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Poet Alrick Elliott Read Happy Birthday Poem to his Wife
Poet Alrick Elliott Read Happy Birthday Poem to his Wife Poetry & Spoken Word During the Rainbow Bookclub VI meeting, poet Alrick Elliott read a beautiful Happy Birthday poem to his loving wife of 31+...
Alrick Brown - The "Kinyarwanda" Interview - 2011
Alrick Brown - The "Kinyarwanda" Interview - 2011 Kam Williams Interview Alrick Brown The "Kinyarwanda" Interview With an MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Alrick Brown is a filmmaker ...
K. Elliott
K. Elliott NONE K. Elliott, raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, overcame a difficult early life involving poverty, the drug trade, and jail. Encouraged by a professor, he pursued writing, excelling ...
Kinyarwanda
Kinyarwanda Kam Williams images/kinyarwanda_movie_poster.jpg Film Review Rwandan Tragedy Revisited in "Crash"-Like Ensemble Drama Read an interview with the film maker Alrick Brown Kinyarwanda ...
Zetta Elliott
Zetta Elliott 000000003627950X Zetta Elliott, a Canadian-born Black feminist writer, is known for her poetry, plays, essays, and children's novels. She earned a PhD in American Studies from NYU, taug...
Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann MULTIPLE Zetta Elliott, a black feminist writer known for poetry, plays, essays, novels, and kids' stories, is renowned for her award-winning picture book, Bird....
John H. Bracey Jr., August Meier, and Elliott Rudwick
John H. Bracey Jr., August Meier, and Elliott Rudwick MULTIPLE John Bracey Jr., August Meier, and Elliott Rudwick are renowned authors known for their significant contributions in literature. Their ...
Andrea Elliott
Andrea Elliott NONE Andrea Elliott is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times, formerly with The Miami Herald. She's received multiple journalism awards and served as a...
Migrated Interviews
Migrated Interviews Kam Williams Interview Migrated Interviews Aisha Tyler - The "Balls of Fury and Death Sentence" Interview Alisa Hyman - Book Reviewer, Educator Alrick Brown - The "Kinyarwand...
The Witch’s Apprentice (Dragons in a Bag #3)
The Witch’s Apprentice (Dragons in a Bag #3) Zetta Elliott 9780593427705 Fiction Random House Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Zetta Elliott wants Black children today to see themselves in...
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City Andrea Elliott 9780812986945 Nonfiction Random House Penguin Random House “Destined to become one of the classics of the genre” (Newsweek)...
American Phoenix: poems
American Phoenix: poems Zetta Elliott 9798656203630 Poetry Independently Published Independently Published American Phoenix, the second collection of poetry by award-winning author Zetta Elliott, exte...
378 Excellent Books, 77 Important Events
378 Excellent Books, 77 Important Events Troy Johnson Article Top 100+ Recommended Children’s Books Children book authors, industry professionals, and avid readers contributed their favorite chi...
A Song for Juneteenth
A Song for Juneteenth Zetta Elliott 9780316575133 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group This emotional and lyrical picture book by acclaimed poet Zetta Elliott celebrates t...
Eagle Rock: An Ashe Cayne Novel, Book 4
Eagle Rock: An Ashe Cayne Novel, Book 4 Ian K. Smith 9780063253766 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Billionaire Elliott Kantor, who ruled over a mammoth real estate portfolio in Chicago, was a creature o...
Eagle Rock: An Ashe Cayne Novel, Book 4
Eagle Rock: An Ashe Cayne Novel, Book 4 Ian K. Smith 9780063253759 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Billionaire Elliott Kantor, who ruled over a mammoth real estate portfolio in Chicago, was a creature o...
Moonwalking
Moonwalking Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann 9780374314378 Fiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers Macmillan Publishers For fans of Jason Reynolds and Jacqueline Woodson, this...
A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart
A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart Zetta Elliott 9780374307417 Poetry Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers Macmillan Publishers Today Show Best Book for the Holidays NCTE ...
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...
Dr. Zetta Elliott on the Lack of Diversity in Children’s Literature
Dr. Zetta Elliott on the Lack of Diversity in Children’s Literature Author Interviews A clip from Dr. Zetta Elliott (https://aalbc.it/zettaelliott) discussion on the causes and solutions to the lack o...
The Old Man In The Club (Zane Presents)
The Old Man In The Club (Zane Presents) Curtis Bunn 9781593095727 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. He’s the “old guy in the club” who everyone judges and scorns, but there’s so much more t...
