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The King of No: A Financial Firefighter
The King of No: A Financial Firefighter Robert Fleming Book Review Following 38 years in the investment business, Loyall Wilson assembles some of his financial know-how in this slender book, accumula...
The Blackbird Papers
The Blackbird Papers Thumper Book Review It never fails that every year there is one book in which the book’s good publicity reaches me before the book does. This year one of the books is Ian ...
Meeting David Wilson
Meeting David Wilson Kam Williams meetin7.jpg Film Review MSNBC Special to Feature Reunion of Blacks and Whites Linked to Ancestors from Same Slave Plantation Meeting David Wilson Unrated...
Reversal of Trends: A Black Man’s Journey across the Mason-Dixon Line
Reversal of Trends: A Black Man’s Journey across the Mason-Dixon Line Robert Fleming Book Review Often, memoirs can be self-indulgent, unimaginative, and a cheesy promotion of self. That’s not ...
Stagolee Shot Billy
Stagolee Shot Billy Thumper Book Review It was because of my mother’s and aunt Janice’s love of 60’s soul music that I first encountered and fell in love with Wilson Pickett singin...
Place of Cool Waters
Place of Cool Waters Michael A. Gonzales Book Review As a book critic, I rarely know what to expect when handed a project to review. There are veteran writers who drop projects that make me question ...
If My Hair Had a Voice
If My Hair Had a Voice Lisa Y? Wilson Book Review When another comb loses the battle with Kimya’s natural coils, feeling shame she apologizes and asks, “Can’t we just straighten it?...
Harlem Honey
Harlem Honey Lisa Y? Wilson Book Review In Harlem Honey: The Adventures of a Curious Kid, the story begins as Moses and his parents have recently moved to Harlem, away from the comfort and familiarit...
Beautiful Ugly (Urban Christian)
Beautiful Ugly (Urban Christian) Idrissa Uqdah Book Review Not Just Another Girlfriends’ Tale Lipsey’s fourth and most recent Christian novel, Beautiful Ugly is chock full of emo...
Isaac and the Bah Family Tree
Isaac and the Bah Family Tree Kam Williams Book Review ’There was a tree that stood alone in the Bah family backyard. Thick, brown bark covered the trunk, while the gently swa...
