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Richard Ellmann and Robert O’Clair
Richard Ellmann and Robert O’Clair MULTIPLE Richard Ellmann, an influential literary critic and biographer, and Robert O’Clair, a scholar specializing in modern poetry, were key contributors to the s...
The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry
The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry Richard Ellmann and Robert O’Clair 9780393093575 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry is a significa...
Robert Jackson
Robert Jackson 000000003829384X Robert Jackson, author of “The No More Excuses Curriculum,” is a renowned speaker, educator, and consultant specializing in issues facing African-American and Latino s...
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League Jeff Hobbs 9781476731902 Nonfiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. A heartfelt, and ri...
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace (paperback): A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace (paperback): A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League Jeff Hobbs 9781476731919 Nonfiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. Now a m...
My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle’s Journey to Alvin Ailey
My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle’s Journey to Alvin Ailey Lesa Cline-Ransome 9781481422215 Nonfiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. “In James E. Ransome’s realistic pastel portraits, Bat...
Robert G. Barnes
Robert G. Barnes NONE Dr. Robert and Rosemary Barnes are coauthors, conference speakers, and experts on marriage and family issues. Robert is executive director of Sheridan House Family Ministries an...
Robert Fleming
Robert Fleming 0000000073689743 Support Robert Fleming’s Dialysis Journey Interested in psychology and sociology, I came to writing as a fluke in the early 1970s when a friend, Willard Je...
Robert Hicks
Robert Hicks 000000036837233X Robert Hicks is a New York Times best-selling author, renowned for his works 'The Widow of the South' and 'A Separate Country'. Besides writing, he is a passionate prese...
Memoirs of Robert and Mabel Williams: African American Freedom, Armed Resistance, and International Solidarity
Memoirs of Robert and Mabel Williams: African American Freedom, Armed Resistance, and International Solidarity Robert F. Williams and Mabel R. Williams 9781469680132 Nonfiction University of North Car...
Robert Hayden: Essays On The Poetry (Under Discussion)
Robert Hayden: Essays On The Poetry (Under Discussion) Laurence Goldstein and Robert Chrisman 9780472112333 Poetry University of Michigan Press University of Michigan Press This collection of essays b...
Robert F. Smith
Robert F. Smith NONE Entrepreneur and philanthropist Robert F. Smith contributed insights to the book “Lead Boldly: Seven Principles from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Robert F. Smith is a philanthrop...
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Robert Greene
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Robert Greene MULTIPLE 50 Cent, renowned rapper and entrepreneur, and Robert Greene, acclaimed author and strategist, combine their unique experiences and skills in their...
r.h. Sin and Robert M. Drake
r.h. Sin and Robert M. Drake MULTIPLE R.H. Sin and Robert M. Drake are renowned authors, best known for their emotive poetry and prose that deeply resonate with readers, tackling themes of love, loss...
Robert Fleming and K Kelly McElroy
Robert Fleming and K Kelly McElroy MULTIPLE Explore the profiles of authors Robert Fleming and K Kelly McElroy. Dive into their accomplishments, works, and influences. Learn more about Robert Fleming...
Robert Lee Brewer
Robert Lee Brewer NONE Robert Lee Brewer is a Senior Content Editor at Writer's Digest, author, and was voted Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere in 2011. He is known for his expertise in editing, onlin...
Robert J. Norrell
Robert J. Norrell NONE Robert J. Norrell, an award-winning author and University of Tennessee professor, has written numerous books, including the acclaimed biography “Up from History: The Life of Bo...
Robert Liu-Trujillo
Robert Liu-Trujillo NONE Robert Liu-Trujillo is a California-based author and illustrator, co-founder of The Trust Your Struggle Collective and founder of Come Bien Books. He uses his art to tell cul...
Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa
Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa MULTIPLE Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa are political reporters for The Washington Post. Samuels, who joined in 2011, focuses on politics, policy, and socia...
Robert G. O’Meally
Robert G. O’Meally 0000000108901063 Robert G. O'Meally is a distinguished scholar and the Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is also the fou...
Robert O’Hara
Robert O’Hara 0000000055345883 Playwright and director Robert O'Hara is known for his award-winning works, including the Helen Hayes Award-winning play 'Antebellum'. He revamped 'The Wiz' for its rev...
Robert F. Reid-Pharr
Robert F. Reid-Pharr 0000000055231069 Robert F. Reid-Pharr holds a B.A. in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and both an M.A. in African American studies and a P...
