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Confessions of a Video Vixen
Confessions of a Video Vixen Kam Williams Book Review This is a review of a version of Confessions of a Video Vixen published 20 years earlier. Where young girls once aspired to be models and b...
Confessions of a Video Vixen
Confessions of a Video Vixen Karrine Steffans 9780060892487 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins A new 20th Anniversary Edition of this of book, with bonus material, has been published. Part tell-all, ...
Confessions of a Video Vixen
Confessions of a Video Vixen Kam Williams Book Review "Where young girls once aspired to be models and ballerinas, they now aspire to be hip-hop video girls. I sat down to write this book...
Confessions of a Video Vixen 20th Anniversary Edition: with Bonus Material
Confessions of a Video Vixen 20th Anniversary Edition: with Bonus Material Karrine Steffans 9780063440098 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins The original version of this book is the all-time bestselling...
Vindicated: Confessions Of A Video Vixen, Ten Years Later
Vindicated: Confessions Of A Video Vixen, Ten Years Later Karrine Steffans 9781940363820 Nonfiction BenBella Books BenBella Books For a decade, Confessions of a Video Vixen author Karrine Steffans and...
The Confessions of a Video Vixen Interview
The Confessions of a Video Vixen Interview Kam Williams Interview Karrine Steffans The Confessions of a Video Vixen Interview by Kam Williams When I first interviewed her a coupl...
Karrine Steffans
Karrine Steffans 0000000114494281 Karrine Steffans, born on August 24, 1978, is a former hip-hop video performer, actress, and bestselling author of “Confessions of a Video Vixen.” She's also the cre...
Karen Steffans Interviewed by AALBC.com
Karen Steffans Interviewed by AALBC.com Troy Johnson Article Karrine Steffans is the author of the New York Times bestsellering books The Vixen Diaries (2007) and the wildly sucessful and scandelous...
The Vixen Diaries
The Vixen Diaries Karrine Steffans 9780446191234 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group This titillating exposé chronicles the personal and professional adventures of this tabl...
The Vixen Diaries
The Vixen Diaries Karrine Steffans 9780446582261 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group This titillating exposé chronicles the personal and professional adventures of this tabl...
Karrine "Superhead" Steffans
Karrine "Superhead" Steffans Author Interviews Karrine "Superhead" Steffans, author of The Vixen Diaries and Confessions of a Video Vixen is interviewed by Troy Johnson founder of AALBC.com on October...
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Video Distribution Service (http://videobookpromo.com) Troy Johnson Article Video Distribution Service videobookpromo.com You've done the hard part; spending time and money creating your book tra...
Clever Vixen Media
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Karen Hunter Publishing
Karen Hunter Publishing Simon & Schuster, Inc. KKR & Co. Inc. Pocket Launches Karen Hunter Imprint By Felicia Pride – Publishers Weekly, 10/8/2007 7:11:00 AM This month, bestselling aut...
AALBC.com May 2013 eNewsletter Book Highlights
AALBC.com May 2013 eNewsletter Book Highlights Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com Best-selling Books - March to April 2013 This version of AALBC.com's eNewsletter, which focuses on book rela...
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Malik: Confessions of a Black Identity Extremist 2: Enemy of the State
Malik: Confessions of a Black Identity Extremist 2: Enemy of the State Balogun Ojetade 9781726093415 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC A riveting new thriller that keeps you on the edge of ...
Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever
Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever Don Tate 9781665919081 Fiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Meet Jerry Lawson, the Black engineer wh...
The Confessions of Nat Turner
The Confessions of Nat Turner William Styron 9780679736639 Fiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House Originally published in 1967. The story that inspired the major motion picture The Birt...
As The Pages Turn Book Club of Newark Literary Luncheon Fundraiser
As The Pages Turn Book Club of Newark Literary Luncheon Fundraiser On June 28, 2014 As The Pages Turn Book Club of Newark hosted authors Pamela Samuels Young (Keynote), RM Johnson, Eva Tremains, Sadeq...
Confessions in B-Flat
Confessions in B-Flat Donna Hill 9781640638297 Fiction Sideways Books Sideways Books Donna Hill Discusses Her Latest Novel, Confessions in B-Flat, February 11, 2021 AALBC and Essence magazine bests...
These Are My Confessions
These Are My Confessions Joy Deja King, Electa Rome Parks, Cheryl Robinson, and Meta Smith 9780061193118 Fiction Avon Red HarperCollins Sizzling hot and soulful secret "confessions" from four of the m...
