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Chris Gardner and Quincy Troupe
Chris Gardner and Quincy Troupe MULTIPLE Chris Gardner is a renowned author, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker, best known for his autobiography “The Pursuit of Happyness.” Quincy Troupe is a ce...
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Pursuit of Happyness Chris Gardner and Quincy Troupe 9780060744878 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Read an AALBC.com Movie Review The astounding yet true rags-to-riches saga of a homeless fa...
Chris Gardner
Chris Gardner 0000000040093476 Chris Gardner is an entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, and single parent who overcame homelessness to become a best-selling author. His memoir, The Pursuit of Happyn...
The Accordion Years: A Memoir
The Accordion Years: A Memoir Quincy Troupe 9781644215876 Nonfiction Seven Stories Press Seven Stories Press The poet and journalist Quincy Troupe has told the stories of many people before, often to ...
Earl Monroe and Quincy Troupe
Earl Monroe and Quincy Troupe MULTIPLE Earl Monroe and Quincy Troupe are renowned figures in their respective fields, pictured here alongside Margaret Porter-Troupe. Photo by Home Slice. Earl Monro...
Quincy Troupe
Quincy Troupe 0000000376418772 Quincy Troupe, born in 1939, is an award-winning author, recognized for his poetry, children's books, and non-fiction works. His notable titles include a memoir of Earl...
ErranaçIties
ErranaçIties Quincy Troupe 9781566892834 Poetry Coffee House Press Coffee House Press "Troupe is an innovator of form and tone who shifts quickly from a lofty, elegiac mode into burlesque or smok...
Quincy Troupe Discusses his books The Pursuit of Happyness and Miles and Me
Quincy Troupe Discusses his books The Pursuit of Happyness and Miles and Me Book Spotlights For more information visit https://aalbc.com/authors/quincy_troupe.htm Quincy Troupe Discusses his collabor...
Choruses: Poems
Choruses: Poems Quincy Troupe 9781566890908 Poetry Coffee House Press Coffee House Press Quincy Troupe launches a pyrotechnic display of jazz rhythms, political commentary, sports tributes, travelogue...
Miles Davis and Quincy Troupe
Miles Davis and Quincy Troupe MULTIPLE Miles Davis, renowned jazz musician, and Quincy Troupe, acclaimed author, captured on photo by Jon Stevens. Miles Davis and Quincy Troupe (Photo by Jon Steve...
Miles and Me
Miles and Me Quincy Troupe 9780520216242 Nonfiction University of California Press University of California Press Quincy Troupe’s candid account of his friendship with Miles Davis is a revealing portr...
Howard Gardner and Alford Dalrymple Gardner
Howard Gardner and Alford Dalrymple Gardner MULTIPLE Howard Gardner and Alford Dalrymple Gardner are renowned authors known for their significant contributions in literature. Their work spans across ...
Seduction: New Poems, 2013-2018
Seduction: New Poems, 2013-2018 Quincy Troupe 9780810139046 Poetry TriQuarterly Books Northwestern University Press The world is made of seductions. In Quincy Troupe’s Seduction, the "I" becomes the "...
Start Where You Are: Life Lessons In Getting From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be
Start Where You Are: Life Lessons In Getting From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be Chris Gardner and Mim E. Rivas 9780061537110 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins “Gardner is encouraging us all to ...
Transcircularities: New & Selected Poems
Transcircularities: New & Selected Poems Quincy Troupe 9781566891356 Poetry Coffee House Press Coffee House Press Much like the vibrant, riveting reading performances for which he is so well-known, Qu...
Quincy Troupe Art Talks Poetry Reading
Quincy Troupe Art Talks Poetry Reading Poetry & Spoken Word Quincy Troupe, “Head in the sand climate change denial exists.” More on Troupe: https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Quincy+Trou...
Chris Gardner - Interview, books, & DVD
Chris Gardner - Interview, books, & DVD Kam Williams Interview Subject of The Pursuit of Happyness Expounds on His Bio-Pic The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) Will Smith, Chris Gardner ...
Duende: Poems, 1966—Now
Duende: Poems, 1966—Now Quincy Troupe 9781644210451 Poetry Seven Stories Press Seven Stories Press The selected poems from over fifty years by the great poet and biographer and friend of Miles Davis.Q...
Ghost Voices: A Poem in Prayer
Ghost Voices: A Poem in Prayer Quincy Troupe 9780810138995 Poetry TriQuarterly Books Northwestern University Press If we were all brave enough to resurrect the voices lost from our humanity, what woul...
Permission to Dream
Permission to Dream Chris Gardner 9780063031562 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins In the spirit of The Last Lecture, The Secret, and The Alchemist, this small book presents BIG ideas for turning your...
