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Tony Medina, Samiya Bashir, and Quraysh Ali Lansana
Tony Medina, Samiya Bashir, and Quraysh Ali Lansana MULTIPLE Tony Medina, Samiya Bashir, and Quraysh Ali Lansana are renowned authors, recognized for their significant contributions to literature. Th...
Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera
Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera MULTIPLE "Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera are renowned authors known for their significant contribution in the literature field. Their works reflect deep societa...
Death, With Occasional Smiling
Death, With Occasional Smiling Tony Medina 9781945023262 Poetry Indolent Books Indolent Books Read a Review of Death, With Occasional Smiling at Mosaic Magazine. The electrifying body of poems in ...
Tony Medina
Tony Medina 0000000111019127 Tony Medina (Photo: WideVision Photography) was born in the South Bronx, raised in the Throgs Neck Housing Projects, and currently lives in the Washington, D...
Broke Baroque
Broke Baroque Tony Medina 9780988476356 Fiction 2Leaf Press 2Leaf Press BROKE BAROQUE is the third in a series of Broke Books by award-winning poet, Tony Medina. With razor sharp scatological whimsy,...
My Old Man Was Always On The Lam
My Old Man Was Always On The Lam Tony Medina 9781935520368 Poetry NYQ Books NYQ Books Poetry. African American Studies. MY OLD MAN WAS ALWAYS ON THE LAM is a blues memoir in verse. With brutal honesty...
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy Tony Medina 9780998799940 Fiction Penny Candy Books Penny Candy Books Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy by Tony Medina offers a fresh perspective of young...
The President Looks Like Me & Other Poems
The President Looks Like Me & Other Poems Tony Medina 9781933491943 Poetry Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. The election of Barack Obama, the first African-American President of the United States, ma...
Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose
Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose MULTIPLE Tony and Yvonne Rose are the producers of the 2006 African American Pavilion and run Amber Communications Group, Inc. together. Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose P...
Cody Ziglar, John Ridley, Anthony Piper, and Paco Medina
Cody Ziglar, John Ridley, Anthony Piper, and Paco Medina MULTIPLE "Cody Ziglar, John Ridley, Anthony Piper, and Paco Medina are renowned authors and creatives, each contributing significantly to thei...
Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam
Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera 9780609808405 Poetry Broadway Books Penguin Random House Bum Rush the Page is a groundbreaking collection, capturing the best new...
Tony Rose
Tony Rose 000000005879297X AALBC Mourns the Passing of Tony Rose Tony Rose (October 11, 1950 – May 27, 2025) was the Publisher and CEO of Amber Communications Group, Inc. the nation’s large...
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2013): Impact Beyond Boundaries
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2013): Impact Beyond Boundaries Clarence V. Reynolds 21551758v4 Fiction Center for Black Literature Medgar Evers College Fall& /& Winter 2013 “Impact ...
An Onion Of Wars
An Onion Of Wars Tony Medina 9780883783306 Poetry Third World Press Third World Press Tony Medina’s latest collection of poetry is satirical and surprising commentary on contemporary issues facing you...
Follow-Up Letters to Santa From Kids Who Never Got a Response
Follow-Up Letters to Santa From Kids Who Never Got a Response Tony Medina 9780940975750 Fiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. Every Christmas, millions of children wait impatiently for the arrival...
Sermons from the Smell of a Carcass Condemned to Begging
Sermons from the Smell of a Carcass Condemned to Begging Tony Medina 9780965473828 Poetry Long Shot Productions Long Shot Productions Poetry. Sermons from the Smell of a Carcass Condemned to Begging i...
The Sight of the 360 Event
The Sight of the 360 Event Troy Johnson Article I never did identify all the folks in the photos below (Troy's note: 1/24/2026) , Toni Asante Lightfoot, Kalamu ya Salaam, , , wad...
Black Photographers Annual, Volume 2
Black Photographers Annual, Volume 2 Joe Crawford 9780913564035 Nonfiction Black Photographers Annual, Inc. Black Photographers Annual, Inc. Beuford Smith, who cofounded The Black Photographers Annua...
