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Big Machine: A Novel
Big Machine: A Novel Victor Lavalle 9780385527996 Fiction Spiegel & Grau Penguin Random House A fiendishly imaginative comic novel about doubt, faith, and the monsters we carry within us.Ricky Rice wa...
African American Review
African American Review Troy Johnson Article AAR African American Review - http://aar.slu.edu Office of Editorial Assistant Joe Weixlmann EditorHousto...
Big Papa and the Time Machine
Big Papa and the Time Machine Daniel Bernstrom 9780062463319 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Discover the true meaning of being brave in this tender and whimsical picture book from Daniel Bernstro...
Letter Machine Editions
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Stepping Stone and Love Machine: Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion
Stepping Stone and Love Machine: Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion Walter Mosley 9780765330109 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers Walter Mosley’s talent knows no bounds. Stepping Stone and L...
NOMMO
NOMMO NONE "NOMMO Lyrical Alchemy Volume One is a collaborative project featuring original artists like Erykah Badu. It's the first in a series aimed at presenting artistic expression and cultural el...
Victor LaValle reads from his novel Big Machine
Victor LaValle reads from his novel Big Machine Book Spotlights For more information visit https://aalbc.com/authors/victordlavalle.htm Victor LaValle reads from his novel Big Machine. The reading to...
The Universal Machine (consent not to be a single being)
The Universal Machine (consent not to be a single being) Fred Moten 9780822370468 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books "Taken as a trilogy, consent not to be a single bei...
Golden Threads
Golden Threads Ariella Aïsha Azoulay 9781961814219 Fiction Ayin Press Ayin Press A beautifully illustrated story celebrating traditional craftsmanship, community, and the power of working together. ...
Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine (NAAM)
Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine (NAAM) Seattle WA Find Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machines (Seattle WA, Oakland, CA) Sistah Scifi is a cauldron of all things afrofuturism; Black mysticism, science fi...
Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine (Distant Worlds Coffee)
Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine (Distant Worlds Coffee) Seattle WA Find Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machines (Seattle WA, Oakland, CA) Sistah Scifi is a cauldron of all things afrofuturism; Black myst...
Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine (Chapter 510)
Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine (Chapter 510) Oakland CA Find Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machines (Seattle WA, Oakland, CA) Sistah Scifi is a cauldron of all things afrofuturism; Black mysticism, sci...
Schedule of Events
Schedule of Events Schedule of Events The New Jersey Performing Arts Center SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SACRED CIRCLE/SPOKEN WORD A Three-Day Festival and Conference October 29-31, 1999 Friday, Octob...
African Amer. Images
African Amer. Images Troy Johnson Article http://www.africanamericanimages.com/ African American Images 1909 W 95th Street Chicago IL. 60643 1-800-552-1991 fax 773-445-9844 President, D...
Victor Lavalle
Victor Lavalle 0000000114589002 “If the literary gods mixed together Karuki Murakami and Ralph Ellison, the result would be Victor Lavaelle.” Victor D. LaValle, born in 1972, is an award-w...
Mogul: A Novel
Mogul: A Novel Terrance Dean 9781451611922 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. From the Essence bestselling author of Hiding in Hip Hop and an entertainment insider—a juicy debut novel about th...
Beeperless Remote: A Guy, Some Girls, and His Answering Machine
Beeperless Remote: A Guy, Some Girls, and His Answering Machine Van Whitfield 9781890194161 Fiction Pines One Publications Pines One Publications With a style that is simultaneously self-effacing and ...
Big
Big Vashti Harrison 9780316353229 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award“Measuring almost 12 by 10 inches this ‘big’ children’s boo...
One Big Day
One Big Day Anne Wynter 9780062934932 Fiction Balzer & Bray/Harperteen HarperCollins One Big Day is a board book celebration of that very special day—a baby’s first birthday. The perfect gift for babi...
Jacqueline Jones LaMon
Jacqueline Jones LaMon Kam Williams Interview Jaci LaMon JaciWrites@aol.com Jacqueline Jones LaMon is a poet and writer. Her work has appeared in various publications inclu...
Black Orchid Lit. Agency
Black Orchid Lit. Agency Troy Johnson Article Black Orchid Literary Agency http://www.flashtech.net/bola/ 820 Lamar Street Cleveland, TX 77327 William E. Wright, President &...
