hurd 9781477310342 Nonfiction University of Texas Press University of Texas Press At a time when "Friday night lights" s...
These Truly Are the Brave: An Anthology of African American Writings on War and Citizenship
These Truly Are the Brave: An Anthology of African American Writings on War and Citizenship A Yemisi Jimoh and Francoise Hamlin 9780813060224 Nonfiction University Press of Florida University Press of...
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature Third Ed. Vol. 1
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature Third Ed. Vol. 1 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Valerie A. Smith 9780393923698 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. An excitin...
Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry
Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry Camille T. Dungy 9780820332772 Poetry University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press Black Nature is the first anthology to focu...
The Pioneers (Poetry from the Masters)
The Pioneers (Poetry from the Masters) Wade Hudson 9780940975965 Poetry Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. Surveying more than 200 years of poetic creativity in Black America, Poetry from the Masters: ...
African-American Poetry: An Anthology, 1773-1927 (Dover Thrift Editions)
African-American Poetry: An Anthology, 1773-1927 (Dover Thrift Editions) Joan R. Sherman 9780486296043 Poetry Dover Publications Dover Publications Rich selection of 74 poems ranging from the religiou...
The Oxford Companion to African American Literature
The Oxford Companion to African American Literature William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, and Trudier Harris 9780195065107 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Here indeed ...
How I Wrote Jubilee: And Other Essays on Life and Literature
How I Wrote Jubilee: And Other Essays on Life and Literature Maryemma Graham 9781558610040 Nonfiction The Feminist Press The Feminist Press In this first comprehensive collection of autobiographical a...
Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the “Racial“ Self
Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the “Racial“ Self Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 9780195060744 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press For over two centuries, critics and the black comm...
Belly Song and Other Poems
Belly Song and Other Poems Etheridge Knight 9780910296885 Poetry Broadside Press Broadside Press Here indeed is the pantheon of African American writers—Phillis Wheatley and Sojourner Truth, Frederick...
Preyed Upon
Preyed Upon Denise N. Wheatley 9781335457493 Fiction Harlequin Intrigue Harlequin Enterprises Limited Her Presence Is a Threat to People in Her Hometown Forced into early retirement from the Chic...
Hometown Homicide
Hometown Homicide Denise N. Wheatley 9781335456953 Fiction Harlequin Intrigue Harlequin Enterprises Limited Can a Rookie Help a Veteran Cop Catch a Diabolical Killer? The hunt for the murderer of...
2015 AAMBC Literary Awards
2015 AAMBC Literary Awards 2015 AAMBC Literary Awards 2015 AAMBC LIterary Awards Related Links
2009 African American Literary Awards Show
2009 African American Literary Awards Show 2009 African American Literary Awards Show 2009 African American Literary Awards Show Visit http://www.literaryawardshow.co...
38th NAACP Image Awards (2007)
38th NAACP Image Awards (2007) Kam Williams Article Image Awards Upstaged by Resignation of NAACP President 38th NAACP Image Awards (2007) by Kam Williams &nb...
Heart-Shaped Murders
Heart-Shaped Murders Denise N. Wheatley 9781335489661 Fiction Harlequin Intrigue Harlequin Enterprises Limited Catching Serial Killers Is Her Specialty Until One Follows Her Home Attacked and ...
Love at the Icicle Cafe
Love at the Icicle Cafe Denise N. Wheatley 9781952560774 Fiction Tule Publishing Tule Publishing Can an Icicle-Themed Festival Thaw the Most Unlikely Hearts? California lawyer Mina Richards spent...
Danger in the Nevada Desert
Danger in the Nevada Desert Denise N. Wheatley 9781335582690 Fiction Harlequin Intrigue Harlequin Enterprises Limited A Killer’s Terrorizing River Valley… And Its Newest Sergeant. With a seria...