The Black Photographers Annual 1973
The Black Photographers Annual 1973 Joe Crawford 9780913564011 Nonfiction Black Photographers Annual, Inc. Black Photographers Annual, Inc. Beuford Smith, who cofounded The Black Photographers Annual...
Black Photographers Annual, Volume 3
Black Photographers Annual, Volume 3 Joe Crawford 9780913564042 Nonfiction Black Photographers Annual, Inc. Black Photographers Annual, Inc. “…a study of means, and styles, of confrontation — past, pr...
How the Boogeyman Became a Poet
How the Boogeyman Became a Poet Tony Keith Jr. 9780063296008 Nonfiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins Odyssey Award for Audiobook Excellence Winner Poet, writer, and hip-hop educator Tony Keith Jr...
Tony Brown
Tony Brown 0000000109292618 Tony Brown, born April 11, 1933, is a renowned journalist, academician, entrepreneur, and author. He is best known for his commentary on the long-running PBS series, Tony ...
Tony Keith Jr.
Tony Keith Jr. NONE Tony Keith Jr. is a Black American gay poet, spoken word artist, and hip-hop educational leader. Tony also CEO of Ed Emcee Academy and lives with his husband, Harry Christian III,...
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AALBC.com eNewsletter - August 1st 2012 - #193
AALBC.com eNewsletter - August 1st 2012 - #193 Troy Johnson Article Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle Help AALBC.com support our...
Ron Kavanaugh
Ron Kavanaugh NONE Ron Kavanaugh is a literary activist who founded Mosaic Books and the Literary Freedom Project (LFP), a non-profit supporting the literary arts. Through LFP, he launched Mosaic Lit...
NAACP Image Award Winner, Tony Rose pens, “America the Black Point of View”
NAACP Image Award Winner, Tony Rose pens, “America the Black Point of View” Troy Johnson Article An Autobiographical History Book by, NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Literature, Tony Rose ...
Black Lies, White Lies: The Truth According to Tony Brown
Black Lies, White Lies: The Truth According to Tony Brown Tony Brown 9780688151317 Nonfiction William Morrow Paperbacks HarperCollins PBS television commentator and syndicated radio talk-show host Ton...
The Black Arts Movement’s Attack on W.E.B. Du Bois’ Theory of Double Consciousness
The Black Arts Movement’s Attack on W.E.B. Du Bois’ Theory of Double Consciousness Tony Lindsay Article Tony Lindsay There have been two major Black literary movements in American history: The...
Kisha Green
Kisha Green NONE Kisha Green is a multi-talented literary consultant and promoter dedicated to turning authors' dreams into published realities. Since 2006, she's written novels, hosted award-winning...
Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Black Literature and Art
Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Black Literature and Art Tony Medina, Samiya Bashir, and Quraysh Ali Lansana 9780883782392 Nonfiction Third World Press Third World Press ""...
Black Photographers Annual, Volume 4
Black Photographers Annual, Volume 4 Joe Crawford 9780913564073 Nonfiction Another View, Inc. Another View, Inc. Beuford Smith, who cofounded The Black Photographers Annual with Joe Crawford, has mad...
The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently
The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently Tony Dungy 9781414338040 Nonfiction Tyndale Momentum Tyndale House “Your only job is to help your players be better.” That...
Tony Ginyard
Tony Ginyard NONE Tony Ginyard is a former US Air Force Law Enforcement Specialist from Philadelphia. He has lived in Europe, California, Texas, and New Jersey, and now resides in South Philadelphia ...
Tony Platt and Paul Takagi
Tony Platt and Paul Takagi MULTIPLE Tony Platt and Paul Takagi are renowned authors known for their significant contributions in the field of social sciences. Their work primarily focuses on social j...
Tony Hillery
Tony Hillery NONE Tony Hillery, founder and executive director of Harlem Grown, began his journey in 2011, transforming a vacant lot in Harlem into a thriving urban farm. He is based in New York and ...