Robert Hayden
Robert Hayden 0000000114660665 Hayden was Named U.S. Poet Laureate for (1976–1978) Robert Hayden (1913-1980) was a renowned African-American poet, essayist, and educator. He was the first Africa...
Robert F. Williams and Mabel R. Williams
Robert F. Williams and Mabel R. Williams MULTIPLE Born in Jim Crow-era Monroe, North Carolina, Robert F. Williams and Mabel R. Williams were the state’s most legendary African American freedom fight...
The First Eight: A Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation
The First Eight: A Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation Robert Fleming Book Review South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn’s The First Eight: A Personal Histo...
Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls’s Voyage Out of Slavery
Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls’s Voyage Out of Slavery Richard Murray Book Review Frederick Douglass once said, “The American Government and the American Constitution are spoken of in a manner ...
Ahdaf Soueif and Omar Robert Hamilton
Ahdaf Soueif and Omar Robert Hamilton MULTIPLE Ahdaf Soueif and Omar Robert Hamilton are renowned authors, known for their impactful contributions to literature. Soueif's work often explores themes o...
Robert Deane Pharr
Robert Deane Pharr 0000000063320993 “…I would let white people look at the black man as he lives when the white man is not looking or listening.” Robert Deane Pharr, born 1916, was ...
James Patterson, Robert Rotstein, Christopher Charles, and Rachel Howzell Hall
James Patterson, Robert Rotstein, Christopher Charles, and Rachel Howzell Hall MULTIPLE "James Patterson, Robert Rotstein, Christopher Charles, and Rachel Howzell Hall are renowned authors, each accl...
Robert Jones, Jr.
Robert Jones, Jr. MULTIPLE Robert Jones, Jr. is a New York-born author with a BFA and MFA from Brooklyn College. He's written for The New York Times and other publications, created the social justice...
Robert’s Rules in Plain English: A Readable, Authoritative, Easy-to-Use Guide to Running Meetings, 2nd Edition
Robert’s Rules in Plain English: A Readable, Authoritative, Easy-to-Use Guide to Running Meetings, 2nd Edition Doris P. Zimmerman 9780060787790 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins A revised edition...
Herb Boyd and Robert L. Allen
Herb Boyd and Robert L. Allen MULTIPLE "Herb Boyd and Robert L. Allen are renowned authors known for their significant contributions to literature. Their works are deeply rooted in highlighting socio...
Earl Lovelace and Robert Antoni
Earl Lovelace and Robert Antoni MULTIPLE Earl Lovelace and Robert Antoni are esteemed authors. Lovelace, from Trinidad, is celebrated for his novels depicting Caribbean life. Antoni, also with Caribb...
Robert Paul Jr.
Robert Paul Jr. NONE Robert Paul Jr., a St. Lucia-born illustrator and character designer, aims to enrich children's lives through storytelling. Now based in Houston, Texas with his family, his work ...
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Kimberly Benston, Brent Hayes Edwards, Frances Smith Foster, Deborah E. McDowell, Robert G. O’Meally, Hortense J. Spillers, and Cheryl A. Wall
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Kimberly Benston, Brent Hayes Edwards, Frances Smith Foster, Deborah E. McDowell, Robert G. O’Meally, Hortense J. Spillers, and Cheryl A. Wal...
The Trial of Robert Mugabe
The Trial of Robert Mugabe Chielo Zona Eze 9780615278117 Fiction Okri Books Okri Books Unable to recall when exactly he died, Robert Mugabe is shocked to be in the presence of God for trial. Facing hi...
Robert Edgerton
Robert Edgerton 0000000114504304 Robert B. Edgerton is a professor at UCLA's Departments of Psychiatry and Anthropology. He served as the president of the Society of Psychological Anthropology and is...
Robert M. Coles
Robert M. Coles NONE Robert M. Coles, born October 12, 1929, is a distinguished author, child psychiatrist, and professor emeritus at Harvard University. Robert M. Coles was born October 12, 1929 and...
Robert Greene
Robert Greene 000000010883135X Robert Greene, born May 14, 1959, is a renowned author known for his international bestsellers on strategy, power, and seduction, including 'The 48 Laws of Power', 'The...
Robert L. Allen
Robert L. Allen 0000000108860791 Robert Lee Allen, born in 1942, is a celebrated author known for his works on racism and social reform. A Morehouse graduate with a Ph.D. in Sociology, he has also se...
