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Black Writers Weekend
Black Writers Weekend Auburn Avenue Research Library Atlanta Georgia Black Writers Weekend expands nationwide this year, bringing its celebrated literary festival to six U.S. cities. Alongside the fla...
Weekend Wealth Transfer: How Black Churches Move Billions of Dollars Out of Black Communities and How to Move It Back
Weekend Wealth Transfer: How Black Churches Move Billions of Dollars Out of Black Communities and How to Move It Back Gwen Richardson 9781539373643 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Ever...
Sharon Lucas Describes the 2018 Black Authors & Readers Rock Weekend
Sharon Lucas Describes the 2018 Black Authors & Readers Rock Weekend Author Interviews Author, Sharon Lucas Describes the 2018 Black Authors & Readers Rock Weekend. Learn More: https://aalbc.com/event...
Homecoming Weekend: A Novel (Zane Presents)
Homecoming Weekend: A Novel (Zane Presents) Curtis Bunn 9781593094294 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. If you thought Las Vegas was where “what happens” stays, you have not been to homecom...
Articles for Writers
Articles for Writers Loading In this section you will find articles for and about writers and the art of writing. If you would like to contribute an article to this section please drop us...
Black Lit Weekend
Black Lit Weekend The Barnett - JDV by Hyatt New Orleans Louisiana This multi-day conference brings together Black-owned bookstore owners from across the country for a weekend that honors the legacy o...
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...
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...
Samois (Nubian Underworld)
Samois (Nubian Underworld) Shakir Rashaan 9780998664088 Fiction Shakir Rashaan Shakir Rashaan "If you thought Ramesses was the only one capable of making big things happen, you’ve got another thing co...
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 11th National Black Writers Conference - Thursday, March 29 – Sunday, April 1, 2012 - Brooklyn, NY
The 11th National Black Writers Conference - Thursday, March 29 – Sunday, April 1, 2012 - Brooklyn, NY The 11th National Black Writers Conference - Thursday, March 29 – Sunday, April 1, 2012 - Bro...
History of our Annual Black Pack Party
History of our Annual Black Pack Party Troy Johnson Article The Black Pack Party is a gathering of professionals across the Black book ecosystem. It was originally held annually during Book Expo Amer...
Black Pack Party
Black Pack Party StudioBE New Orleans Louisiana The Black Pack Party brings together publishing professionals and writers twice a year: during Black Lit Weekend, typically held in July, and the Americ...
The National Black Writers Conference (NBWC)
The National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) Medgar Evers College Brooklyn New York More than 50 Black writers, publishing executives, and literary activists will gather to discuss the triumphs and ch...
HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience
HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience Ayesha Rascoe 9781643753867 Nonfiction Algonquin Books Workman Publishing Co., Inc. Edited by NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday host Ayesha Rascoe, ...
The 9th National Black Writers Conference - March 28 - 30, 2008
The 9th National Black Writers Conference - March 28 - 30, 2008 The 9th National Black Writers Conference - March 28 - 30, 2008 THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS ...
Co-Founder of JLD Publishing, Inc. at at Black Lit Weekend
Co-Founder of JLD Publishing, Inc. at at Black Lit Weekend Publishing & Craft Jamah (Jay) Myhand, co-Founder of JLD Publishing, Inc. discusses his word search books. Learn more at: https://aalbc.com/...
John Strausbaugh
John Strausbaugh 0000000067554770 John Strausbaugh, born in 1951, is a renowned author and cultural commentator. Known for his authority on New York City's history, he also hosts The New York Times' ...
The Tenth National Black Writers Conference - Thursday, March 25 ? Sunday, March 28, 2010 - Brooklyn, NY
The Tenth National Black Writers Conference - Thursday, March 25 ? Sunday, March 28, 2010 - Brooklyn, NY The Tenth National Black Writers Conference - Thursday, March 25 ? Sunday, March 28, 2010 - Bro...
Provocateurs: The Symbiotic Relationship Between Photographers & Writers Photography Group Show
Provocateurs: The Symbiotic Relationship Between Photographers & Writers Photography Group Show Provocateurs: The Symbiotic Relationship Between Photographers & Writers Photography Group Show ...
Dark Matter II
Dark Matter II Loading The Call for submission has ended DARK MATTER II : Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora Edited by Sheree R. Thomas GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS&n...