Quincy Rules
Quincy Rules DuEwa M. Frazier 9781533279835 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Imagine receiving mysterious letters and cards with no return address, only colorful stamps from all around the...
Finding Home: A Windrush Story
Finding Home: A Windrush Story Howard Gardner and Alford Dalrymple Gardner 9781914344220 Nonfiction Jacaranda Jacaranda Alford Dalrymple Gardner is one of the few living passengers to have travelled o...
The Architecture of Language
The Architecture of Language Quincy Troupe 9781566891905 Poetry Coffee House Press Coffee House Press “Troupe’s poems resemble Romare Bearden’s collages: muscular and colorful.”—North American Review ...
Earl The Pearl: My Story
Earl The Pearl: My Story Earl Monroe and Quincy Troupe 9781609615611 Nonfiction Rodale Books Rodale Books Earl “The Pearl” Monroe is a basketball legend whose impact on the game transcends statistics,...
Black Renaissance Noire
Black Renaissance Noire Loading Black Renaissance Noire African American Literature Book Club - The #1 Site for "Readers of Black Literature" AALBC.com Home � Back&...
Little Stevie Wonder
Little Stevie Wonder Quincy Troupe 9780618340606 Nonfiction HMH Books for Young Readers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Eleven-year-old Stevland Judkins Morris Hardaway hit the big time when he signed a Mot...
Snake Back Solos
Snake Back Solos Quincy Troupe 9780918408112 Poetry Reed Cannon & Johnson Pub Reed Cannon & Johnson Pub Selected poems written 1969 - 1977 by African-American poet Quincy Troupe.
Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones
Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones Quincy Jones 9780385488969 Nonfiction Doubleday Penguin Random House Musician, composer, producer, arranger, and pioneering entrepreneur Quincy Jones has lived lar...
William Gardner Smith
William Gardner Smith 0000000063221434 Influential writer and journalist William Gardner Smith (1927–1974) used his work to highlight racial inequality in America. His novels, such as The Stone Fac...
Aston W. Gardner & Co.
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Miles and Me
Miles and Me Paige Turner Book Review Quincy Troupe’s candid account of his friendship with Miles Davis is a revealing portrait of a great musician and an intimate study of a unique...
Duende
Duende Robert Fleming Book Review Poet Quincy Troupe’s literary magic has elevated him to the forefront of modern American writers. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he, the son of a catcher in the ...
Joel Warsh and Andrew Gardner
Joel Warsh and Andrew Gardner MULTIPLE Dr. Joel “Gator” Warsh is a board-certified pediatrician who specializes in parenting, wellness, and integrative medicine. He grew up in Toronto. He completed ...
The Words Of Gardner Taylor Preaching Library
The Words Of Gardner Taylor Preaching Library Gardner C. Taylor 9780817015091 Fiction Judson Press Judson Press
Chris Hayden
Chris Hayden NONE Chris Hayden, born 1950, is a renowned poet and editor. His work has featured in numerous magazines and e-zines, including Drumvoices, Black Thought, and Delmar. He is known for his...
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...
Miles: The Autobiography
Miles: The Autobiography Miles Davis and Quincy Troupe 9780671725822 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. For more than forty years Miles Davis has been in the front rank of American mus...
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2015): The Next Wave
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2015): The Next Wave Clarence V. Reynolds 21551758v6 Fiction Center for Black Literature Medgar Evers College Spring& /& Summer 2015 “The Next Wave” ...
Catch The Fire!!: A Cross-Generational Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry
Catch The Fire!!: A Cross-Generational Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry D-Knowledge 9781573226547 Poetry Riverhead Books Penguin Random House African-American poetry is an ever-growin...
Weather Reports: New and Selected Poems
Weather Reports: New and Selected Poems Quincy Troupe 9780863161087 Poetry Writers and Readers Publishing Writers & Readers Publishing
James Baldwin: The Legacy
James Baldwin: The Legacy Quincy Troupe 9780671676513 Nonfiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. Baldwin, mentor to a generation of black artists and writers, is eulogized through essays and intervi...
Avalanche
Avalanche Quincy Troupe 9781566890441 Poetry Coffee House Press Coffee House Press A collection of poetry about men, women, jazz, and American life.
Embryo
Embryo Quincy Troupe 9780879290207 Poetry Barlenmir House Barlenmir House Signed by Author First book of poetry by this African-American writer, who was the first official poet laureate of the state o...
Take It to the Hoop, Magic Johnson
Take It to the Hoop, Magic Johnson Quincy Troupe 9780786805105 Nonfiction Jump At The Sun Jump At The Sun Take It to the Hoop, Magic Johnson
Giant talk: An anthology of Third World writings
Giant talk: An anthology of Third World writings Quincy Troupe 9780394714431 Fiction Vintage Books Penguin Random House
Only for the Holidays
Only for the Holidays Abiola Bello 9781641297547 Fiction Soho Teen Soho Press The Love Hypothesis meets The Holiday in this fake dating YA romance about a city girl and country boy’s lives colliding a...
