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Afaa Michael Weaver Poetry Reading April 1, 2016
Afaa Michael Weaver Poetry Reading April 1, 2016 Poetry & Spoken Word
Afaa Michael Weaver
Afaa Michael Weaver 0000000028622865 Afaa Michael Weaver, born in 1951, is a former factory worker turned prolific poet, writer, and educator. He founded Seventh Son Press, wrote for numerous promine...
Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, Marilyn Nelson, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komunyakaa, Afaa Michael Weaver, and Rita Dove
Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, Marilyn Nelson, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komunyakaa, Afaa Michael Weaver, and Rita Dove MULTIPLE Prominent authors Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, ...
The Government Of Nature (Pitt Poetry Series)
The Government Of Nature (Pitt Poetry Series) Afaa Michael Weaver 9780822962311 Poetry University of Pittsburgh Press University of Pittsburgh Press This is the second volume of a trilogy (the first w...
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...
A Hard Summation
A Hard Summation Afaa Michael Weaver 9781941604007 Poetry Central Square Press Central Square Press A HARD SUMMATION is a suite of 13 new poems by Afaa Michael Weaver, covering the history of African ...
Resisting Arrest poems to stretch the sky
Resisting Arrest poems to stretch the sky Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, Marilyn Nelson, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komunyakaa, Afaa Michael Weaver, and Rita Dove 9780936481098 Poetry Ja...
Talisman
Talisman Afaa Michael Weaver 9781882688173 Poetry Tia Chucha Tia Chucha Press Black male/female relationships, and women and their significant place in the life of poet Afaa M. Weaver, make up the ter...
Michelle Rhnea Yisrael, Jamillah Kareem, April Weaver, and Marcella Graves
Michelle Rhnea Yisrael, Jamillah Kareem, April Weaver, and Marcella Graves MULTIPLE Michelle Rhnea Yisrael, Jamillah Kareem, April Weaver, and Marcella Graves are distinguished authors, each bringing...
These Hands I Know: African-American Writers on Family
These Hands I Know: African-American Writers on Family Afaa Michael Weaver 9781889330723 Poetry Sarabande Books Sarabande Books These Hands I Know offers readers the first-ever intimate view of the in...
A Fire in the Hills
A Fire in the Hills Afaa Michael Weaver 9781636280820 Poetry Red Hen Press Red Hen Press In A Fire in the Hills, Afaa focuses on one of the central threads in his body of work. His ongoing project of ...
Timber and Prayer: The Indian Pond Poems (Pitt Poetry Series)
Timber and Prayer: The Indian Pond Poems (Pitt Poetry Series) Afaa Michael Weaver 9780822955542 Poetry University of Pittsburgh Press University of Pittsburgh Press "Weaver’s life studies and lyrics a...
Spirit Boxing
Spirit Boxing Afaa Michael Weaver 9780822964582 Poetry University of Pittsburgh Press University of Pittsburgh Press In Spirit Boxing, Weaver revisits his working class core. The veteran of fifteen ye...
The Ten Lights of God
The Ten Lights of God Afaa Michael Weaver 9780838754344 Poetry Bucknell University Press Bucknell University Press The eighty-one poems in The Ten Lights of God comprise a map of the consciousness...
LaChelle Weaver
LaChelle Weaver NONE LaChelle Weaver, a bestselling author from North Carolina, contributed to Brown Girls Books' award-nominated anthology, The Dating Game. An English graduate with a passion for st...
The Definition of Place
The Definition of Place Randall Horton 9781599480411 Poetry Main Street Rag Main Street Rag “Horton defines intimate places in the American epic of the Great Migration, opening the tender spaces that ...
Fawn Weaver
Fawn Weaver 000000041848260X Fawn Weaver, founder of HappyWivesClub.com, is a renowned marriage advocate and mentor. Her global community of women seeking successful, God-honoring marriages spans six...
Arc & Hue
Arc & Hue Tara Betts 9780981920870 Poetry Aquarius Press/Willow Books Aquarius Press/Willow Books Poetry. Foreword by Afaa Michael Weaver. ARC & HUE explores the paradoxes of life in America’s past an...
