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Damon Young on his 1st Novel, Snow Drop
Damon Young on his 1st Novel, Snow Drop Book Spotlights
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...
Snow Drop
Snow Drop Damon Young 9780593snwfll Fiction Pantheon Books Penguin Random House “My next book will be my first fiction. It’s an absurdist satire of race, pop culture, the publishing industry, sex, the...
Damon Wayans
Damon Wayans 000000005928060X Damon Wayans, a NY Times bestselling author and award-winning actor from a renowned Hollywood family, is known for his roles in 'In Living Color' and 'My Wife and Kids'....
Damon Meadows and Jason Poole
Damon Meadows and Jason Poole MULTIPLE Damon Meadows and Jason Poole are prolific authors known for their captivating storytelling and unique writing styles. Damon Meadows and Jason Poole
Damon Young
Damon Young 000000006070529X Damon Young is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of VerySmartBrothas, a senior editor at The Root, and a GQ columnist. He has contributed to major outlets including the ...
Damon Young and Panama Jackson
Damon Young and Panama Jackson MULTIPLE Damon Young and Panama Jackson
Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Novel
Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Novel Victoria Christopher Murray 9781501134104 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. From the NAACP Image award winner and national bestselling author Victoria Christoph...
Not Quite Snow White
Not Quite Snow White Ashley Franklin 9780062798602 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins A picture book for magical yet imperfect girls everywhere, written by debut author Ashley Franklin and pe...
Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Total Eclipse Of The Heart Zane 9780743499293 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Her first time on CD, New York Times bestselling Queen of erotica, Zane, delivers a long-awaited new novel ab...
Damon Meadows
Damon Meadows NONE Damon “Amin” Meadows, a South Philadelphia native and proud father, co-authored Convict's Candy during his federal prison sentence. He educates on prison life and emphasizes HIV/AI...
Damon Tweedy
Damon Tweedy NONE Damon Tweedy, a Duke Medical and Yale Law graduate, is a professor of psychiatry and staff physician. He's published numerous articles on race and medicine and has written for vario...
Snow
Snow Kenji Jasper 9781601830012 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. From acclaimed author Kenji Jasper comes an edgy, gripping new novel that asks if family life turns a hustler soft—or just h...
August Snow (An August Snow Novel)
August Snow (An August Snow Novel) Stephen Mack Jones 9781616957186 Fiction Soho Crime Soho Crime Winner of the Hammett PrizeFrom the wealthy suburbs to the remains of Detroit’s bankrupt factory distr...
The Snow’s Meltdown
The Snow’s Meltdown Marita Kinney 9781480256255 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Calvin Snow is the only child of Pastor and First Lady Snow and their family is very influential within the...
Summer Snow
Summer Snow Thumper Book Review Summer Snow: Reflections from a Black Daughter of the South, is a collection of essays by Trudier Harris, based on her memories, observations and opinions that came ...
That’s How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor
That’s How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor Damon Young 9780593317112 Fiction Pantheon Books Penguin Random House From the Thurber Prize-winning author of What Doesn’t Kill Yo...
In The Falling Snow
In The Falling Snow Thumper Book Review I have heard of Caryl Phillps. We have reviewed one of his earlier novels for AALBC.com in the past, but I had not read anything by him. Phillips’s...
Lives Laid Away (An August Snow Novel)
Lives Laid Away (An August Snow Novel) Stephen Mack Jones 9781616959593 Fiction Soho Crime Soho Crime Detroit ex-cop August Snow takes up vigilante justice when his beloved neighborhood of Mexicantown...
Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicine
Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicine Damon Tweedy 9781250105042 Nonfiction Picador Macmillan Publishers Discussion Group Questions “In this fascinating, heartbreak...
Bootleg
Bootleg Damon Wayans 9780060931858 Fiction Harper Paperbacks HarperCollins Nothing is too outrageous for Damon Wayans. Whether he’s talking about family, celebrities, racism, relationships, politics, ...
Don’t Drop the MIC
Don’t Drop the MIC Denolyn Carroll Book Review In Don’t Drop the Mic, renowned pastor, orator, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Bishop T. D. Jakes puts a new spin on the notion of the b...
(1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race
(1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race Kam Williams Book Review “What exactly is Blackness and what does it mean to be Black? Is Blackness a matter of biology or consciousness? Who determines...
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In Search of Snow
In Search of Snow Luís Alberto Urrea 9780816520152 Fiction University of Arizona Press University of Arizona Press In the hot Arizona desert of the late 1950s, Mike McGurk comes of age in one big, rio...
Seed of Discord: Church Candy (The Snow Series: Candy PART 3)
Seed of Discord: Church Candy (The Snow Series: Candy PART 3) Marita Kinney 9781484944745 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC The Snow family continues to push through their issues, until Pas...