Confessions of an Ex-Bachelor: How to Sift Through All the Games Players to Find Mr. Right
Confessions of an Ex-Bachelor: How to Sift Through All the Games Players to Find Mr. Right William July II 9780767911078 Nonfiction Insomniac Press Insomniac Press The popular relationship guru blows ...
How Facebook is Perverting Your Internet.
How Facebook is Perverting Your Internet. Troy Johnson Article A friend shared a link to a video on Facebook with me. The video, shown at the end of the article, is a short New York Times documentar...
Confessions of a Call Girl
Confessions of a Call Girl Kam Williams confes55.jpg Film Review Tamala Jones Plays Conflicted Title Character in Kinky Blaxploitation Flick Confessions of a Call Girl Click to ...
Crazy Faith Bible Study Guide Plus Streaming Video: It’s Only Crazy Until It Happens
Crazy Faith Bible Study Guide Plus Streaming Video: It’s Only Crazy Until It Happens Michael Todd 9780310159322 Nonfiction Harperchristian Resources HarperCollins Stay far away from normal when it com...
5 Books for the Holidays! - Spotlight - December 17, 2017
5 Books for the Holidays! - Spotlight - December 17, 2017 Troy Johnson Article “The Spotlight” a New Video Feature on AALBC.com. Your browser does not support HTML5 video. The Books highlight...
Have You Met Nora?
Have You Met Nora? Nicole Blades 9781496704610 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Your browser does not support HTML5 video. She’s blossomed from wealthy surgeon’s beautiful dau...
Malik: Confessions of a Black Identity Extremist (Volume 1)
Malik: Confessions of a Black Identity Extremist (Volume 1) Balogun Ojetade 9781724418838 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Well-trained, smart, resourceful and politically astute, Malik Mo...
Confessions of a Barefaced Woman
Confessions of a Barefaced Woman Allison Joseph 9781597096096 Poetry HarperTorch HarperCollins In Confessions of a Barefaced Woman, Allison Joseph turns her keen and sassy eye on all the furious and h...
Electa Rome Parks Electa & These Are My Confessions
Electa Rome Parks Electa & These Are My Confessions Author Interviews For more information visit https://aalbc.com/authors/electa.htm Electa tell us about the anthology of erotica called "These Are M...
Confessions: Brainstormin’ From Midnite ’Til Dawn
Confessions: Brainstormin’ From Midnite ’Til Dawn C. Liegh McInnis 9780965577526 Nonfiction Claude L. McInnis Claude L. McInnis Confessions: Brainstormin’ from Midnight ’til Dawn is C. Liegh McInnis...
Be My Forever Bride (The Kingsleys of Texas)
Be My Forever Bride (The Kingsleys of Texas) Martha Kennerson 9781335216557 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Romance Harlequin Enterprises Limited Your browser does not support HTML5 video. He vo...
The Wide Circumference of Love: A Novel
The Wide Circumference of Love: A Novel Marita Golden 9781628727357 Fiction Arcade Skyhorse Publishing Your browser does not support HTML5 video. From acclaimed author Marita Golden comes...
Attack! Boss! Cheat Code!: A Gamer’s Alphabet
Attack! Boss! Cheat Code!: A Gamer’s Alphabet Chris Barton 9781576877012 Nonfiction POW! Kids Books POW! Kids Books Bone up on your gaming knowledge with this gently ironic yet thoroughly informative ...
The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman
The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman Deesha Philyaw 9780063383074 Fiction Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Join Our Book Discussion on Zoom ● November 22, 2026 ● 2 p.m. EDT A Most ...
Island Secrets: A Queens of Kiawah Story
Island Secrets: A Queens of Kiawah Story Nina Foxx 9780578295008 Fiction Clever Vixen Media Clever Vixen Media His boat came in, but Denise Martine’s husband, Charles, wasn’t on it. Almost a year late...
Interview with the Vixen (Archie Horror, Book 2): Volume 2
Interview with the Vixen (Archie Horror, Book 2): Volume 2 Rebecca Barrow 9781338569131 Fiction Scholastic Inc Scholastic Inc. High school bites—especially when you want to kill your classmates. Check...
And You’d Better Not Tell
And You’d Better Not Tell Nina Foxx 9780692775073 Fiction Clever Vixen Media Clever Vixen Media Rumer plans to reinvent herself and be a star while she on a college campus for a summer program. She at...
The Vixen Manual: How to Find, Seduce & Keep the Man You Want
The Vixen Manual: How to Find, Seduce & Keep the Man You Want Karrine Steffans 9780446179980 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group Since she exploded on the scene with her two juicy ...