Multitudes: Poems Selected & New
Multitudes: Poems Selected & New Afaa Michael Weaver 9781889330402 Poetry Sarabande Books Sarabande Books A generous, retrospective edition of this African-American poet.
David Weaver Presents
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David Weaver Presents
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LD Weaver Publications LLC
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Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest
Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest Fawn Weaver 9781595911346 Nonfiction Melcher Media Melcher Media ...
Roy Weaver, David Sullivan, and Shawn Sriver
Roy Weaver, David Sullivan, and Shawn Sriver MULTIPLE Roy Weaver, former interim dean of Ball State University's Teachers College and distinguished alumnus, is renowned for his contributions to acade...
April Gibson
April Gibson NONE April Gibson is a poet, writer, and professor from the South Side of Chicago. She is a winner of The Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award, a Sustainable Arts Foundation Award, and a Loft L...
April Ryan
April Ryan 0000000437119582 April Ryan is a White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks since the Clinton era and a CNN political analyst. She has been featured in numerous renowned p...
2016 National Black Writers Conference
2016 National Black Writers Conference Troy Johnson Article Update: March 25, 2016 The Conference's Complete and final Schedule of Events is Now Available. Greetings Colleagues, We are excited a...
Tiana Clark
Tiana Clark NONE Tiana Clark is the author of the poetry collections Scorched Earth (Washington Square Press/Simon & Schuster, 2025) and I Can’t Talk About the Trees Without the Blood (Universit...
Michael Strahan
Michael Strahan 0000000045587838 Michael Strahan is a retired American football player who spent his career with the New York Giants. Post-retirement, he became a media personality, co-hosting “Live!...
April Sinclair
April Sinclair NONE April Sinclair, a Chicago native, is a renowned author and community activist. Known for her dedicated activism in Oakland and her unique approach to her literary debut, Sinclair'...
Be Real, Macy Weaver
Be Real, Macy Weaver Lakita Wilson 9780593465721 Fiction Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A humorous, heartfelt, and fashion-filled contemporary novel about Macy Weaver, a young gir...
Christmas Past
Christmas Past LaChelle Weaver 9780999777510 Fiction LD Weaver Publications LLC LD Weaver Publications LLC Christmas just ain’t Christmas… While Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year for mo...
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...
April Maria Williams
April Maria Williams NONE April Maria Williams is a Juris Doctor from Florida A&M University College of Law and a Master of Tax Law from the University of Houston. A prominent advocate for social jus...
9 Questions for April Ryan, White House Correspondent
9 Questions for April Ryan, White House Correspondent Troy Johnson Interview Race does play a major factor with what’s going on between President Obama and Congress.”—April Ryan ...
Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening
Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 9781620972403 Nonfiction The New Press The New Press One of Oprah.com’s "17 Must-Read Books for the New Year" and O Magazine’s "10 Titl...
2016: Obama’s America
2016: Obama’s America Dinesh Sharma 2016-obamas-america.jpg Film Review 2016: Obama’s America (2012) In Theaters: Jul 13, 2012 Limited PG, 1 hr. 29 min. Documentary, Special Interest D...
You Are Not Alone: Michael, Through A Brother’s Eyes
You Are Not Alone: Michael, Through A Brother’s Eyes Jermaine Jackson 9781451651560 Nonfiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. Jermaine Jackson—older than Michael by four years—offers a keenly obser...
Michael Lee
Michael Lee NONE Michael C. Lee, a retired Detroit Police Department Inspector, has a 20-year service history with notable roles in Gang Enforcement and Carjacking Task Force. He has a background in ...
The Dear Remote Nearness of You
The Dear Remote Nearness of You Danielle Legros Georges 9780989329699 Poetry Barrow Street Press Barrow Street Press Poetry. African & African American Studies. "THE DEAR REMOTE NEARNESS OF YOU speaks...
Michael R. Lane
Michael R. Lane NONE Michael R. Lane is an accomplished author with four decades of creative writing experience, including published poetry and short fiction. His passion for literature was honed thr...