The Risk of Loving You: When Danger Meets Desire
The Risk of Loving You: When Danger Meets Desire Dana Bari 9798999868909 Fiction AscendED AscendED Sixty-year-old Frederick “Rick” Thompson has spent a lifetime drifting from one situationship to anot...
Grandpa’s Cabin Coloring & Lookbook: Collector’s Edition: Hardcover (Collector’s)
Grandpa’s Cabin Coloring & Lookbook: Collector’s Edition: Hardcover (Collector’s) Ross Victory 9798218175450 Nonfiction J. Ross Victory J. Ross Victory Get the full Grandpa’s Cabin experience by addin...
National Book Club Conference 2006
National Book Club Conference 2006 National Book Club Conference 2006 August 4th to August 6th, 2006 - Atlanta, GA To Register or Obtain More Information Visit: http://www.nationalbookclubco...
Grandpa’s Cabin: Book 1
Grandpa’s Cabin: Book 1 Ross Victory 9798218017897 Fiction VFTC Universe VFTC Universe At eighty-four years old, widower and award-winning geneticist Bernie Crenshaw has reached the end of his life. B...
Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta
Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta James Hannaham 9780316285278 Fiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize A Lambda Literary ...
Rise to the Sun
Rise to the Sun Leah Johnson 9781338662238 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. From the author of You Should See Me in a Crown, Leah Johnson delivers a stunning novel about being brave enough to ...
This Close to Okay
This Close to Okay Leesa Cross-Smith 9781538715376 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group From the award-winning writer Roxane Gay calls “a consummate storyteller” comes a cathartic nove...
The Scrumptious Life of Azaleah Lane
The Scrumptious Life of Azaleah Lane Nikki Shannon Smith 9781515844662 Fiction Picture Window Books Capstone Press Mama and Daddy are heading out of town, which means Azaleah and her sisters get to sp...
The Camping Trip
The Camping Trip Jennifer K. Mann 9781536207361 Fiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press Ernestine has never been camping before, but she’s sure it will be lots of fun … won’t it? An endearing story ...
The Crazy Bunch
The Crazy Bunch Willie Perdomo 9780143132691 Poetry PublicAffairs Hachette Book Group From a prize-winning poet, a new collection that chronicles a weekend in the life of a group of friends coming of ...
His Biggest Fan
His Biggest Fan Martha Kennerson B07MTLXTX4 Fiction Amazon Digital Services Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Dr. Tonya Banks spent her life focusing on her career and developing her craft. She followed a...
The House of Broken Angels
The House of Broken Angels Luís Alberto Urrea 9780316154888 Fiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group The quintessential story of what it means to be the first generation to live two lives...
Early Sunday Morning
Early Sunday Morning Denene Millner 9781572842113 Fiction Denene Millner Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Early Sunday Morning, a picture book for young children ages 4 to 9, is the first offering from ...
B-FEST: Teen Book Festival
B-FEST: Teen Book Festival Barnes & Noble Stores Nationwide Nationwide
Living Separate Lives
Living Separate Lives Paulette Harper 9780989969109 Fiction Thy Word Publishing Thy Word Publishing Four Friends, One Secret and The Weekend That Changed Their Destiny Candace Walker, Kaylan Smith, Jo...
Hollington Homecoming, Volume One: RSVP with LoveTeach Me Tonight
Hollington Homecoming, Volume One: RSVP with LoveTeach Me Tonight Sandra Kitt and Jacquelin Thomas 9780373091317 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Arabesque Harlequin Enterprises Limited Ten years. Eight grads...
We Speak Your Names: A Celebration
We Speak Your Names: A Celebration Pearl Cleage 9780345490278 Poetry Random House Penguin Random House For centuries, African American women have been remaking the world, giving testament to the power...
You Know Better: A Novel
You Know Better: A Novel Tina McElroy Ansa 9780060197797 Fiction William Morrow HarperCollins It is the spring weekend of the Peach Blossom Festival in the tiny middle Georgia town of Mulberry, but th...
Every Other Weekend/Straight Talk to Divorced Men Who Love Their Children, but No Longer Live With Them
Every Other Weekend/Straight Talk to Divorced Men Who Love Their Children, but No Longer Live With Them Kenneth Parker and Van Jones 9780840778031 Nonfiction Thomas Nelson HarperCollins Christian Pu...