Marcus Mosiah Garvey and Tony Martin
Marcus Mosiah Garvey and Tony Martin MULTIPLE Marcus Mosiah Garvey, a prominent political leader, and Tony Martin, a distinguished historian, are renowned for their significant contributions in advoc...
Reading Tony Martin Matters
Reading Tony Martin Matters Rhone Fraser Article In my interview with Paul Coates about his 2024 Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, he made the point that the works of Tony Martin sh...
National Book Awards Honors IBPA Members’ Impact
National Book Awards Honors IBPA Members’ Impact Troy Johnson Article This article was originally published in the April 2025 issue of the IBPA Independent magazine, the magazine for members of the I...
Journey: Poems
Journey: Poems Wade Hudson 9780883784174 Poetry Third World Press Third World Press Journey is a collection of poems that offers a reflective look at various periods and experiences of Wade Hudson’s l...
African Voices Magazine
African Voices Magazine Troy Johnson Article African Voices Communications, Inc. http://www.africanvoices.com 270 West 96th Street New York, NY, 10025 Office: 212-285-2982 Fax: 212-316-3335 ...
Broke On Ice
Broke On Ice Tony Medina 9780984621217 Poetry Aquarius Press/Willow Books Aquarius Press/Willow Books Poetry. African American Studies. BROKE ON ICE is a nonlinear narrative in verse in the voice of a...
Christmas Makes Me Think
Christmas Makes Me Think Tony Medina 9781600603457 Fiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books A young African American boy reflects on the spirit of Christmas and thinks of ways he can share what he has ...
NBWC Biennial Symposium
NBWC Biennial Symposium Medgar Evers College Brooklyn New York In 2025, honoring Tony Medina and Rita Williams-Garcia for their contributions to Black Young Adult & Middle Grade Literature. The Bienn...
I Am Alfonso Jones
I Am Alfonso Jones Tony Medina 9781620142639 Fiction Tu Books Lee & Low Books Alfonso Jones can’t wait to play the role of Hamlet in his school’s hip-hop rendition of the classic Shakespearean play. H...
Tony Medina Recommends The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
Tony Medina Recommends The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes Author Interviews
I And I Bob Marley
I And I Bob Marley Tony Medina 9781600602573 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books Born in the Jamaican countryside in 1945, Bob Marley seemed special from birth. The curious, intuitive boy had a...
Love to Langston
Love to Langston Tony Medina 9781584302834 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books This inspiring biography on Langston Hughes celebrates his life through poetry.
Committed To Breathing
Committed To Breathing Tony Medina 9780883782477 Poetry Third World Press Third World Press Emerging with a varied political sensibility, this book explodes the bourgeois self-indulgence of American c...
No Noose Is Good Noose
No Noose Is Good Noose Tony Medina 9780863161094 Poetry Writers and Readers Publishing Writers & Readers Publishing
Tony Lindsay
Tony Lindsay NONE Tony Lindsay, an accomplished author known for novels like One Dead Preacher and Urban Affair, also contributes to various anthologies, online platforms, and magazines. He's an adju...
Sheree Renée Thomas
Sheree Renée Thomas 0000000019174343 Sheree R. Thomas is a multi-talented writer, editor, publisher, educator, and visual artist. She co-publishes the literary journal Anansi and founded Wanganegress...
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...
Literary Garveyism: Garvey, Black Arts and the Harlem Renaissance
Literary Garveyism: Garvey, Black Arts and the Harlem Renaissance Tony Martin 9780912469010 Nonfiction The Majority Press Black Classic Press "Martin performs a valuable service….[Garvey’s literary co...
Tony Dungy
Tony Dungy 0000000036530143 Tony Dungy, the first African American coach to lead the Indianapolis Colts to a Super Bowl victory, has an impressive coaching history with multiple teams. Prior to coach...
Uncommon Marriage: What We’ve Learned about Lasting Love and Overcoming Life’s Obstacles Together
Uncommon Marriage: What We’ve Learned about Lasting Love and Overcoming Life’s Obstacles Together Tony Dungy 9781414383705 Nonfiction Tyndale Momentum Tyndale House The New York Times bestseller now i...