Rita Dove Poetry Reading April 1, 2016
Rita Dove Poetry Reading April 1, 2016 Poetry & Spoken Word
May 2017 Newsletter: Bestselling Books, New Books, Author Info, and Much More
May 2017 Newsletter: Bestselling Books, New Books, Author Info, and Much More Troy Johnson Article Our May Newsletter is Generously Sponsored by Amistad Bestselling Books Bestselling Books: M...
April Reynolds
April Reynolds NONE April Reynolds, award-winning author of 'Knee-Deep in Wonder', is a distinguished faculty at Sarah Lawrence College. She has also taught at NYU and the 92nd Street Y. April Reynol...
April R. Silver
April R. Silver NONE April R. Silver is a renowned marketing strategist, cultural curator, and social justice activist. As the founder of AKILA WORKSONGS, she's known for creating influential social ...
April Simpkins
April Simpkins NONE April Simpkins is a mental health advocate, serving as an ambassador for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and a board member for NAMI Piedmont Tri-County, where she...
9 Questions for April Ryan, White House Correspondent
9 Questions for April Ryan, White House Correspondent Kam Williams Interview April D. Ryan is veteran journalist who has been a White House correspondent for the past 18 years. Besides coverin...
April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Death And How It Changed America
April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Death And How It Changed America Michael Eric Dyson 9780465002122 Nonfiction Basic Civitas Books Perseus Books On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 PM, while he was standi...
T.R.U.S.T. Classroom Management: Time to Rebuild Understanding between Students & Teachers
T.R.U.S.T. Classroom Management: Time to Rebuild Understanding between Students & Teachers Michelle Rhnea Yisrael, Jamillah Kareem, April Weaver, and Marcella Graves 9780974428215 Nonfiction Wide View...
The Argument-Free Marriage: 28 Days to Creating the Marriage You’ve Always Wanted with the Spouse You Already Have
The Argument-Free Marriage: 28 Days to Creating the Marriage You’ve Always Wanted with the Spouse You Already Have Fawn Weaver 9781400205066 Fiction Thomas Nelson HarperCollins Christian Publishing Is...
Happy Wives Club: One Woman’s Worldwide Search for the Secrets of a Great Marriage
Happy Wives Club: One Woman’s Worldwide Search for the Secrets of a Great Marriage Fawn Weaver 9781400205042 Fiction Thomas Nelson HarperCollins Christian Publishing A New York Times Bestseller!One wo...
Northbound: A Train Ride Out of Segregation
Northbound: A Train Ride Out of Segregation Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein 9780763696504 Fiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press On his first train ride, Michael meets a new friend from the "whites...
Michael Jackson: The Man behind the Mask
Michael Jackson: The Man behind the Mask Bob Jones and Stacy M. Brown 9781590790724 Nonfiction Select Books (NY) Select Books (NY) ’Michael Jackson: The Man behind the Mask’ is the INSIDE STORY of the...
Michael Jackson: The Man Behind the Mask: An Insider’s Story of the King of Pop
Michael Jackson: The Man Behind the Mask: An Insider’s Story of the King of Pop Bob Jones 9781590792032 Nonfiction Select Books Select Books ’Michael Jackson: The Man behind the Mask’ is the INSIDE ST...
On Michael Jackson
On Michael Jackson Margo Jefferson 9780307277657 Nonfiction Vintage Books Penguin Random House Michael Jackson was once universally acclaimed as a song-and-dance man of genius; Wacko Jacko is now, mor...
Michael Baisden
Michael Baisden 0000000034966779 Michael Baisden is a popular radio personality, NY Times best-selling author, and film producer. Known for his explosive radio show themes, he began his career sellin...
Why Are We Still Married?: Political Cartoons of 2016
Why Are We Still Married?: Political Cartoons of 2016 Darrin Bell 9781981413768 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC The year 2016 in political cartoons by Darrin Bell of the Washington Post W...
Equilibrium
Equilibrium Tiana Clark 9781495157646 Poetry Bull City Press Bull City Press Frost Place Competition judge Afaa Michael Weaver had the following praise for Equilibrium: Equilibrium searches for that...