Nikki Woods
Nikki Woods NONE Nikki Woods is a multi-media personality, personal branding coach, and CEO of Nikki Woods Media. As senior producer of the Tom Joyner Morning Show, she reaches over 8 million listen...
Ayesha Rascoe
Ayesha Rascoe NONE Ayesha Rascoe, host of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and Up First's Saturday episodes, is a former White House correspondent who covered three presidential administrations. Prior to...
The NBWC: An Evolving Process
The NBWC: An Evolving Process The NBWC: An Evolving Process The Ninth National Black Writers Conference An Evolving Process A reflective piece by Dr. Brenda M. Greene, Execut...
Meditations And Ascensions: Black Writers On Writing
Meditations And Ascensions: Black Writers On Writing Brenda M. Greene and Fred Beauford 9780883782965 Nonfiction Third World Press Third World Press Representing conversations from the Eighth National...
Migrated Writers
Migrated Writers 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 Cultural Expo 2000 AA Book Stor...
Black Women Writers at Work
Black Women Writers at Work Claudia Tate 9781642598407 Nonfiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books “Black women writers and critics are acting on the old adage that one must speak for oneself if one wi...
Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story
Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story Robert Fleming Book Review Jazz is dead! If you believe that mess, you must not listen to radio or read any of the mainstream media. Howeve...
Damaris B. Hill
Damaris B. Hill 0000000454814480 DaMaris B. Hill, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Kentucky. Inspired by theories of “rememory” and inclusive history, Hill has ...
Official Writers League
Official Writers League Official Writers League Official Writers League The Official Writers League was founded in 2012 by New York Times Bestselling Authors Ashley & JaQuavis. The company specialize...
Official Writers League
Official Writers League Official Writers League Official Writers League The Official Writers League was founded in 2012 by New York Times Bestselling Authors Ashley & JaQuavis. The company specialize...
5 Things Writers Must Do To Survive Online
5 Things Writers Must Do To Survive Online Troy Johnson Article Today, despite all the technology and social media at our disposal, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the average writer to ear...
ZZ Packer
ZZ Packer 0000000079830912 ZZ Packer is a celebrated writer recognized by Book magazine. A Yale, Johns Hopkins, and University of Iowa alumna, she's acclaimed for her short fiction in her debut colle...
Alice Wootson
Alice Wootson NONE Alice Greenhowe Wootson is a retired teacher and acclaimed author of thirteen novels, including romance and romantic suspense. A prize-winning poet, member of various writers' asso...
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION Khristi Lauren Adams Excerpt INTRODUCTION The turn of the millennium has seen an upsurge in new and young African writers and this has been particularly noticeable in terms of the num...
Articles for Writers
Articles for Writers Troy Johnson Article In this section you will find articles for and about writers and the art of writing. If you would like to contribute an article to ...
Blockson Literary Collective
Blockson Literary Collective Troy Johnson Article Charles L. Blockson The Charles L. Blockson Literary Collective is dedicated to sponsoring programs and initiates designed to promote ...
The 8th National Black Writers Conf
The 8th National Black Writers Conf The 8th National Black Writers Conf THE 2006 EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. The Eight...
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2016): Embracing Difference
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2016): Embracing Difference Clarence V. Reynolds 21551758v8 Fiction Center for Black Literature Medgar Evers College Fall& /& Winter 2016 “Embracing D...
How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill
How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill Jericho Brown 9780063278189 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins More than 30 acclaimed writers—including diverse voices such as Nikki Giovanni, D...
Black Writers Dominate the 2017 Pulitzer Prizes
Black Writers Dominate the 2017 Pulitzer Prizes Troy Johnson Article Back in January of this year, I took the time to try to figure out how many Black writers have won Pulitzer Prizes in the six ...
Bad Men: Creative Touchstones of Black Writers
Bad Men: Creative Touchstones of Black Writers Howard Rambsy II 9780813944135 Nonfiction University of Virginia Press University of Virginia Press How have African American writers drawn on bad Bl...
On-line Writers Workshop
On-line Writers Workshop Loading WANTED: Black Writers with balls and ovaries of teflon and steel who can put up with heat waves, flashbacks, old lovers and word processors who can keep a watch...