Q: The Autobio of Quincy Jones
Q: The Autobio of Quincy Jones Paige Turner Book Review The new book, Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones reads almost like a fable or a fairy tale. The young Quincy Jones, with his twinkly eyes, wa...
Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani on the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Series
Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani on the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Series Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani 9781636142555 Nonfiction Akashic Books Akashic Bo...
Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, on and Off the Court
Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, on and Off the Court Chris Paul and Michael Wilbon 9781250276711 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers By the NBA superstar: A powerful and unexpected m...
Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges 0000000120255957 Chris Hedges was a foreign correspondent for nearly two decades for The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News, The Christian Science Monitor and National Public...
The Wound Is Where the Light Enters: A Memoir of Resilience
The Wound Is Where the Light Enters: A Memoir of Resilience Chris Young 9780316565288 Nonfiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group The inspiring memoir of a brilliant young man who, senten...
Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani
Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani MULTIPLE Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani are renowned authors, recognized for their profound contributions to literature. Dawes, a poet and writer, merges cultural experiences...
Chris Abani and Percival Everett
Chris Abani and Percival Everett MULTIPLE Chris Abani and Percival Everett are renowned authors. Abani is known for exploring themes of politics and culture while Everett's works often tackle identit...
Chris Young
Chris Young 0000000354841270 Chris Young is a consultant, author, and public speaker. Raised in Clarksville, Tennessee, he came of age in a community shaped by severe poverty, instability, and limit...
Everybody Hates First Girlfriends (Everybody Hates Chris)
Everybody Hates First Girlfriends (Everybody Hates Chris) Felicia Pride 9781416937982 Fiction Simon Pulse Simon & Schuster, Inc. Chris has a girlfriend! "You’re my Prince Charming," she says. And norm...
Chris Washburn
Chris Washburn NONE "Ex-high school basketball star, Chris Washburn, shares his journey from NBA fame to losing everything due to a 14-year crack addiction in his upcoming memoir. His redemptive stor...
Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire
Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire Carol Jenkins and Elizabeth Gardner Hines 9780345453488 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House The grandson of slaves, born i...
Faith In The Fire: Wisdom For Life
Faith In The Fire: Wisdom For Life Gardner C. Taylor 9781401929626 Nonfiction SmileyBooks Penguin Random House “Waiting on God is difficult. We have not been promised a smooth voyage, but God does pro...
Carol Jenkins and Elizabeth Gardner Hines
Carol Jenkins and Elizabeth Gardner Hines MULTIPLE
John Baldwin West
John Baldwin West NONE Dr. John Baldwin West was a renowned African American pulp detective fiction writer in the 1950s. He authored six novels featuring private investigator Rocky Steele, with most ...
Chris Abani
Chris Abani 0000000083877772 Chris Abani, born in Nigeria in 1966, is a renowned author and educator who faced imprisonment for his literary work. After escaping to the US, he published eight books o...
Christopher D. Burns
Christopher D. Burns NONE Christopher D. Burns, from Memphis, served in the US Navy as an electrician before becoming a QA analyst and basketball coach. He wrote his first book after an injury halted...
Drop
Drop Mat Johnson 9781582341040 Fiction Bloomsbury USA Bloomsbury Publishing A new voice in American fiction recalling the work of Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin, Drop is an irreverent and unforgettab...
A Boy and His Mirror
A Boy and His Mirror Marchánt Davis 9780593110553 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House Debut author and actor Marchánt Davis joins forces with the bestselling illustrator Keturah A....
The Cold Hard Cases of Duke Denim: The Troublesome Troupe
The Cold Hard Cases of Duke Denim: The Troublesome Troupe Guy Sims 9780989281935 Fiction BCE Pressworks Big City Entertainment It’s Amazing! It’s Stupendous! It’s Deadly! Pennypincher’s Travelling ...
Chris Webber
Chris Webber 0000000031515227 Chris Webber was a five-time All-Star and a five-time All-NBA selection. In a career that spanned fifteen seasons, Webber is one of five NBA players to average at least ...
Chris Barton
Chris Barton 0000000082953972 Chris Barton, an award-winning, best-selling author, has written numerous children's books, drawing from a lifelong passion for storytelling. He grew up in Texas, nurtur...
Malcolm Nance and Chris Sampson
Malcolm Nance and Chris Sampson MULTIPLE Malcolm Nance and Chris Sampson are renowned authors specializing in national security, intelligence analysis, and terrorism studies. Their work provides insi...