Robert M. Drake
Robert M. Drake NONE Robert M. Drake is a renowned American author celebrated for bestsellers like Beautiful Chaos & Black Butterfly. He's also a popular social media figure and self-proclaimed stree...
Robert Torres
Robert Torres NONE Robert Torres is a renowned author known for his captivating storytelling and unique writing style. His works have earned him widespread recognition and acclaim in the literary wor...
Grandmaster Flash with Robert “Scoop” Jackson
Grandmaster Flash with Robert “Scoop” Jackson MULTIPLE Grandmaster Flash with Robert “Scoop” Jackson
Do You Speak American?
Do You Speak American? Robert MacNeil and William Cran 9780385511988 Nonfiction Nan A. Talese Nan A. Talese Is American English in decline? Are regional dialects dying out? Is there a difference betwe...
Barbecue / Bootycandy (TCG Edition)
Barbecue / Bootycandy (TCG Edition) Robert O’Hara 9781559364959 Fiction Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group "Searing and sensationally funny… As raw in its language and raucous i...
Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power
Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power Timothy B. Tyson 9780807849231 Nonfiction University of North Carolina Press University of North Carolina Press This book tells the re...
For the Sake of Soul
For the Sake of Soul Robert Fleming Book Review Sometimes short fiction can be a daunting task for the writer, especially when he decides to confront the challenges of plot, characterization, dialogu...
The Chief: The Story of the Boston Celtics’ Most Enigmatic Icon
The Chief: The Story of the Boston Celtics’ Most Enigmatic Icon Robert Parish 9781637279618 Nonfiction Triumph Books (IL) Triumph Books A memoir of basketball, dedication, and longevity from Boston Ce...
Iceberg Slim
Iceberg Slim 0000000107778710 Iceberg Slim, originally Robert Maupin, was a notorious pimp turned acclaimed author. Known for his icy demeanor and ruthless tactics, he controlled over 400 women durin...
Black Gay Man: Essays
Black Gay Man: Essays Robert F. Reid-Pharr 9780814775035 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press The landmark book that established Robert Reid-Pharr as one of America’s most ex...
Another Africa: Photographs by Robert Lyons
Another Africa: Photographs by Robert Lyons Robert Lyons and Chinua Achebe 9780385490382 Nonfiction Doubleday Penguin Random House Another Africa is a book that fuses photographs, poetry, and text to ...
Negroes With Guns
Negroes With Guns Robert F. Williams 9781639230273 Nonfiction Lushena Books Lushena Books Born in Jim Crow–era Monroe, North Carolina, Robert F. Williams and Mabel R. Williams were the state’s most le...
The Romare Bearden Reader
The Romare Bearden Reader Robert G. O’Meally 9781478000587 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books The Romare Bearden Reader brings together a collection of new essays and c...
This Is Not a Border: Reportage & Reflection from the Palestine Festival of Literature
This Is Not a Border: Reportage & Reflection from the Palestine Festival of Literature Ahdaf Soueif and Omar Robert Hamilton 9781632868848 Fiction Bloomsbury USA Bloomsbury Publishing Writers from Ali...
Award-winning Author and Journalist asha bandele
Award-winning Author and Journalist asha bandele Robert Fleming Interview An award-winning author and journalist, asha bandele first attained recognition when she penned her ...
Zetta Brown: Scotland’s Zane Hits Big in Publishing World
Zetta Brown: Scotland’s Zane Hits Big in Publishing World Robert Fleming Interview The international publishing world is taking notice off Zetta Brown’s red hot L-L Publications with...
Gift of Revelation’s Author Explains his Penchant for Spirituality and how he Overcame Challenges to Produce a Popular Line of Religious Fiction
Gift of Revelation’s Author Explains his Penchant for Spirituality and how he Overcame Challenges to Produce a Popular Line of Religious Fiction Robert Fleming Article Q. Where have you been after ...
My Grandmother’s Erotic Folktales
My Grandmother’s Erotic Folktales Robert Antoni 9780802139009 Fiction Grove Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. Robert Antoni took the literary world by storm with his first novel, Divina Trace, which won the ...
Zoe Johnson
Zoe Johnson NONE Comedy writer and stand-up Zoe Johnson started creating characters at 8. At William & Mary, she brought her humor to the student paper; she now trains at Upright Citizens Brigade (UC...
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Kimberly Benston, Brent Hayes Edwards, Frances Smith Foster, Deborah E. McDowell, Robert G. O'Meally, Hortense J. Spillers, and Cheryl A. Wall
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Kimberly Benston, Brent Hayes Edwards, Frances Smith Foster, Deborah E. McDowell, Robert G. O'Meally, Hortense J. Spillers, and Cheryl A. Wal...