Gifted Voices
Gifted Voices Troy Johnson Article Gifted Voices is a nationally distributed, monthly publication whose sole purpose is to promote the literary talents of emerging and established African Ame...
Big Black: Stand at Attica
Big Black: Stand at Attica Frank Smith 9781684154791 Nonfiction Archaia BOOM! Studios A graphic novel memoir from Frank "Big Black" Smith, a prisoner at Attica State Prison in 1971, whose rebellion ag...
Cool Machine
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead 9780385550505 Fiction Doubleday Books Penguin Random House From #1 New York Times bestselling author and two-time Pulitzer winner Colson Whitehead, an exuberantly ent...
Perennial Fashion Presence Falling
Perennial Fashion Presence Falling Fred Moten 9781950268801 Poetry Wave Books Wave Books “some ekphrastic evening, this’ll be both criticism and poetry and failing that fall somewhere that seem like i...
Jabari Tries
Jabari Tries Gaia Cornwall 9781536207163 Fiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press Jabari is inventing a machine that will fly all the way across the yard! But making it go from CRASH to WHOOSH will t...
7-Day Apple Cider Vinegar Cleanse: Lose Up to 15 Pounds in 7 Days and Turn Your Body Into a Fat-Burning Machine
7-Day Apple Cider Vinegar Cleanse: Lose Up to 15 Pounds in 7 Days and Turn Your Body Into a Fat-Burning Machine J.J. Smith 9781982118075 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. JJ Smith, au...
All That Beauty
All That Beauty Fred Moten 9781732772113 Poetry Letter Machine Editions Letter Machine Editions A pathbreaking new volume of poems from Fred Moten, All That Beauty combines Moten’s penchant for lyri...
The Feel Trio
The Feel Trio Fred Moten 9780988713710 Poetry Letter Machine Editions Letter Machine Editions Poetry. African American Studies. Music. California Interest. THE FEEL TRIO is Cecil Taylor, Tony Oxley an...
Hardware: The Man in the Machine
Hardware: The Man in the Machine Dwayne McDuffie 9781401225988 Fiction DC Comics DC Comics This first-ever HARDWARE collection introduces inventor/engineer Curt Metcalf, who begins his adventures by b...
Lucky Beans
Lucky Beans Becky Birtha 9780807547823 Fiction Albert Whitman & Company Albert Whitman & Company Like so many people during the Great Depression of the 1930s, Marshall Loman’s dad has lost his job. Th...
The Sights of the 360° A Revolution of Black Poets Event
The Sights of the 360° A Revolution of Black Poets Event The Sights of the 360° A Revolution of Black Poets Event 2026 Note: This is a file I never quite finished ;-) , Toni Asante Lightfoot,...
Oprah Winfrey: Little People, BIG DREAMS
Oprah Winfrey: Little People, BIG DREAMS Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara 9781836007500 Nonfiction Frances Lincoln Children’s Books The Quarto Group “[This] addition to the Little People, BIG DREAMS ch...
Big Tune: Rise of the Dancehall Prince
Big Tune: Rise of the Dancehall Prince Alliah L. Agostini 9780374389949 Fiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Macmillan Publishers An exuberant picture book written by Alliah L. Agostini and illustrated b...
The Big Picture: Getting Perspective on What’s Really Important
The Big Picture: Getting Perspective on What’s Really Important Ben Carson 9780310363552 Nonfiction Zondervan HarperCollins Christian Publishing Dr. Ben Carson is known as the originator of groundbrea...
Little Miss Maple: Thinks Big
Little Miss Maple: Thinks Big Johanna Sparrow 9781793888846 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published Adorable and sweet Little Miss Maple has been inspired by the teacher to think big, ...
God’s Big Idea Tradepaper: Reclaiming Gods Original Purpose for Your Life
God’s Big Idea Tradepaper: Reclaiming Gods Original Purpose for Your Life Myles Munroe 9781459600386 Nonfiction ReadHowYouWant ReadHowYouWant There has never been a better time to be alive! God’s plan...
Big Towns, Big Talk: Poems
Big Towns, Big Talk: Poems Patricia Smith 9780944072240 Poetry Steerforth Steerforth Life According to Motown, Patricia Smith’s first book, told of the glittery deceptions of the Motown era and the di...