What If It Feels Good
What If It Feels Good D. J. McLaurin 9780979403835 Fiction Taylor Nicole Publishing Taylor Nicole Publishing Michael Bagley, street savvy and beautiful, learned the art of the con and sleeps with olde...
The Love He Saved
The Love He Saved Carol Denise Mitchell 9780978625832 Fiction Carol Denise Mitchell Carol Denise Mitchell Frankie Mae Tyson was in love. She loved Michael Jackson for as long as she could remember and...
Michael Datcher
Michael Datcher 0000000041395804 Michael Datcher is an award-winning poet, critic, and journalist. He co-hosts a weekly news magazine on 90.7 FM KPFK and his writing is widely anthologized. He's pres...
Michael Gurian
Michael Gurian 0000000084041467 Michael Gurian, a social philosopher, family therapist, and bestselling author, has pioneered efforts in neurobiology and brain research. He has worked as a consultant...
Keegan-Michael Key and Elle Key
Keegan-Michael Key and Elle Key MULTIPLE Emmy and Peabody Award-winning actor, writer, and producer Keegan-Michael Key is renowned for his diverse talent in comedy and drama, with credits in Key & Pe...
Yusef Komunyakaa
Yusef Komunyakaa 000000011440862X Yusef Komunyakaa the first African American male to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry Yusef Komunyakaa, born on April 29, 1947, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet recog...
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson Kam Williams Book Review ’I have admired and adored Michael Jackson from the first time I heard his name and listened to his music. I have never been more fasc...
Notes on a Blacklash: When a Black Woman Goes Viral
Notes on a Blacklash: When a Black Woman Goes Viral April Ryan 9780063430778 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins The veteran White House correspondent follows up Black Women Will Save the World with a gr...
April Bestselling Books, Win Barracoon, Top Erotica, Google is too Powerful, and More
April Bestselling Books, Win Barracoon, Top Erotica, Google is too Powerful, and More Troy Johnson Article Bestselling Books March/April 2018 Fiction: The Yearning by Mohale Mashigo was the best...
Cheslie Kryst and April Simpkins
Cheslie Kryst and April Simpkins MULTIPLE Cheslie Kryst (left) and April Simpkins (mother)
April Harrison
April Harrison NONE April Harrison is an acclaimed folk artist and award-winning illustrator known for Patricia C. McKissack's picture book. Her work is featured in institutions like Vanderbilt Unive...
Approaching the Fields: Poems
Approaching the Fields: Poems Chanda Feldman 9780807168295 Poetry LSU Press Louisiana State University Press In a cadence reminiscent of old gospel rhythms rising from deeper reflections on the evolut...
Michael Arceneaux
Michael Arceneaux NONE Michael Arceneaux, born 1984, is a Houston-born, Howard-educated writer, based in Harlem. He covers culture, sexuality, religion and race, and has contributed to publications l...
Nina
Nina Kam Williams http://aalbc.com/reviews/images/nina-2016-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Saldana Successfully Channels Simone in Controversial Biopic Nina In Theaters: April Mar 22, 2016 Limite...
Ursula M. Burns
Ursula M. Burns 0000000445332455 Ursula M. Burns is a pioneering American businesswoman, the first black woman to become a Fortune 500 CEO at Xerox, where she served from 2009-2016. She was also Chai...
Michael S. Harper
Michael S. Harper 000000011480004X Michael S. Harper was an American poet and English professor at Brown University. He was the Poet Laureate of Rhode Island from 1988 to 1993. Michael S. Harper (Ma...
June 2016 Newsletter Celebrating the Best in Black Literature
June 2016 Newsletter Celebrating the Best in Black Literature Troy Johnson Article Subscribe to AALBC.com’s eNewsletter Carter G. Woodson Award Winning Books The National Council for the Social...
When Clowns Attack: A Survival Guide
When Clowns Attack: A Survival Guide Chuck Sambuchino 9781607747031 Fiction Ten Speed Press Penguin Random House "Now in a updated and expanded 28th edition, the Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Ma...