A Wish After Midnight
A Wish After Midnight Zetta Elliott 9780982555057 Fiction Skyscape Amazon Publishing “Although there is plenty of history embedded in the novel, A Wish After Midnight is written with a lyrical grace t...
Somebody’s Child
Somebody’s Child Dennis A. Williams 9780684827131 Fiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. Somebody’s Child is the searing and achingly poignant story of African American brothers and fathers, ...
Hearts on the Fly
Hearts on the Fly Toni Shiloh 9780764245206 Fiction Bethany House Baker Publishing Group When the game changes, love finds a way to score. Jabari Hall has spent his entire life chasing vi...
Dragons in a Bag
Dragons in a Bag Zetta Elliott 9780593897218 Fiction Yearling Penguin Random House
The Enchanted Bridge
The Enchanted Bridge Zetta Elliott 9780593427743 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. Getting three baby dragons back home was just the beginning. Now Jaxon is on a mission to help all magical cre...
The Poetics of Difference: Queer Feminist Forms in the African Diaspora
The Poetics of Difference: Queer Feminist Forms in the African Diaspora Mecca Jamilah Sullivan 9780252086038 Nonfiction University of Illinois Press University of Illinois Press Includes 25 Black & Wh...
Melena’s Jubilee: The Story of a Fresh Start
Melena’s Jubilee: The Story of a Fresh Start Zetta Elliott 9780884485605 Fiction Tilbury House Publishers Tilbury House Publishers Named to Bank Street College of Education’s prestigious 2016 Best Chi...
The Dragon Thief (Dragons in a Bag #2)
The Dragon Thief (Dragons in a Bag #2) Zetta Elliott 9781524770495 Fiction Random House Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Stealing a baby dragon was easy! Hiding it is a little more complic...
Dragons in a Bag
Dragons in a Bag Zetta Elliott 9781524770488 Fiction Yearling Penguin Random House
Dragons in a Bag (Dragons in a Bag #1)
Dragons in a Bag (Dragons in a Bag #1) Zetta Elliott 9781524770457 Fiction Random House Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House The dragon’s out of the bag in this diverse, young urban fantasy fr...
What Is Hip-Hop?
What Is Hip-Hop? Eric Morse 9781617755842 Nonfiction Black Sheep Akashic Books Included in Publishers Weekly’s Big Indie Books of Fall 2017 featureMorse and Yi (the team behind What Is Punk?) highligh...
“Who Will Write a Story for the Children of Eric Garner?”
“Who Will Write a Story for the Children of Eric Garner?” Troy Johnson Article AALBC Guest Post by Zetta Elliott “Who will write a story for the children of Eric Garner?” This question came to mi...
A Max le gustan las munecas
A Max le gustan las munecas Zetta Elliott 9781519748348 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press Max desea visitar una hermosa boutique donde venden vestidos y muñecas, pero le preocupa que otros niños se ...
Track Three
Track Three John Gibson 9781610092173 Fiction Oak Tree Press Oak Tree Press In I Come along for the ride when a popular and top-rated investigative journalist, Elliott Lawder, and Katherine Lambert, a...
Let the Faithful Come
Let the Faithful Come Zetta Elliott 9781516892495 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press When a bright star shines on a dark, silent night, let the faithful come. This lyrical retelling of the tradition...
Dayshaun’s Gift
Dayshaun’s Gift Zetta Elliott 9781515008354 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press Summer vacation has just begun and Dayshaun wants to spend Saturday morning playing his new video game. But Dayshaun’s m...
I Love Snow!
I Love Snow! Zetta Elliott 9781514348475 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press I love snow! spinning, swirling, swooshing snow crunch beneath my boots snow tickling my tongue snow I love snow! This sho...
A Wave Came Through Our Window
A Wave Came Through Our Window Zetta Elliott 9781515033523 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press Two sisters find a way to endure the hot summer nights by savoring the scents and sounds carried into the...
Fox & Crow: A Christmas Tale
Fox & Crow: A Christmas Tale Zetta Elliott 9781502520241 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press Fox and Crow are old friends who enjoy trying to outsmart one another. One winter evening, mischievous Crow...
An Angel for Mariqua
An Angel for Mariqua Zetta Elliott 9781478288213 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press Christmas is coming, but eight-year-old Mariqua Thatcher isn’t looking forward to the holidays. Mama’s gone and Gra...
The Last Bunny in Brooklyn
The Last Bunny in Brooklyn Zetta Elliott 9781500870416 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press Chloe isn’t a social bunny, but she enjoys her solitary life in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. As autumn approa...