Chris Raschka
Chris Raschka 000000008396928X Chris Raschka, born in 1959, is a renowned author, illustrator, and violist from Pennsylvania. Notable for his books “Hello, Goodbye Window,” and “A Ball for Daisy,” bo...
Chris Stuck
Chris Stuck NONE Chris Stuck is a Portland-based freelance writer with an MFA in Fiction from George Mason University. He's a fiction fellow at several workshops, a Pushcart Prize winner, and has bee...
Streetball Crew Book Two Stealing The Game
Streetball Crew Book Two Stealing The Game Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld 9781423178712 Fiction Disney-Hyperion Disney Publishing Worldwide Chris Richards has always looked up to Jax, his ol...
Chris Tomlinson
Chris Tomlinson NONE Chris Tomlinson, a seasoned reporter, has covered major global events from 50 countries and nine war zones. Based in Austin, he currently writes for The Houston Chronicle. Chris ...
N. K. Jemisin, Yoon Ha Lee, Juliette Wade, Chris Roberson, and William Browning Spencer
N. K. Jemisin, Yoon Ha Lee, Juliette Wade, Chris Roberson, and William Browning Spencer MULTIPLE "N. K. Jemisin, Yoon Ha Lee, Juliette Wade, Chris Roberson, and William Browning Spencer are prominent...
Chris Crowe
Chris Crowe 0000000035515435 Chris Crowe, Ph.D. was born in Danville, Illinois, and is the author of several acclaimed books, most notably Mississippi Trial, 1955, which received numerous honors, in...
Addicted to Crack, Basketball Great Chris Washburn Tells His Story
Addicted to Crack, Basketball Great Chris Washburn Tells His Story Author Interviews Chris Washburn, a former high school basketball phenom, tells his emotional story about losing millions of dollars ...
Chris Brunner
Chris Brunner 0000000459817277 Chris Brunner is a renowned author known for his compelling narratives and unique storytelling prowess. His works have significantly impacted the literary world. Chris ...
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, ...
Sanctificum
Sanctificum Chris Abani 9781556593161 Poetry Copper Canyon Press Copper Canyon Press “Abani … explores place and humor, exile and freedom with poems of experience and imagination … [he] enters the wou...
The Face: Cartography of the Void
The Face: Cartography of the Void Chris Abani 9781632060433 Fiction Restless Books Restless Books A profound and gorgeously wrought short memoir by acclaimed Nigerian-born author and poet Chris Abani ...
Becoming Abigail
Becoming Abigail Chris Abani 9781888451948 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "Compelling and gorgeously written, this is a coming-of-age novella like no other. Chris Abani explores the depths of los...
America: The Farewell Tour
America: The Farewell Tour Chris Hedges 9781501152672 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. Chris Hedges’s profound and provocative examination of America in crisis is "an exceedingly…pro...
Open Letter to Chris Brown
Open Letter to Chris Brown Kevin Powell Article Open Letter to Chris Brown by Kevin Powell March 23rd, 2011 Dear Chris: I really did not want to write this open letter, and would have prefe...
By God’s Grace
By God’s Grace Chris Webber 9781645432777 Nonfiction Webber Publishing Group Webber Publishing Group From basketball legend Chris Webber comes By God’s Grace, the highly anticipated memoir by the pola...
What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?
What Do You Do with a Voice Like That? Chris Barton 9781481465618 Nonfiction Beach Lane Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. “When Barbara Jordan talked, we listened.” —Former President of the United States, ...
Song for Night: A Novella
Song for Night: A Novella Chris Abani 9781933354316 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "Not since Jerzy Kosinski’s The Painted Bird or Agota Kristof’s Notebook Trilogy has there been such a harrowing...
Unspeakable
Unspeakable Chris Hedges 9781510712737 Nonfiction Hot Books Skyhorse Publishing Chris Hedges on the most taboo topics in America, with David Talbot.Chris Hedges has been telling truth to (and against)...
The Virgin Of Flames
The Virgin Of Flames Chris Abani 9780143038771 Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House From the author of the award-winning GraceLand comes a searing, dazzlingly written novel of a tarnished City o...
New-Generation African Poets (TATU): A Chapbook Box Set
New-Generation African Poets (TATU): A Chapbook Box Set Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani 9781617754517 Poetry Akashic Books Akashic Books The box set is an annual project started in 2014 to ensure the cont...
The Secret History of Las Vegas: A Novel
The Secret History of Las Vegas: A Novel Chris Abani 9780143124955 Fiction Penguin Group USA Penguin Random House A gritty, riveting, and wholly original murder mystery from PEN/Hemingway Award-winnin...
Hands Washing Water
Hands Washing Water Chris Abani 9781556592478 Poetry Copper Canyon Press Copper Canyon Press “Chris Abani’s poetry resonates with a devastating beauty which cuts through to the heart of human strength...