Cookie and Meeko: A B-Town Luv Story
Cookie and Meeko: A B-Town Luv Story La’tonya West B00ZI5OVFM Fiction David Weaver Presents David Weaver Presents Michael “Meeko” Williams and his brother have relocated from Atlanta, GA to the small ...
What If It Feels Good?
What If It Feels Good? D. J. McLaurin 9780979403804 Fiction Taylor Nicole Publishing Taylor Nicole Publishing In this story of love, betrayal, and revenge, bonds are tested, friendships are challenged...
Michael Beckwith
Michael Beckwith 0000000110546515 Michael Beckwith is a New Thought minister, author, and founder of Agape International Spiritual Center. He co-founded the Association for Global New Thought and fea...
Michael H. Holzman
Michael H. Holzman NONE Michael H. Holzman, Ph.D, is a prolific author and educational advisor known for his work on public education and minority students. His contributions include the Schott Found...
Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein
Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein MULTIPLE Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein are accomplished authors and screenwriters. Bandy, a founding member of Comedy Shorts, has worked in animation and co-authored...
Blood on the Dance Floor
Blood on the Dance Floor Andrew Byrd Book Review Analyzing the creative process of a legendary performer like Michael Jackson is daunting. Still, Glenda R. Taylor takes the challenge head-on as she d...
Michael Ealy The “Think Like a Man Too” Interview (2014)
Michael Ealy The “Think Like a Man Too” Interview (2014) Kam Williams Interview For the last few years, Michael Ealy has been red-hot, jumping from TV to film and back to TV, seamlessly. He rec...
How To Make Lemonade
How To Make Lemonade Beyoncé B0727QQX4Z Nonfiction Columbia Sony Music Save $70 upon instant approval for the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Card Apply now Limited Quantities!April 23rd, 2017 marked...
DEMIgOD: #allgodsmatter
DEMIgOD: #allgodsmatter Christopher Michael 9780998427010 Poetry 310 Brown Street 310 Brown Street In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. If God is the same ye...
They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement
They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement Wesley Lowery 9780316312479 Nonfiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group "Electric…so well r...
Use Trouble
Use Trouble Michael S. Harper 9780252075988 Poetry University of Illinois Press University of Illinois Press For decades, Michael S. Harper has written poetry that speaks with many voices. His work te...
The Deeper the Roots: A Memoir of Hope and Home
The Deeper the Roots: A Memoir of Hope and Home Michael Tubbs 9781250173447 Nonfiction Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book Macmillan Publishers The making of a visionary political leader—and a blueprint for...
Michael Gordon Bennett
Michael Gordon Bennett NONE Author, actor, and entrepreneur Michael Gordon Bennett, born in 1958, is known for his book “7-10 Split: My Journey As America’s Whitest Black Kid.” He's also the CEO of B...
Michael R. Jackson
Michael R. Jackson 0000000023302176 Michael R. Jackson, a BFA and MFA graduate from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, is a renowned songwriter and playwright. Known for his work on musicals like 'Teeth',...
Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher
Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher are acclaimed authors known for their impactful works. Alexander's storytelling blends poetry and prose, while Datcher...
Etheridge Knight
Etheridge Knight 0000000066439498 Etheridge Knight, born on April 19, 1931, was a renowned poet who began writing while incarcerated and published his notable collection, Poems from Prison, in 1968. ...
Hip Hop Speaks To Children: A Celebration Of Poetry With A Beat (A Poetry Speaks Experience)
Hip Hop Speaks To Children: A Celebration Of Poetry With A Beat (A Poetry Speaks Experience) Nikki Giovanni 9781402210488 Nonfiction Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Sourcebooks NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER...
Bookmarks: Reading in Black and White A Memoir
Bookmarks: Reading in Black and White A Memoir Karla FC Holloway 9780813539072 Fiction Rutgers University Press Rutgers University Press What are you reading? What books have been important to you? Wh...
Paul Beatty
Paul Beatty 0000000084014450 Paul Beatty, born 1962, the first American to win the Man Booker Prize in 2016 for his novel “The Sellout.” An LA native and graduate of Brooklyn College and Boston Unive...