Robert Smalls: Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 3
Robert Smalls: Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 3 Joel Christian Gill 9781682750667 Nonfiction Chicago Review Press Chicago Review Press “Joel Christian Gill’s shows how ordinary people fight for ou...
Robert F. Williams
Robert F. Williams 0000000354196689 Robert Franklin Williams (February 26, 1925 – October 15, 1996) was an influential civil rights leader, author, and advocate of armed self-defense in the fa...
Collected Poems
Collected Poems Robert Hayden 9780871401595 Poetry Liveright W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Robert Hayden (1913-1980) was one of the most important African-American poets of the twentieth century. He le...
Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls’s Voyage Out of Slavery
Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls’s Voyage Out of Slavery Leah Schanke 9780807524282 Fiction Albert Whitman & Company Albert Whitman & Company The true story of one man’s brave plan to free his family fr...
Robert de la Chevotiere
Robert de la Chevotiere NONE Robert de la Chevotiere was a Barbadian poet and educator whose work reflects the rhythms and landscapes of the Caribbean. Active during the mid–20th century, de l...
Robert Livingston
Robert Livingston 0000000450948924 Robert Livingston is a diversity scholar who serves on the faculty of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is the author of The Conve...
Robert Coles
Robert Coles 0000000108597620 Robert Coles (literary scholar & poet) is emeritus associate professor of African-American literature at Hampshire College. He earned his B.A. from Lincoln Universi...
Robert Parish
Robert Parish NONE Robert Parish played in the National Basketball Association from 1976 to 1997, including 14 years with the Boston Celtics. A four-time NBA champion, he was inducted into the Baske...
Antagonistic Cooperation: Jazz, Collage, Fiction, and the Shaping of African American Culture
Antagonistic Cooperation: Jazz, Collage, Fiction, and the Shaping of African American Culture Robert G. O’Meally 9780231189194 Nonfiction Columbia University Press Columbia University Press Ralph Elli...
Elijah Muhammad
Elijah Muhammad 0000000083721495 Elijah Muhammad, born Elijah Poole, was an influential African-American religious leader who led the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in 1975. He was a mento...
Selected Poems of Calvin C. Hernton
Selected Poems of Calvin C. Hernton Robert Fleming Book Review Back in the day, Calvin C. Hernton, a poet, scholar, and essayist, was considered a literary maverick, an outspoken advocate of truth-te...
Lead Boldly: Seven Principles from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lead Boldly: Seven Principles from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Robert F. Smith 9781400244102 Nonfiction HarperCollins Leadership HarperCollins “A guide for those who dare to challenge the status quo a...
Evil Never Sleeps: Tales of Light and Darkness
Evil Never Sleeps: Tales of Light and Darkness Robert Fleming 9780991082315 Fiction Indigo Ink Full Sail Publishing Evil Never Sleeps is a stunning collection of chilling tales, portraying dark, night...
The House Servant’s Directory: An African American Butler’s 1827 Guide
The House Servant’s Directory: An African American Butler’s 1827 Guide Robert Roberts 9780486449050 Nonfiction Dover Publications Dover Publications ""In order to get through your work in proper time,...
The African American Writer’s Handbook: How to Get in Print and Stay in Print
The African American Writer’s Handbook: How to Get in Print and Stay in Print Robert Fleming 9780345423276 Nonfiction Random House Penguin Random House With African Americans writing and buying books ...
Archives of Flesh: African America, Spain, and Post-Humanist Critique
Archives of Flesh: African America, Spain, and Post-Humanist Critique Robert F. Reid-Pharr 9781479843626 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press Enlists the principles of post-h...
Uptown Conversation: The New Jazz Studies
Uptown Conversation: The New Jazz Studies Robert G. O’Meally 9780231123518 Nonfiction Columbia University Press Columbia University Press Jackson Pollock dancing to the music as he painted; Romare Bea...
New Essays on Invisible Man
New Essays on Invisible Man Robert G. O’Meally 9780521313698 Nonfiction Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press Published less than fifty years ago, Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man shares ...
Bob Johnson: The “Urban Movie Channel” Interview
Bob Johnson: The “Urban Movie Channel” Interview Kam Williams Interview Robert L. “Bob” Johnson is the Founder and Chairman of The RLJ Companies, an innovative business network tha...