Backcountry Cover-Up: A Mystery Novel
Backcountry Cover-Up: A Mystery Novel Denise N. Wheatley 9781335582331 Fiction Harlequin Intrigue Harlequin Enterprises Limited Can They Find Justice Before One of Them Dies? When her body is ...
Bayou Christmas Disappearance
Bayou Christmas Disappearance Denise N. Wheatley 9781335489302 Fiction Harlequin Intrigue Harlequin Enterprises Limited Working Together to Find a Kidnapped Victim. Mona Avery is determined to in...
She Gets What She Wants
She Gets What She Wants Denise N. Wheatley 9781952560606 Fiction Tule Publishing Tule Publishing The First Rule of Conquering Hollywood? Get There. Newspaper columnist Devon Jacobs is hiding more...
Wards of the Women
Wards of the Women Denise N. Wheatley 9781487425463 Fiction Extasy Books Extasy Books Wards of the Women introduces three desperate girlfriends who, on the surface, appear to have it all, but undernea...
My Unconditional Valentine
My Unconditional Valentine Denise N. Wheatley 9781487424275 Fiction Extasy Books Extasy Books Interracial entertainment industry “it” couple Sasha Williams and Drake Lancaster are still going strong. ...
I Wish I Never Met You: Dating the Shiftless, Stupid, and Ugly a Novel
I Wish I Never Met You: Dating the Shiftless, Stupid, and Ugly a Novel Denise N. Wheatley 9780743250566 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. Preston the Project Mishap Ernest the Undercover Su...
Story of Phyllis Wheatley: The Poetess of the American Revolution
Story of Phyllis Wheatley: The Poetess of the American Revolution Shirley Graham Du Bois 9780671297626 Nonfiction Pocket Books Pocket Books
Larry Wilmore the World's Funniest MC (2016 National Book Awards)
Larry Wilmore the World's Funniest MC (2016 National Book Awards) Literary Events Larry Wilmore's opening routine to kick off The 67th National Book Awards Ceremony (Academy Awards of the book world)....
Nominee Shares Her Experience at the 2015 NAACP Image Awards Ceremony for Outstanding Literary Work
Nominee Shares Her Experience at the 2015 NAACP Image Awards Ceremony for Outstanding Literary Work Gwen Richardson Article African-American authors rarely receive national recognition for their work...
Go On Girl! Book Club Author Awards Weekend
Go On Girl! Book Club Author Awards Weekend Charlotte North Carolina The first Author Awards were presented in 1992 as a small event held in Brooklyn, New York to recognize those authors and publishe...
Kei Miller
Kei Miller 000000037003708X Jamaican author, Kei Miller, born in 1978, writes across various genres including novels, essays, and poetry. His works have been shortlisted for several awards and he has...
Donna L. Washington
Donna L. Washington 0000000067719053 Donna L. Washington is a professional storyteller, multiple-award-winning recording artist, and children’s book author (Boo Stew). She performs at festivals, sch...
N. K. Jemisin
N. K. Jemisin 0000000107503776 Jemisin, in 2018, Became the Only Writer to Win 3 Best Novel Hugo Awards in Consecutive Years (note) Nora K. Jemisin, born in 1972, is a renowned speculative fiction aut...
National Book Award - 5 Under 35
National Book Award - 5 Under 35 Video coverage of the 2013 National Book Awards a5 Under 35 The 2013 National Book Awards 5 Under 35 AALBC.com attended three; the 5 Under 35 book party; the Natio...
36 African-American Nominees for National Book Awards
36 African-American Nominees for National Book Awards Troy Johnson Article November 11, 2015 Update: A complete list of National Book Award Honorees, of African descent, is now available. The mi...
National Book Awards
National Book Awards Cipriani Wall Street New York New York Attendance by invitation only. All of the authors of African descent who have won a National Book Award. Watch vidoes the 67th annual Nati...
W. Paul Coates Literarian Award Acceptance Speech from the 2024 National Book Awards
W. Paul Coates Literarian Award Acceptance Speech from the 2024 National Book Awards W. Paul Coates Article Watch a Video of Walter Mosleys’s Introduction and Paul Coates Acceptance Speech. ...
Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold 0000000078615604 Faith Ringgold was a multi-disciplinary artist and professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego. Known for her work in painting, writing, and sculptur...
Go On Girl! Book Club's 22nd Annual Author Awards
Go On Girl! Book Club's 22nd Annual Author Awards Literary Events Tracey Y. Smith, National Media & Author Relations Chairperson for Go On Girl! Book Club highlights their 22nd Annual Author Awards ce...
James McBride: Acceptance Speech 2013 National Book Awards
James McBride: Acceptance Speech 2013 National Book Awards Literary Events Learn More at: https://aalbc.com/content.php?title=Coverage+of+the+64th+National+Book+Awards+2013 Fiction selection committee...
Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith 000000012276857X Zadie Smith, born Sadie Smith in 1975, is a renowned British author of Jamaican-English heritage. Her debut novel, “White Teeth,” won numerous awards, and subsequent nove...
Happy New Year From AALBC.com’s Troy Johnson
Happy New Year From AALBC.com’s Troy Johnson Troy Johnson Article 2013, what a year! With so many great new books and films last year, there was a lot to celebrate. We also extended our reach through...
The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-2009: 40Th Anniversary (Coretta Scott King Awards Book)
The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-2009: 40Th Anniversary (Coretta Scott King Awards Book) Henrietta M. Smith 9780838935842 Nonfiction Amer Library Assn Editions American Library Association Coincidi...
Jacquelin Thomas
Jacquelin Thomas NONE Award-winning author Jacquelin Thomas has published over 50 titles across romance, women’s fiction, inspirational, and young adult genres. She's received multiple awards includi...
Nick Chiles
Nick Chiles 0000000034375194 Nick Chiles is a renowned author and journalist, specializing in African-American culture and celebrity. Co-author of the NAACP Image Awards finalist book 'Justice While ...
Highlighting Books Needed for Survival
Highlighting Books Needed for Survival Troy Johnson Article Our August 23rd Newsletter is Sponsored by Knopf Expanding Awards Section Our lists of award winning books have greatly increased i...
Beverly Jenkins
Beverly Jenkins 000000011691928X Beverly Jenkins, a USA TODAY bestselling author, is renowned for her African-American historical romance fiction, mainly set in the 19th century. With over thirty nov...
Bill Withers
Bill Withers 000000006309931X Bill Withers was a singer-songwriter and musician. He received numerous awards in his lifetime and won three GRAMMY Awards. William Harrison Withers Jr. (July 4, 1938 &...
Cheryl Wills
Cheryl Wills NONE Cheryl Wills is an acclaimed anchor for New York 1 News, author, and public speaker. Known for her coverage of significant events like 9/11, she's also authored “Die Free: A Heroic ...
D-Knowledge
D-Knowledge NONE 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. Straddling the worlds of enter...
Vanessa L. Williams
Vanessa L. Williams 000000011462842X Vanessa Lynn Williams, born March 18, 1963, is a multi-talented actor, singer, fashion designer and author. She made history as the first African-American Miss Am...
Rasheda Ashanti Malcolm
Rasheda Ashanti Malcolm NONE Rasheda Ashanti Malcolm is a celebrated writer, playwright, and founder of Candace Magazine. She's received awards including the National Black Women Achievement Awards a...
Gina Prince-Bythewood The “Beyond the Lights” Interview (October 2014)
Gina Prince-Bythewood The “Beyond the Lights” Interview (October 2014) Kam Williams Interview Gina Prince-Bythewood The “Beyond the Lights” Interview (October 2014) Born on June 10, 1969, Gina M...
Vicangelo Bulluck
Vicangelo Bulluck Kam Williams Interview Hollywood Power Broker Invest in NAACP Image Awards Vicangelo Bulluck Vicangelo Bulluck The NAACP Image Awards Interview wit...