Faith Childs Literary Agency
Faith Childs Literary Agency Troy Johnson Article Contact: Faith Childs Literary Agency, Inc. 915 Broadway, Suite 1009 New York, NY 10010
Andre Seward
Andre Seward NONE Andre Seward, also known as Poetryman7, is a poet who has been writing since 1998. His works are deeply grounded in faith and spirituality, exploring themes of love, grace, and fami...
Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth 0000000109884285 One of the “100 Most Significant Americans of All Time” Sojourner Truth (c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) was an abolitionist and women’s rights a...
Big Words
Big Words Kam Williams big-words-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Rap Group Reunites on 2008 Election Day in Dream Deferred Drama Big Words In Theaters: Jul 19, 2013 Limited Unrated Running time: 94 ...
FYAH.com
FYAH.com Troy Johnson Article If you are asking for submissions for an upcoming anthology or conferences, please forward info to: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS@fyah.com. FYAH demands a little more than ...
Meroen Press
Meroen Press Troy Johnson Article Meroen Press http://www.meroen.com/ The Meroen Press is a small publishing company owned and operated by William and Tameka Hobbs. Meroen Press i...
ReGeJe Press
ReGeJe Press Troy Johnson Article ReGeJe Press http://www.angelfire.com/mi/regejepress/ "In the past few years, more books by and about African Americans have been published by mainstream publis...
University of Pittsburgh Press
University of Pittsburgh Press Troy Johnson Article http://www.pitt.edu/~press Title: Captivity Author: Toi Derricotte Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Date Published:...
Belonging to the Air: A Novel
Belonging to the Air: A Novel Avery Irons 9781967165001 Fiction Screen Door Press University Press of Kentucky Honest "Bird" Bennett is a young Black girl with a hunger to learn what lies beyond the w...
Big Head Books
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Rules of a Big Boss
Rules of a Big Boss Rules of a Big Boss Rules of a Big Boss, LLC
Big Head Books
Big Head Books Big Head Books Big Head Books
Rules of a Big Boss
Rules of a Big Boss Rules of a Big Boss, LLC Rules of a Big Boss
I Got You
I Got You Derrick Barnes 9780593111451 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House A touching and joyful celebration of siblinghood, by New York Times bestselling author Derrick Barnes Rasheed...
Stop Waiting for Perfect: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone and Into Your Power
Stop Waiting for Perfect: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone and Into Your Power L’Oreal Thompson Payton 9781637743072 Nonfiction BenBella Books BenBella Books Featured in Good Housekeeping as one of 14 po...
I Want to Be Big!
I Want to Be Big! Tiffany Golden 9781645676300 Fiction Page Street Kids Page Street Publishing Jaiceon wishes he was big—bigger than his whole family, bigger than everyone! If he were big, he could re...
One Big Heart: A Celebration of Being More Alike Than Different
One Big Heart: A Celebration of Being More Alike Than Different Linsey Davis 9780310767855 Fiction Zonderkidz HarperCollins Christian Publishing Linsey Davis, Emmy-winning correspondent for ABC News, ...
Big Monty and the Lunatic Lunch Lady
Big Monty and the Lunatic Lunch Lady Matt Maxx 9781733743525 Fiction Homestead Publishing Homestead Publishing Meet fifth-grader Merlin Montgomery, AKA Big Monty. Merlin navigates between his love of ...
I’m A Big Sister Now
I’m A Big Sister Now Katura J. Hudson 9781603490221 Fiction Marimba Books Just Us Books, Inc. Being a big sister is a big job. It takes a lot of work, and patience, but it’s a lot of fun, too. This ch...
Sydney Sunshine and the Mysterious Big Harvey (Volume 4)
Sydney Sunshine and the Mysterious Big Harvey (Volume 4) Sydney McGee 9780984688951 Fiction Visible Works Publishing Visible Works Publishing It’s raining, it’s pouring, being in the house is getting ...
Sydney Sunshine and the Big Birthday Bash (Volume 3)
Sydney Sunshine and the Big Birthday Bash (Volume 3) Sydney McGee 9780984688968 Fiction Visible Works Publishing Visible Works Publishing Sydney Sunshine is turning ten years old. She has been dreamin...
The Big Deal of Taking Small Steps to Move Closer to God
The Big Deal of Taking Small Steps to Move Closer to God Vashti McKenzie 9781455596577 Nonfiction FaithWords Hachette Book Group THE BIG DEAL… shows how to develop a stronger relationship with...