The Vixen Manual: How To Find, Seduce & Keep The Man You Want
The Vixen Manual: How To Find, Seduce & Keep The Man You Want Karrine Steffans 9780446582278 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group Since she exploded on the scene with her two juicy ...
From Vixen 2 Diva
From Vixen 2 Diva Marlon McCaulsky 9798606427901 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published
The Vixen Diaries
The Vixen Diaries Kam Williams Book Review "From the night we met in April 2005, I knew he was the one for me and that I would love him all the remaining days of my life. Our relationshi...
How to Fight Racism Study Guide Plus Streaming Video: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice
How to Fight Racism Study Guide Plus Streaming Video: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice Jemar Tisby 9780310174325 Nonfiction Zondervan HarperCollins Christian Publishing Ta...
Ben-Jochannan, Clarke & Van Sertima's Reading Lists
Ben-Jochannan, Clarke & Van Sertima's Reading Lists Troy Johnson Article Dr. Ivan Van Sertima (Jan 26, 1935 – May 25, 2009), Dr. Yosef “Dr. Ben” Ben-Jochannan (Dec 31, 1918 - March 19, 2015), and Dr...
Kiano Moju
Kiano Moju NONE Kiano Moju is a Kenyan/Nigerian American author, recipe developer, producer, director, and video host. Kiano’s culinary identity draws on her Kenyan and Nigerian heritage, her upbri...
Deesha Philyaw: Writing Black Women Toward Freedom
Deesha Philyaw: Writing Black Women Toward Freedom Leyda Aileen https://aalbc.com/author-photos/Deesha-Philyaw.webp Interview When I caught up with Deesha Philyaw, she was enjoying something increasin...
The Confession: A Thug’s Valentine
The Confession: A Thug’s Valentine Wahida Clark 9781970854107 Fiction Wahida Clark Presents Publishing Green and Company LLC He came back for love. He stayed for war. Faheem Mujahid thought he had ...
Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative
Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative Glenn C. Loury 9780393881349 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Economist Glenn C. Loury is one of the most prominent p...
Confessions of a Candy Snatcher
Confessions of a Candy Snatcher Phoebe Sinclair 9781536213683 Fiction Candlewick Press (MA) Candlewick Press A night of Halloween fun gone wrong has Jonas wondering if he’s really a wolf in disguise i...
The Confessions of Matthew Strong
The Confessions of Matthew Strong Ousmane K. Power-Greene 9781635422085 Fiction Other Press (NY) Other Press An NPR Best Book of the Year A wildly original, incendiary story about race, redemption, t...
Confessions: Secrets & Lies Revealed
Confessions: Secrets & Lies Revealed Patricia A. Bridewell, Michelle D. Rayford, and 13 others 9781944359843 Fiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Confession is good for the soul….or is it? Secr...
The Confessions of Frannie Langton
The Confessions of Frannie Langton Sara Collins 9780062851895 Fiction Harper HarperCollins “This book was an interesting read. It has it all – romance, mystery, slavery, experimentation, feminism, and...
Helen’s Scars: A Memoir: The confessions of a young woman’s battle with abuse, drug addiction and prostitution
Helen’s Scars: A Memoir: The confessions of a young woman’s battle with abuse, drug addiction and prostitution Johanna Sparrow 9781547166572 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Everyone, h...
Confessions of a Reformed Cougar: The Second Time is the Charm (Volume 3)
Confessions of a Reformed Cougar: The Second Time is the Charm (Volume 3) Holly Mosley Cooper 9781517474973 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC The protagonist, Janet, is an older woman with ...
Pink Pantie Confessions
Pink Pantie Confessions Cynda Williams 9781513607894 Fiction 220 Communications 220 Communications
Confessions of a Reformed Cougar: Younger Isn’t Necessarily Better (Volume 2)
Confessions of a Reformed Cougar: Younger Isn’t Necessarily Better (Volume 2) Holly Mosley Cooper 9781502437983 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Chasing the young men just isn’t fun for Ja...
Confessions of a Reformed Cougar: The Accidental Cougar (Volume 1)
Confessions of a Reformed Cougar: The Accidental Cougar (Volume 1) Holly Mosley Cooper 9781493571598 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Life as an accidental cougar is every bit as steamy, w...
V.I.P. (Confessions Of A Groupie)
V.I.P. (Confessions Of A Groupie) Azarel 9781934230251 Fiction Life Changing Books Life Changing Books V.I.P. is an explicit tale of two beautiful women both determined to become very important people...