Pursuing Alexander Pushkin, A Memoir
Pursuing Alexander Pushkin, A Memoir Robert Coles 9781569028896 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Pursuing Alexander Pushkin is the story of a scholar/poet whose lif...
Trinidad Noir: The Classics (Akashic Noir)
Trinidad Noir: The Classics (Akashic Noir) Earl Lovelace and Robert Antoni 9781617754357 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Classic stories by: C.L.R. James, Derek Walcott, Samuel Selvon, Eric Roach,...
Carnival: A Novel
Carnival: A Novel Robert Antoni 9780802170057 Fiction Black Cat Grove Atlantic, Inc. Robert Antoni has established himself as one of the most innovative voices to emerge from the Caribbean and the Ame...
Play the Game. Change the Game. Leave the Game.: Pathways to Black Empowerment, Prosperity, and Joy
Play the Game. Change the Game. Leave the Game.: Pathways to Black Empowerment, Prosperity, and Joy Robert Livingston 9798217085972 Nonfiction Crown Currency Penguin Random House Instead of waiting fo...
Solving the World’s Problems
Solving the World’s Problems Robert Lee Brewer 9781935708902 Poetry Press 53 Press 53 The "World" in Robert Lee Brewer’s Solving the World’s Problems is a slippery world … where chaos always hovers ne...
Once You Go Black: Choice, Desire, and the Black American Intellectual
Once You Go Black: Choice, Desire, and the Black American Intellectual Robert F. Reid-Pharr 9780814775844 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press 2007 Lambda Literary Award Fina...
The Billion Dollar BET: Robert Johnson and the Inside Story of Black Entertainment Television
The Billion Dollar BET: Robert Johnson and the Inside Story of Black Entertainment Television Brett Pulley 9780471423638 Nonfiction Wiley Wiley Praise for The Billion Dollar BET "In a gripping narrat...
Reflections of a Black Cowboy: Pioneers
Reflections of a Black Cowboy: Pioneers Robert H. Miller 9781933491028 Fiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. The exciting adventures of Black cowboys, pioneers, soldiers, and other frontiersmen ...
The Sole Provider: Thirty Years of Nike Basketball
The Sole Provider: Thirty Years of Nike Basketball Robert “Scoop” Jackson 9781576871614 Nonfiction PowerHouse Books PowerHouse Books Designed with Nike’s trademark visually striking graphics, Sole Pro...
Wisdom of the Elders
Wisdom of the Elders Robert Fleming 9780345409751 Nonfiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House "Know whence you came. If you know whence you came, there is really no limit to where you can go....
What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America
What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America Michael Eric Dyson 9781250199416 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers A ...
The 48 Laws of Power
The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene 9780140280197 Nonfiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for a...
We Need to Talk
We Need to Talk Robert G. Barnes 9780310208051 Fiction Zondervan HarperCollins Christian Publishing Marriage-enrichment specialists Robert and Rosemary Barnes show you how to overcome roadblocks to co...
Conversations With Octavia Butler
Conversations With Octavia Butler Robert Fleming Book Review As the sole major black female author of science fiction throughout her career, Octavia Butler reshaped the fictional world of fantasy ...
Dr. No
Dr. No Robert Fleming Book Review “…a hilarious, fantastic satire of our times and culture.” —Robert Fleming Bestselling author Percival Everett is a literary alchemist wi...
Dark Town Redemption: Inspired By True Events
Dark Town Redemption: Inspired By True Events Gary Hardwick 9780972480413 Fiction HardBooks Publishing HardBooks Publishing Anger… Fire… and Murder. A boy is killed in 1967 Detroit after the worse ri...
The 50th Law
The 50th Law Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Robert Greene 9780061774607 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins In The 50th Law, hip hop and pop culture icon 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) joins forces with Rober...
Tajuana “TJ” Butler
Tajuana “TJ” Butler NONE Tajuana “TJ” Butler-Jackson, founder of Lavelle Publishing, is honing her skills as an actor and director. She's completed her first short film and lives in Indianapolis with...
Robert Gossett - "The Closer" Interview
Robert Gossett - "The Closer" Interview Kam Williams Interview Born in The Bronx on March 3, 1954, Robert Gossett landed his first professional gig soon after graduating from high schoo...
Empty Bottles Full of Stories
Empty Bottles Full of Stories r.h. Sin and Robert M. Drake 9781449496470 Poetry Andrews McMeel Publishing Andrews McMeel Publishing A joint poetry collection from the virally popular and bestselling p...