He Loves Me, He Loves You Not PT 3
He Loves Me, He Loves You Not PT 3 Mychea 9780996060950 Fiction Good2go Publishing Good2go Publishing Phylicia hits the ground running in this highly anticipated sequel to He Loves Me, He Loves you No...
The Girl Who Swallowed the Sun
The Girl Who Swallowed the Sun Zetta Elliott 9781499606089 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press On the outside, Zoe looks like an ordinary little girl, but her father knows just how special she is insi...
Max Loves Muñecas!
Max Loves Muñecas! Zetta Elliott 9781497332027 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press Max wants to visit a beautiful boutique that sells dresses and dolls, but worries that other children will tea...
The Magic Mirror
The Magic Mirror Zetta Elliott 9781497364714 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press When a boy at school hurts Kamara’s feelings, she goes home and asks her grandmother if the mean words are really true....
The Phoenix on Barkley Street
The Phoenix on Barkley Street Zetta Elliott 9781500589400 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press Best friends Carlos and Tariq love their block, but Barkley Street has started to change. The playground h...
Room In My Heart
Room In My Heart Zetta Elliott 9781500908232 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press t took some time for Nikki to adjust to her parents’ divorce, but now she and her little sister Natalie enjoy their new...
The Boy in the Bubble
The Boy in the Bubble Zetta Elliott 9781497444782 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press A mysterious boy from another planet chooses an unusual girl as his guide on Earth. Both children lead solitary li...
The Deep
The Deep Zetta Elliott 9781492902119 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press THE DEEP plunges readers into a dangerous, underground world policed by members of The League, a secret group of women and men ...
Ship Of Souls
Ship Of Souls Zetta Elliott 9781612182681 Fiction Skyscape Amazon Publishing When Dmitri, an 11-year-old bird watcher and math whiz, loses his mother to breast cancer, he is taken in by Mrs. Martin, a...
One Eye Open
One Eye Open Zetta Elliott 9781461079897 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press More than anything, Nina Traymore wants stability in her life. After graduating from college, Nina returns to New York City...
One-Act Plays
One-Act Plays Zetta Elliott 9781448639083 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press girl/power: While in the custody of Child Protective Services, two underage girls compare their relationships with the me...
Three Plays
Three Plays Zetta Elliott 9781441486219 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press CONNOR’S BOY: Connor, a successful artist and transracial adoptee, commits suicide after being accused of abusing his belov...
Stranger In The Family
Stranger In The Family Zetta Elliott 9781441476432 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press Stranger in the Family is a mixed-media memoir that examines the shifting terrain upon which we negotiate race, k...
Ten-Minute Plays
Ten-Minute Plays Zetta Elliott 9781441486271 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press STASH: Charity, a young woman is accused of killing and castrating her abusive father. QUALITY: Two white women do la...
Bird
Bird Zetta Elliott 9781600602412 Fiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books In this gentle, award-winning picture book, an African American boy nicknamed Bird uses drawing as a creative outlet as he stru...
The Ski Mask Way (G Unit)
The Ski Mask Way (G Unit) K. Elliott 9781416531012 Fiction Gallery Books/G-Unit Simon & Schuster, Inc. HARD LIFE. HARD LUCK. HARD DRUGS. HARD DEALS. HARD TIME. Back in New York City, Seven was the ...
Street Fame
Street Fame K. Elliott 9780971769724 Fiction Urban Lifestyle Press Urban Lifestyle Press There’s a lot going on from Charlotte to Miami to San Francisco — almost none of it favorable to Tommy ’Fatboy’...
Entangled
Entangled K. Elliott 9780971769700 Fiction Urban Lifestyle Press Urban Lifestyle Press Unprotected Sex, Murder, Disloyalty and Payoffs all included in this street-life thriller. Entangled is a Love St...
Wings
Wings Christopher Myers 9780590033770 Fiction Scholastic Inc Scholastic Inc. “…shows a vulnerable boy defended by a Black girl who admires rather than mocks his difference. The collage illustrations a...
Tar Beach
Tar Beach Faith Ringgold 9780517885444 Fiction Dragonfly Books Dragonfly Books Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold broke new ground because the book was adapted from the textile/quilt. She incorporated Africa...
Tar Beach (Hardcover)
Tar Beach (Hardcover) Faith Ringgold 9780517580301 Fiction Crown Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold broke new ground because the book was adapted from the textile...
Black Nationalism in America
Black Nationalism in America John H. Bracey Jr., August Meier, and Elliott Rudwick 9780672512414 Nonfiction Bobbs-Merrill Bobbs-Merrill Black Nationalism in America covers a wide range of topics rela...