AN UNPANEL: TECHNOLOGY'S IMPACT ON BLACK WRITERS
AN UNPANEL: TECHNOLOGY'S IMPACT ON BLACK WRITERS AN UNPANEL: TECHNOLOGY'S IMPACT ON BLACK WRITERS AN UNPANEL: TECHNOLOGY'S IMPACT ON BLACK WRITERS Time: Saturday, July 20, 2013 from 3:30 PM...
The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture
The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture Courtney Thorsson 9780231204729 Nonfiction Columbia University Press Columbia University Press One Sunday afternoon in Feb...
The 5th National Black Writers Conference Report from the Field 2
The 5th National Black Writers Conference Report from the Field 2 Kalamu ya Salaam Article Report from the Field National Black Writers Conference 2000 Part 2 of 3 “E...
Mary Helen Washington
Mary Helen Washington 0000000076894080 Mary Helen Washington is an English Professor at the University of Maryland. She's a former Bunting Fellow at Harvard and has taught at the University of Massac...
Richard Wright to Jay-Z: The Decline of Young Black Male Literary Writers
Richard Wright to Jay-Z: The Decline of Young Black Male Literary Writers K.L. Reeves Article Young Writers Need Models Young writers need models. Early in my apprenticeship my predecessors fed me ...
Delta Mouth Literary Festival
Delta Mouth Literary Festival Venue TBD Baton Rouge Louisiana In partnership with Louisiana State University, Louisiana Division of the Arts, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, EGSA, and New Delta R...
9th National Black Writers Conference
9th National Black Writers Conference 9th National Black Writers Conference The Ninth National Black Writers Conference Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Janua...
Thank You for Registeration Complete - 2010 National Black Writers Conference!
Thank You for Registeration Complete - 2010 National Black Writers Conference! Thank You for Registeration Complete - 2010 National Black Writers Conference! The Tenth National Black...
The Other Blacklist: The African American Literary and Cultural Left of the 1950s
The Other Blacklist: The African American Literary and Cultural Left of the 1950s Mary Helen Washington 9780231152716 Nonfiction Columbia University Press Columbia University Press Mary Helen Washingt...
The Word: Black Writers Talk About The Transformative Power Of Reading And Writing
The Word: Black Writers Talk About The Transformative Power Of Reading And Writing Marita Golden 9780767929912 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House Critically acclaimed Black writers reveal how books...
The 5th National Black Writers Conference Report from the Field 3
The 5th National Black Writers Conference Report from the Field 3 Kalamu ya Salaam Article Report from the Field National Black Writers Conference 2000 Part 3 of 3 “E...
Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival
Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival Blalock Park Venice Florida The Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival is a small, unique program hosting writers teaching writers on Friday night, and authors sel...
The Business of Being a Writer
The Business of Being a Writer Jane Friedman 9780226393162 Nonfiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press Writers talk about their work in many ways: as an art, as a calling, as a ...
The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them
The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them The Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell 9780767924900 Fiction Broadway Books Penguin Ran...
Editing Services
Editing Services Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com's Manuscript Editing Service http://www.aalbc.com/writers/manuscript_review.html EyeEdit Editorial Services https://bit.ly/eyeedit Jazzy Pen ...
The #1 Site for African American
The #1 Site for African American Troy Johnson Article Social Media 101 Social Media Marketing Tips by AALBC.com Founder Troy Johnson I've been actively selling books on-line since...
Black Genius: Essays on an American Legacy
Black Genius: Essays on an American Legacy Tre Johnson 9780593186473 Nonfiction Dutton Books Penguin Random House A powerful read redefining the meaning of genius while illuminating the ways in which ...
The ESSENCE Brand—Where Black Women Come First—NOT!
The ESSENCE Brand—Where Black Women Come First—NOT! Troy Johnson Article A few weeks ago, I visited Essence Magazine’s website to learn which Black owned bookstore they were going to use as the books...
Afro-Future Females: Black Writers Chart Science Fiction’s Newest New-Wave Trajectory
Afro-Future Females: Black Writers Chart Science Fiction’s Newest New-Wave Trajectory Marleen S Barr 9780814210789 Fiction Ohio University Press Ohio University Press Afro-Future Females: Black Writer...