Grandbaby Cakes: Modern Recipes, Vintage Charm, Soulful Memories
Grandbaby Cakes: Modern Recipes, Vintage Charm, Soulful Memories Jocelyn Delk Adams 9781572841734 Nonfiction Agate Surrey Agate Publishing Inc Grandbaby Cakes: Modern Recipes, Vintage Charm, Soulful M...
Big Hair, Don’t Care
Big Hair, Don’t Care Crystal Swain-Bates 9781939509109 Fiction Goldest Karat Publishing Goldest Karat Publishing Designed to boost self-esteem and build confidence in African-American and biracial chi...
Mrs. Big
Mrs. Big Maryann Reid 9780312341992 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Loletta Hightower likes to live big: exotic vacations, designer clothing, trips to the spa. But it gets harder an...
Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential For Excellence
Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential For Excellence Ben Carson 9780310214595 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins In this follow-up to his best-selling Gifted Hands, Dr. Ben Carson prescribes his personal...
Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life
Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life Michael Strahan and Veronica Chambers Excerpt WHAT I LEARNED FROM HERSCHEL WALKER Rule #1 Help can—and will—c...
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...
Lynda Jones Mubarak
Lynda Jones Mubarak NONE Dr. Lynda Jones Mubarak, a native Texan and passionate educator, has dedicated her life to teaching and writing. Known for her works that promote personal growth, she's also ...
A Brief History Of Seven Killings: A Novel
A Brief History Of Seven Killings: A Novel Marlon James 9781594633942 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House Winner of the 2015 Man Booker PrizeA recipient of the 2015 American Book AwardNamed a best book...
Wild Ride (a Dyamonde Daniel Book, Book #6)
Wild Ride (a Dyamonde Daniel Book, Book #6) Nikki Grimes 9781478890737 Fiction Reycraft Books Reycraft Books Readers are welcomed back to the world of Dyamonde Daniel in a big way with the sixth i...
Bessie the Motorcycle Queen
Bessie the Motorcycle Queen Charles R. Smith Jr. 9781338752472 Nonfiction Orchard Books Orchard Books Hop on the bike with Bessie Stringfield, the motorcycle queen of Miami, in this powerful picture b...
Lola at the Library with Mommy
Lola at the Library with Mommy Anna McQuinn 9781623541798 Fiction Charlesbridge Charlesbridge Learn about the library, checking out books, and story time with Lola. Every Tuesday Lola and her mommy go...
Real Steel
Real Steel Kam Williams images/realsteel2.jpg Film Review Father and Son Belatedly Bond in Rock‘em-Sock‘em Robot Saga Real Steel Rated PG-13 for violence, intense ac...
Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined
Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined David F. Walker 9780593836118 Fiction Ten Speed Graphic Penguin Random House A thrilling graphic novel reimagining of The Adventures of Huckle...
Big Sister Coco 1: The Birthday Surprise
Big Sister Coco 1: The Birthday Surprise Jesse Byrd 9781223187075 Fiction Paw Prints Publishing Baker & Taylor Publisher Services Big Sister Coco is sassy and smart, and she absolutely adores her litt...
Big Girl
Big Girl Mecca Jamilah Sullivan 9781324091417 Fiction Liveright Publishing Corporation W. W. Norton & Company Exquisitely compassionate and witty, Big Girl traces the intergenerational hungers and des...
The Man Who Cried I Am
The Man Who Cried I Am John A. Williams Excerpt FOREWORD by Graham Hodges The publication of John A. Williams’ fourth novel, The Man Who Cried I Am, in October, 1967, caused cr...
Every Man a King: A King Oliver Novel
Every Man a King: A King Oliver Novel Walter Mosley 9780316460217 Fiction Mulholland Books Hachette Book Group In this highly anticipated sequel from Edgar Award-winning “master of craft and narrative...
Paper Gods: A Novel of Money, Race, and Politics
Paper Gods: A Novel of Money, Race, and Politics Goldie Taylor 9781250194442 Fiction All Points Books St. Martin’s Press The mayor of Atlanta and a washed-up reporter investigate a series of assassina...
Shaft’s Revenge
Shaft’s Revenge David F. Walker 9781606908563 Fiction Dynamite Entertainment Dynamite Entertainment Like an unstoppable force of nature, private detective John Shaft is back with a vengeance. Ernest T...