Shadra Strickland
Shadra Strickland NONE Shadra Strickland, an award-winning illustrator and teacher, studied at Syracuse University and the School of Visual Arts. She won the Ezra Jack Keats and Coretta Scott King/Jo...
Vince Bailey
Vince Bailey NONE Vince Bailey is an award-winning author and construction estimator from Central Arizona. His childhood experiences heavily influence his nostalgic fiction writing, particularly his ...
Shawntae Harris and Jesseca Harris-Dupart
Shawntae Harris and Jesseca Harris-Dupart MULTIPLE Shawntae Harris, born in Chicago, Illinois, better known by her stage name “Da Brat,” is an American rap artist, profound writer, television and ra...
Making It Plain: Deconstructing a Fictitious and Vicious Story About Racism
Making It Plain: Deconstructing a Fictitious and Vicious Story About Racism Ronald Bonner 9781662962158 Nonfiction Gatekeeper Press Gatekeeper Press Making It Plain: Deconstructing a Fictitious and Vi...
Running Against the Grain: The Story of Philadelphia Eagle and Movie Star Timmy Brown
Running Against the Grain: The Story of Philadelphia Eagle and Movie Star Timmy Brown Roy Weaver, David Sullivan, and Shawn Sriver 9798986820118 Nonfiction Eagle 22 Eagle 22 Born in a rural Indiana or...
The Way You Love Me: A Grayson Friends Novel
The Way You Love Me: A Grayson Friends Novel Francis Ray 9781250624031 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers A reissue of The Way You Love Me, the first book in the popular erotic romance ...
The Emperor of Sound: A Memoir
The Emperor of Sound: A Memoir Timbaland and Veronica Chambers 9780061936968 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins The long-anticipated inside look at the extraordinary career of the man who brought Sexy B...
Tender Loving Passion: Temptation and LiesLonging and Lies (The Ladies of TLC)
Tender Loving Passion: Temptation and LiesLonging and Lies (The Ladies of TLC) Donna Hill 9780373091522 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Arabesque Harlequin Enterprises Limited Two classic TLC novels from Es...
In The Black: New African Canadian Literature
In The Black: New African Canadian Literature Althea Prince 9781554830855 Nonfiction Insomniac Press Insomniac Press In a mix of short fiction, poetry, dub poetry, and hip hop, some of Black Canada’s ...
Preconceived Notions
Preconceived Notions Robyn Williams 9781930097018 Fiction Lushena Books Lushena Books "With her first incredibly provocative literary masterwork, Robyn Williams has produced an insightful novel that c...
Globetrotter & Hitler’s Children (Black Goat)
Globetrotter & Hitler’s Children (Black Goat) Amatoritsero Ede 9781933354774 Poetry Akashic Books Akashic Books A startling new voice in Canadian letters.” Olive Senior, author of Shell"Ede has the ...
Christmas In The Hood (Street Chronicles)
Christmas In The Hood (Street Chronicles) Nikki Turner 9780345497802 Fiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House The undisputed queen of hip-hop fiction, #1 Essence bestselling author Nikki Turn...
The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop’s Greatest Songs
The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop’s Greatest Songs Felicia Pride 9781568583358 Nonfiction Thunder’s Mouth Press Thunder’s Mouth Press In this book of life lessons culled from hip-hop culture,...
Appearances
Appearances Gloria Oden 9780935086348 Poetry Saru Press Saru Press The sweetest insanity is love. This is a love story: Gloria Oden, now 80, her life, her loves, and the rediscovery of love. The young...
Being Black
Being Black Althea Prince 9781895837773 Fiction Insomniac Press Insomniac Press Following in the highly personal tradition of essayists such as Dionne Brand and bell hooks, Althea Prince culls thirty ...
John Gibson
John Gibson 0000000080602546 John H. Gibson, a former high-tech engineer with over 25 years of experience, is a writer of thrilling political novels. His career in writing began as a hobby while resi...
Chibundu Onuzo
Chibundu Onuzo 0000000369355013 Chibundu Onuzo is a celebrated Nigerian novelist, known for her award-winning debut, The Spider King’s Daughter. Born and raised in Lagos, she holds degrees from King'...
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...
Tre Armstrong - "The How She Move" Interview
Tre Armstrong - "The How She Move" Interview Kam Williams Interview Accomplished Dancer-Turned-Actress Takes Center Stage Tracey Tr’ Armstrong has been dancing as long as she can remember. Dur...