Harlem Crossroads: Black Writers And The Photograph In The Twentieth Century
Harlem Crossroads: Black Writers And The Photograph In The Twentieth Century Sara Blair 9780691130873 Nonfiction Princeton University Press Princeton University Press The Harlem riot of 1935 not o...
Six Plays by Black and Asian Women Writers
Six Plays by Black and Asian Women Writers Kadija Sesay 9780951587720 Fiction Aurora Metro Books Aurora Metro Publications A landmark collection of plays for stage, screen, and radio, Six Plays by Bla...
Angeli R. Rasbury
Angeli R. Rasbury NONE Angeli R. Rasbury is a versatile writer and attorney who has served as an editor for several major publications. She's a co-editor of a notable book, interviewed distinguished ...
Brenda M. Greene
Brenda M. Greene 000000008095850X Dr. Brenda M. Greene is a respected professor, writer, and scholar, leading the Center for Black Literature and the National Black Writers Conference. She has contri...
Defining Ourselves: Black Writers in the 90s
Defining Ourselves: Black Writers in the 90s Brenda M. Greene and Elizabeth Nunez 9780820442617 Nonfiction Peter Lang Publishing Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. Defining Ourselves offers perspectives on b...
Black Writers Redefine the Struggle: A Tribute to James Baldwin
Black Writers Redefine the Struggle: A Tribute to James Baldwin James Baldwin 9780870236778 Nonfiction University of Massachusetts Press University of Massachusetts Press This book is a transcription ...
John Riddick, Jr.
John Riddick, Jr. MULTIPLE John Riddick, Jr., editor of Rhapsody in Black, a quarterly literary magazine, showcased selected national writers and artists' talents. This publication aimed to promote d...
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors Loading Brooklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors by Leah Mullen Perhaps the most overlooked and under acknowledged heroines and heroes ...
Troy Johnson on #WritersonWriting with Dr. Brenda M. Greene (#Center4BlackLit)
Troy Johnson on #WritersonWriting with Dr. Brenda M. Greene (#Center4BlackLit) Brenda M. Greene Interview Dr. Brenda Greene interviews Troy Johnson, the founder of the African American Literature Boo...
midnight & indigo Issue 3: Celebrating Black women writers
midnight & indigo Issue 3: Celebrating Black women writers Ianna A. Small 9781732891746 Fiction Midnight & Indigo Midnight & Indigo Publishing midnight & indigo is a literary journal dedicated to shor...
Glory Edim
Glory Edim NONE Glory Edim is the founder of Well-Read Black Girl, a platform celebrating Black literature. With over 10 years of experience as a creative strategist, she currently assists writers at...
Writers and Readers Publishing
Writers and Readers Publishing Writers & Readers Publishing For Beginners LLC Writers & Readers Publishing was based in Harlem, and founded by Glenn Thompson. “Glenn Thompson was an exemplary...
The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics, 1934-1960
The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics, 1934-1960 Lawrence P. Jackson 9780691141350 Fiction Princeton University Press Princeton University Press The Ind...
Shaping Memories: Reflections of African American Women Writers
Shaping Memories: Reflections of African American Women Writers Joanne V. Gabbin 9781604732740 Poetry University Press of Mississippi University Press of Mississippi Shaping Memories offers short essa...
Nichole L. Shields
Nichole L. Shields NONE Nichole L. Shields (1969-2009) was a celebrated poet and essayist, renowned for her impactful story-telling as a black woman. She was a two-time Gwendolyn Brooks poetry winner...
Dark Matter II
Dark Matter II Troy Johnson Article The Call for submission has ended DARK MATTER II : Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora Edited by Sheree R. Thomas GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION...
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...
Are Black Woman ’Always’ so angry? Hmmm: Truth, Excuse or Something Else
Are Black Woman ’Always’ so angry? Hmmm: Truth, Excuse or Something Else Dee Miller 9781520984773 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC The purpose of this book of narrative, non-fictional a...
Black Fire This Time
Black Fire This Time Kim McMillon 9781737987673 Fiction Aqueduct Press Aqueduct Press An anthology that explores all facets of the Black Arts Movement. Edited by Dr. Kim McMillon and Kofi Antwi. Forew...