Sensual Confessions (Madaris Family Saga)
Sensual Confessions (Madaris Family Saga) Brenda Jackson 9780373831784 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Harlequin Enterprises Limited Blade Madaris has watched the men in his family surrender their single sta...
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-Itchyfooted Mutha
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-Itchyfooted Mutha Melvin Van Peebles 9781933354866 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Nearly forty years after breaking his way into public consciousness, the indefatigable...
Chalk Outline Confessions
Chalk Outline Confessions David L. 9780978927615 Fiction Total Package Publications Total Package Publications Enter The Mind Of A Woman ScornedFrancine Styles receives a visit from two detectives one...
If I did it : Confessions of the Killer
If I did it : Confessions of the Killer O. J. Simpson 9780825305887 Nonfiction Beaufort Books Beaufort Books In 1994, Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson were brutally murdered at her home in Brentwo...
A Job Ain’t Nothing But Work: Confessions Of A Corporate Negro
A Job Ain’t Nothing But Work: Confessions Of A Corporate Negro Emanuel Carpenter 9781413703238 Nonfiction PublishAmerica PublishAmerica Prepare to laugh yourself silly when you read the hilarious new ...
Mojo Rising: Confessions of a 21st Century Conjureman
Mojo Rising: Confessions of a 21st Century Conjureman Arthur R. Flowers 9780971581609 Fiction Wanganegresse Press Wanganegresse Press To create art that impacts the heart and mind of the community req...
My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness
My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness Patricia Raybon 9780140244366 Nonfiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House In mid-life Afro-American journalist Raybon made a consciou...
Holly Mosley Cooper
Holly Mosley Cooper NONE Holly Mosley Cooper is an accomplished author known for “Confessions of a Reformed Cougar” and “Life is a Precious Gift.” She holds leadership roles at MEM Group and Hi-Tech ...
David L.
David L. 0000000121374173 David L., a renowned author and publisher, has written notable works like “Over Your Dead Body,” “Chalk Outline Confessions,” “My Life Is A Movie,” and “Represent.” Holding ...
Sara Collins
Sara Collins 0000000367918185 Sara Collins, a Jamaican-descent author, practiced law for 17 years before studying Creative Writing at Cambridge, where she won the 2015 Michael Holroyd Prize. Her debu...
Phoebe Sinclair
Phoebe Sinclair NONE Phoebe Sinclair is a passionate writer, organizer, and facilitator who values the power of voice. A lover of city cycling, wandering, and candy corn, she resides in Boston with h...
If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer
If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer Kam Williams Book Review "I’m going to tell you a story you’ve never heard before, because no one knows this story the way I know it. It t...
Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist
Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist Franchesca Ramsey 9781538761038 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group In this sharp, funny, and timely co...
Debate: Is Bill Cosby Being Lynched, Yes or No?
Debate: Is Bill Cosby Being Lynched, Yes or No? A Debate on Is Bill Cosby Being Lynched, Yes or No? Debate: Is Bill Cosby Being Lynched, Yes or No? If you are asking yourself, “Why is this question d...
Video Coverage of the 2018 National Book Club Conference
Video Coverage of the 2018 National Book Club Conference Troy Johnson Article I attended the 2018 National Book Club Conference August 3rd and 4th. I have not attended since the 2010. The confer...
39 Bestselling Books and More About #ReadingBlack
39 Bestselling Books and More About #ReadingBlack Troy Johnson Article New Video Highlights 3 Books that Epitomize #ReadingBlack Spotlight is a new feature where I share, in short videos, informat...
A Video Slide Show of Tavis Smiley's SmileyBooks Reception in NYC 2007
A Video Slide Show of Tavis Smiley's SmileyBooks Reception in NYC 2007 Book Spotlights A slide show video of photographs taken during reception hosted by Tavis Smiley in NYC. Here is a video of Tavis'...
Zuri Day
Zuri Day NONE Zuri Day is a successful author and hopeful romantic, known for her contributions to the romance genre. Inspired by her love for Harlequin romances, she's now a full-time author, dividi...
Wayne Pharr - Obituary - September 6, 2014
Wayne Pharr - Obituary - September 6, 2014 Kam Williams Interview Wayne Pharr, former Black Panther who fought the Los Angeles Police in a historic gun battle in 1969, passed away on September 6, 2...
His Last Name
His Last Name Daaimah S. Poole 9781496701589 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. “A voice of her generation.” –Black Issues Book Review From pretty girls to wealthy wifeys, five women snagged ...