Shot Clock
Shot Clock Caron Butler and justin a. reynolds 9780063069602 Fiction Katherine Tegen Books HarperCollins Former NBA All-Star Caron Butler and acclaimed author Justin A. Reynolds tip off the first book...
You Can Be a Friend
You Can Be a Friend Tony Dungy 9781416997719 Fiction Little Simon Simon & Schuster, Inc. A new children’s book written by parents extraordinaire Tony and Lauren Dungy! You Can Be a Friend is the first...
Move Over Girl
Move Over Girl Brian Peterson 9780966458701 Fiction Chance22 Pub Chance22 Pub Move Over Girl is the story of college junior, Tony Norris, a self-admitted borderline "player" still aching from deciding...
Mat Johnson, Tony Akins and Dan Green
Mat Johnson, Tony Akins and Dan Green MULTIPLE Mat Johnson, Tony Akins, and Dan Green are renowned authors and artists, each contributing significantly to the world of literature and graphic arts, cr...
Nicolas Finet and Tony Lourenco
Nicolas Finet and Tony Lourenco MULTIPLE Nicolas Finet and Tony Lourenco are renowned authors known for their insightful works. Finet, a digital strategist, excels in SEO and web analytics. Lourenco,...
Tony Neal
Tony Neal NONE Tony Neal is a graphic artist and illustrator from South Leicestershire, England. His passion for art and illustration has led him to a blooming career in children’s book illustration...
Tony Martin
Tony Martin 0000000064030680 Professor Tony Martin, born in Trinidad and Tobago (1942-2013), was a revered historian and author, known as the leading expert on Marcus Garvey. Alongside teaching Afric...
Black Photographers Annual, Inc.
Black Photographers Annual, Inc. Black Photographers Annual, Inc. Black Photographers Annual, Inc.
Black Photographers Annual, Inc.
Black Photographers Annual, Inc. Black Photographers Annual, Inc. Black Photographers Annual, Inc.
Kysha N. Brown
Kysha N. Brown NONE A college classmate and friend of Kysha Brown Robinson’s once said of her first impression of Brown: "I remember seeing this little girl sitting at the front of the ro...
African Voices Hip Hop At 50
African Voices Hip Hop At 50 Kevin Powell av-hiphopat50 Fiction African Voices African Voices Magazine A special digital issue of African Voices celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop guest edite...
Cold Medina: A Novel of Suspense
Cold Medina: A Novel of Suspense Gary Hardwick 9780525939191 Fiction Dutton Books Penguin Random House Tracking a white serial killer of African-American gang members in downtown Detroit, detective T...
Role Call
Role Call Rondall Brasher Book Review I encounter many literary anthologies that try to appease my appetite for new talent. But most of them fall short of their mark, and few of these collections ar...
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...
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons - A Dialogue With America’s Young Leaders
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons - A Dialogue With America’s Young Leaders Barack Obama and Gregory Reed 9781937269388 Nonfiction Amber Books Amber Communications Group Obama Talks Back: "provides...
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...
New Self-Publishing Literary Award to Promote Diverse Books in Libraries
New Self-Publishing Literary Award to Promote Diverse Books in Libraries Troy Johnson Article BCALA; SELF-e partner for new self-publishing literary award to promote diverse books in libraries The B...
PerSOULnalities: Poems for Every Kind of Man
PerSOULnalities: Poems for Every Kind of Man Heather Covington 9781414022024 Poetry Disilgold Disilgold The sequel to Heather Covington’s PerSOULnalities poetry book series is back, but this time it’s...
Migrated Writers
Migrated Writers Troy Johnson Article 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 C...
Cris Freese
Cris Freese NONE Cris Freese is a technical editor, writer, and literary intern for Corvisiero Literary Agency. He was previously the managing editor of Writer’s Digest Books, where he worked with no...
America The Black Point Of View
America The Black Point Of View Tony Rose 9781937269500 Nonfiction Amber Books Amber Communications Group America The Black Point Of View - An Investigation And Study Of The White People Of America An...