Giveadamn Brown: A Novel (Old School Books)
Giveadamn Brown: A Novel (Old School Books) Robert Deane Pharr 9780393315394 Fiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. In this surreal dark comedy, Larry "Giveadamn" Brown is transfo...
Lauren Francis-Sharma
Lauren Francis-Sharma NONE Lauren Francis Sharma, a New York-born author of Trinidadian descent, pursued law before becoming a writer. Raised in Baltimore, she graduated from the University of Pennsy...
Zone One: A Novel
Zone One: A Novel Colson Whitehead Excerpt A 2012 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominated Book He always wanted to live in New York. His Uncle Lloyd lived downtown on Lafayette, and in the long s...
A Man Most Worthy
A Man Most Worthy Thumper Book Review Imagine the man who has every material possession his heart ever desires. One day, after all of his battles have been fought, and the dragons have been slain, ...
Amiable with Big Teeth
Amiable with Big Teeth Claude McKay 9780143132219 Fiction Penguin Classics Penguin Random House A monumental literary event: the newly discovered final novel by seminal Harlem Renaissance writer Claud...
Amiable with Big Teeth
Amiable with Big Teeth Claude McKay 9780143107316 Fiction Penguin Classics Penguin Random House A monumental literary event: the newly discovered final novel by seminal Harlem Renaissance writer Claud...
So Not The Drama: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel
So Not The Drama: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel Paula Chase 9780758218599 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. In exactly one hour, eighteen minutes, and thirty-five seconds, Mina Mooney will be dip...
Claude McKay
Claude McKay 0000000108625951 Festus Claudius McKay, a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, was born in Jamaica and authored influential works including the poem “If We Must Die” and novel “Home to ...
Donna Drew Sawyer
Donna Drew Sawyer NONE Donna Drew Sawyer, author of Provenance, has a rich background in arts administration, advertising, and public relations. A New Yorker with over three decades of experience in ...
Guy Sims
Guy Sims NONE Guy A. Sims is an acclaimed author known for his early publications on Kwanzaa, his collection of American Tall Tales, and his novel, Living Just A Little. He's also the head writer for...
Big City Entertainment
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More Bios. More Bios. 360? A Revolution of Black Poets Produced in the tradition of the Black Poetry Festivals and Conferences of the Black Arts Movement, this first National festi...
Contest Winner
Contest Winner Contest Winner The AALBC in conjunction with BlackWords sponsored a contest for the "360? Degree A Revolution of Black Poets" event. The question posed was "What is the importance...
Little Big Man
Little Big Man Varian Johnson 9781338807431 Fiction Orchard Books Orchard Books An excellent choice for Father’s Day gifting! From literary powerhouse and Coretta Scott King Honor- and Boston Globe / ...
Big Doll
Big Doll Vashti Harrison 9781579825577 Fiction MerryMakers MerryMakers Big, the multi-award-winning book by Vashti Harrison, inspires a complementary companion: an adorable, soft plush doll, with warm...
Let’s Fly!: Barrington Irving’s Record-Breaking Flight Around the World
Let’s Fly!: Barrington Irving’s Record-Breaking Flight Around the World Chana Stiefel and Barrington Irving 9780593532133 Nonfiction Dial Books Penguin Random House The true story of Barrington Irving...
Stars in My Crown
Stars in My Crown Antonio Michael Downing 9780735271128 Fiction Tundra Books (NY) Penguin Random House Author and musician Antonio Michael Downing’s debut picture book is about big changes and big fee...
Frankie and Friends The Big Protest
Frankie and Friends The Big Protest Christine Platt 9781536222104 Fiction Walker Books US Candlewick Press Young reporter Frankie and her news crew of beloved toys learn why and how people protest as ...
I’m Not Small Board Book
I’m Not Small Board Book Nina Crews 9780063058279 Fiction Greenwillow Books HarperCollins What makes you big? What makes you small? From acclaimed author-illustrator Nina Crews comes a board book that...
The Smallest Spot of a Dot: The Little Ways We’re Different, the Big Ways We’re the Same
The Smallest Spot of a Dot: The Little Ways We’re Different, the Big Ways We’re the Same Linsey Davis 9780310748809 Fiction Zonderkidz HarperCollins Christian Publishing Linsey Davis, bestselling chil...