Kiss and Tail
Kiss and Tail Kam Williams http://aalbc.com/authors/Kiss-and-tail.jpg Film Review Video Vixen’s Victims Get Even on Damning DVD Kiss and Tail: Hollywood Jump Off Click to order via Amazo...
three clips
three clips Author Interviews I started with the following prompt: "A black woman in her 60s is clearly middle class in a room filled with books Afrocentric art, and family photos. Her hairstyle is n...
Bill Duke & Relentless Aaron
Bill Duke & Relentless Aaron Bill Duke & Relentless Aaron THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. I case you missed this event Check Out: Relent...
The Homeward Books Collective
The Homeward Books Collective Book Spotlights Excerpt of video by 13 News Staff and Devyn Shea Originally Published: Jun. 13, 2025 -"A local organization just opened its first physical location in Tu...
W. Paul Coates Literarian Award Acceptance Speech from the 2024 National Book Awards
W. Paul Coates Literarian Award Acceptance Speech from the 2024 National Book Awards W. Paul Coates Article Watch a Video of Walter Mosleys’s Introduction and Paul Coates Acceptance Speech. ...
How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged
How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged Kimberly Jones 9781250805126 Nonfiction Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers A breakdown of the economic and social injusti...
Auntie I Don’t Want You To Get Married: Danielle The Girl From New York
Auntie I Don’t Want You To Get Married: Danielle The Girl From New York Clarence N.M. Coggins 9780578721781 Fiction Clarence Coggins Clarence Coggins Book 1 of the Danielle The Girl From New York Seri...
Tribute to Dr. Frances Cress Welsing (Slideshow)
Tribute to Dr. Frances Cress Welsing (Slideshow) Author Interviews Slideshow, created by Anthony Browder, was referenced during video conference on the book, The Osiris Papers: Reflections on the Life...
Sophie Washington The Gamer
Sophie Washington The Gamer Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781733776325 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing A BEST SELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! Give Up Video Games for 40 Days? Oh No! Sophie and Cole...
August 2018 eNewsletter Recommended Reads, Videos, and More
August 2018 eNewsletter Recommended Reads, Videos, and More Troy Johnson Article Videos from the National Book Club Conference I attended the 2018 National Book Club Conference August 3rd and 4th....
Sophie Washington: The Gamer (Volume 4)
Sophie Washington: The Gamer (Volume 4) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781721149452 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing READERS’ FAVORITE "FIVE STAR" RATED BOOK FOR KIDS! Give Up Video Games fo...
Video: Update on The Premier Website for Black Books
Video: Update on The Premier Website for Black Books Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com is a massive, feature rich, website. Many visitors don't appreciate the site's size and scope, so I created this v...
Simon & Schuster Gives Racist Troll $250K Book Deal, But Boycotting Them Makes No Sense
Simon & Schuster Gives Racist Troll $250K Book Deal, But Boycotting Them Makes No Sense Troy Johnson Article Editor’s Note: Subsequent to the publication of the article, a video of Milo making commen...
Installing Wordpress on a Self Hosted Website
Installing Wordpress on a Self Hosted Website Publishing & Craft This video describes the simple steps of setting up a self-host Wordpress website (Blog). This video assumes you watched the first vid...
Setting a Up a Website for Less Than $28 a Year
Setting a Up a Website for Less Than $28 a Year Publishing & Craft This video demonstrate the process of setting up and website including selecting a web host, registering a domain name and creating ...
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards Troy Johnson Article All Photos © 2013 AALBC.com, LLC - Feel free to use them but please provide a photo credit to Troy Johnson, AALBC.com and a link...
Is Erykah Badu's New Striptease Video: Publicity Stunt or Deep Message?
Is Erykah Badu's New Striptease Video: Publicity Stunt or Deep Message? Troy Johnson Article Is Erykah Badu's New Striptease Video: Publicity Stunt or Deep Message?What do you think? If you've ...
Video Interview with Farai Chideya
Video Interview with Farai Chideya Troy Johnson Article I just upload a video interview with Farai Chideya. It was shot at the AALBC.com Gallery in Harlem. Ron Kavanaugh of MosaicBooks.com did the i...
Video Cowboys: A Georgia Barnett Mystery
Video Cowboys: A Georgia Barnett Mystery Yolanda Joe 9781416587521 Fiction Pocket Books Pocket Books Bestselling author Yolanda Joe brings back savvy Chicago reporter Georgia Barnett in a novel that m...