Snow Ball Publishing
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Snow Ball Publishing
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What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays Damon Young 9780062684301 Nonfiction Ecco Press HarperCollins A Finalist for the NAACP Image AwardLonglisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvo...
(1)Ne Drop: Shifting The Lens On Race
(1)Ne Drop: Shifting The Lens On Race Yaba Blay 9780989664509 Nonfiction BLACKprint Press BLACKprint Press What exactly is Blackness?What does it mean to be Black?Is Blackness a matter of biology or c...
Boy, Snow, Bird: A Novel
Boy, Snow, Bird: A Novel Helen Oyeyemi 9781594631399 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House As seen on the cover of the New York Times Book Review, where it was described as “gloriously unsettling… evokin...
AALBC.com eNewsletter - August 1st 2012 - #193
AALBC.com eNewsletter - August 1st 2012 - #193 Troy Johnson Article Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle Help AALBC.com support our...
Boy, Snow, Bird
Boy, Snow, Bird Helen Oyeyemi 9781594633409 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House As seen on the cover of the New York Times Book Review, where it was described as “gloriously unsettling… evoki...
First Snow
First Snow Bernette Ford 9780823419371 Fiction Holiday House Holiday House Bundle up and follow Bunny and his brothers and sisters as they tiptoe out into the wonderous world of the first snow of wint...
Feelings to Share from A to Z
Feelings to Share from A to Z Todd Snow and Peggy Snow 9781934277003 Fiction Maren Green Publishing Maren Green Publishing Knowing how to describe our feelings is important to our emotional health. So...
Summer Snow: Reflections from a Black Daughter of the South
Summer Snow: Reflections from a Black Daughter of the South Trudier Harris 9780807072547 Fiction Beacon Press Beacon Press A wide-ranging, spirited collection of personal essays about growing up black...
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...
Don’t Drop the Mic
Don’t Drop the Mic Idris Goodwin 9780358692126 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Breakbeat poet Idris Goodwin and award-winning illustrator Kaylani Juanita collaborate on a whimsical, upbeat picture...
Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less
Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less Tiffany Dufu 9781250071736 Nonfiction Flatiron Books Macmillan Publishers A bold and inspiring memoir and manifesto from a renowned voice in the women’s lea...
Total Eclipse of the Heart
Total Eclipse of the Heart Thumper Book Review After reading Zane’s new novel, Total Eclipse of the Heart, I have to admit, I have been sleeping on Zane. The novel is the s...
The Forgotten Girl
The Forgotten Girl India Hill Brown 9781338317244 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. "This ghost story gave me chill after chill. It will haunt you." — R.L. Stine, author of Goosebumps"Do you kn...
Dame DaVohn
Dame DaVohn NONE Damon DaVohn Hopkins, a Flint, MI native now living in Dallas, TX, is an author, poet, and speaker passionate about the black community. His work, including his acclaimed debut novel...
Red Hats: A Novel
Red Hats: A Novel Damon Wayans 9781439164617 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Meet Alma, a mother and wife, who’s brutally honest and bitter. Disappointment and heartbreak have left the once...
A Snowy Day
A Snowy Day Christine Platt 9781532133534 Fiction Calico Kid Magic Wagon School is canceled Ana and Andrew play in the snow with their neighbors and learn to make snow ice cream. They save a snowball ...
Your Degrees Won’t Keep You Warm at Night: The Very Smart Brothas Guide to Dating, Mating, and Fighting Crime
Your Degrees Won’t Keep You Warm at Night: The Very Smart Brothas Guide to Dating, Mating, and Fighting Crime Damon Young and Panama Jackson 9781453708767 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC ...
Power of Persuasion
Power of Persuasion Stacey Abrams aka Selena Montgomery 9780593439456 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House A.J. Grayson has come a long way from adopted orphan to fast-rising executive at a cutt...
Out of Bounds: Coming Out of Sexual Abuse, Addiction, and My Life of Lies in the NFL Closet
Out of Bounds: Coming Out of Sexual Abuse, Addiction, and My Life of Lies in the NFL Closet Roy Simmons and Damon DiMarco 9780786716814 Fiction Carroll & Graf Perseus Books Group The second NFL player...
Bamboozled
Bamboozled Michael Dequina images/bamboozled.jpg Film Review Bamboozled Release Date: October 6th, 2000 (LA/NY); October 20th, 2000 (wide/moderate) MPAA Rating: R (for strong la...
Convict’s Candy
Convict’s Candy Damon Meadows and Jason Poole 9780974298221 Fiction Ghettoheat Ghettoheat The two talented writers’s purpose for creating Convict’s Candy was to expose what’s really going on behind th...