Voices (American Poets Continuum)
Voices (American Poets Continuum) Lucille Clifton 9781934414118 Poetry BOA Editions BOA Editions In 2007, Lucille Clifton became the first African American woman to win the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, on...
2013 Guide to Literary Agents
2013 Guide to Literary Agents Chuck Sambuchino 9781599635972 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books The Best Resource Available for Finding a Literary Agent!No matter what you’re writi...
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...
Blacktrospective 2010 - Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema
Blacktrospective 2010 - Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/images/Just-Wright.jpg Film Review Blacktrospective 2010 - Annual Assessmen...
Blacktrospective 2011 - Annual Assessment of the Best in Black Cinema
Blacktrospective 2011 - Annual Assessment of the Best in Black Cinema Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/thehelpposter.jpg Film Review Blacktrospective 2011 - Annual Assessment of the Best in Bl...
Al Young
Al Young 0000000063058737 Al Young, born in 1939, is a respected author and poet from Mississippi. He attended the University of Michigan before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area and graduating fr...
To A More Positive Purpose: Critical Responses to the Scholarship of Tony Martin
To A More Positive Purpose: Critical Responses to the Scholarship of Tony Martin Rhone Fraser 9798322108108 Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published Now in the twenty-first century, ...
Forever Yours: The Unpublished Works: Lyrics and Poems of Tony Rose 1966 - 2016
Forever Yours: The Unpublished Works: Lyrics and Poems of Tony Rose 1966 - 2016 Tony Rose 9781937269883 Poetry Amber Communications Group Amber Communications Group When I was thirteen I saw the Bea...
The Missing Cupcake Mystery (Tony and Lauren Dungy Ready-to-Reads)
The Missing Cupcake Mystery (Tony and Lauren Dungy Ready-to-Reads) Tony Dungy 9781442454637 Fiction Simon Spotlight Simon & Schuster, Inc. The Dungy kids learn that honesty is the best policy—even whe...
Uncommon Manhood: Secrets to What It Means to Be a Man
Uncommon Manhood: Secrets to What It Means to Be a Man Tony Dungy 9781414367071 Nonfiction Tyndale Momentum Tyndale House Too often we define a man’s success by what he has rather than who he is. But ...
You Can Do It!
You Can Do It! Tony Dungy 9781416954613 Fiction Little Simon Simon & Schuster, Inc. Tony Dungy’s little brother, Linden, is a third grader who is having a bad day at school. Linden is the youngest of ...
Seduction
Seduction Geneva Holliday 9780767927468 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House In Geneva Holliday’s latest novel of lust and revenge, Seduction works both ways.Mildred Johnson is the last woman on earth t...
Crime and Social Justice
Crime and Social Justice Tony Platt and Paul Takagi 9780333282618 Nonfiction Palgrave Macmillan Macmillan Publishers This book presents a collection of some of the best articles from the first ten iss...
What Happened to the Best African American Literary Magazines?
What Happened to the Best African American Literary Magazines? Troy Johnson Article I'm a collector. My family calls it hoarding. While I'm a big proponent of electronic books, I still love to sur...
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and Jeremy McCarter
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and Jeremy McCarter MULTIPLE Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes, and Jeremy McCarter are renowned figures in the arts. Miranda, a multi-award-winning ...
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 ...
Kam Williams
Kam Williams NONE Lloyd “Kam” Williams was a renowned film and book critic, contributing to AALBC.com and numerous other publications. A member of several critics associations, he was known for his a...
Everett Hoagland
Everett Hoagland NONE Everett Hoagland, a Philadelphia-born poet, professor, and activist, is renowned for his contributions to African American literature. A significant literary figure, he has nume...
Liberating Voices: Oral Tradition In African American Literature
Liberating Voices: Oral Tradition In African American Literature Gayl Jones 9780674530249 Nonfiction Harvard University Press Harvard University Press The powerful novelist here turns penetrating crit...
Blacktrospective 2012 - Annual Assessment of the Best in Black Film
Blacktrospective 2012 - Annual Assessment of the Best in Black Film Troy Johnson Article Each year we publish our annual list of the best in Black cinema. This list is unique in that it assesses...