Don’t Drop the MIC: The Power of Your Words Can Change the World
Don’t Drop the MIC: The Power of Your Words Can Change the World T. D. Jakes 9781455595358 Nonfiction FaithWords Hachette Book Group Communicate boldly and effectively like never before with the help ...
Snow Place Like Home: A Christmas Novel
Snow Place Like Home: A Christmas Novel Lacey Baker 9780840716774 Fiction Thomas Nelson HarperCollins Christian Publishing A romantic holiday novel Perfect for fans of Nancy Naigle and Brenda Jackson...
Casting the First Stone (Special Edition, 1st Curtis Black Novel)
Casting the First Stone (Special Edition, 1st Curtis Black Novel) Kimberla Lawson Roby 9781496716392 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Kimberla Lawson Roby’s Thoughts on Concluding Her Revere...
In The Falling Snow
In The Falling Snow Caryl Phillips 9780307272560 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House From one of our most admired fiction writers: the searing story of breakdown and recovery in the life of one man and...
The Between
The Between Tananarive Due 9780063157675 Fiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins Award-winning author and Black Horror scholar Tananarive Due’s 1995 debut novel, The Between is reissued with a new fore...
In the Falling Snow
In the Falling Snow Caryl Phillips 9780307473837 Fiction Vintage Penguin Random House From one of our most admired fiction writers: the searing story of breakdown and recovery in the life of one man a...
Craig Robinson Interview (the actor, not 1st Lady Michelle Obama's brother)
Craig Robinson Interview (the actor, not 1st Lady Michelle Obama's brother) Kam Williams Interview Craig Robinson The “Peeples” Interview with AALBC.com Born in Chicago on October 25, 1971, Cr...
Devil In a Blue Dress (1st in the Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
Devil In a Blue Dress (1st in the Easy Rawlins Mysteries) Walter Mosley 9780743451796 Fiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. Devil in a Blue Dress, a defining novel in Walter Mosley’s ...
Kevin Young
Kevin Young 0000000109530225 Kevin Young, born in 1970, is a renowned poet and teacher influenced by Hughes, Berryman, Dickinson, and Basquiat. A Harvard graduate, Young authored multiple poetry book...
The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class: Fia Hosein Finds Her Beat
The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class: Fia Hosein Finds Her Beat Tracey Baptiste 9780316594387 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Meet the kids in The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class wacky ...
Touching Snow
Touching Snow M. Sindy Felin 9781442417359 Fiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. M. Sindy Felin’s National Book Award finalist is in paperback for the first time. Karina has ...
Michelle Obama’s Impact on African American Women and Girls (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2018)
Michelle Obama’s Impact on African American Women and Girls (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2018) Michelle Duster 9783030064372 Nonfiction Palgrave Macmillan Macmillan Publishers This edited co...
Totem (Apr Honickman 1St Book Prize)
Totem (Apr Honickman 1St Book Prize) Gregory Pardlo 9780977639533 Poetry American Poetry Review American Poetry Review “Gregory Pardlo … wants to explore the druidic function of art, the works of jazz...
Kazembe
Kazembe NONE Lasana Kazembe is a renowned poet, essayist, and lecturer, recognized for his performances at literary venues across Chicago. Garnering accolades such as the 1st Place Winner of the Gwen...
The Day of Dreams
The Day of Dreams Jevon Bolden 9780593661468 Fiction Penguin Young Readers Licenses Penguin Random House Enter the world of Super Sema in this fun, holiday-themed, STEAM-filled 8x8 with stickers! D...
In the Snow
In the Snow Elizabeth Spurr 9781561458554 Fiction Peachtree Petite Peachtree Publishers Simple and evocative language and charming illustrations describe a girl’s experience on a snowy day. In this g...
Ashley Franklin
Ashley Franklin NONE Ashley Franklin, author of the debut picture book 'Not Quite Snow White', published by Harper Collins in 2019. She holds an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Dela...
Sign The Petition to Exonerate Marcus Garvey Before March 1st, 2022
Sign The Petition to Exonerate Marcus Garvey Before March 1st, 2022 Author Interviews
Sharon Lucas 1st Day Recap 2019 BARR
Sharon Lucas 1st Day Recap 2019 BARR Author Interviews
Shomari Wills on George Stiebel Jamaica's 1st Black Millionaire
Shomari Wills on George Stiebel Jamaica's 1st Black Millionaire Author Interviews
Benilde Little on her Novels and 1st Nonfiction Book, Welcome to My Breakdown
Benilde Little on her Novels and 1st Nonfiction Book, Welcome to My Breakdown Benilde Little Interview You are known for your novels, Good Hair, The Itch, Who Does She Think She Is?, Actin...
1st Annual African Voices Literary Awards Honors Tony Medina
1st Annual African Voices Literary Awards Honors Tony Medina Literary Events
Reshonda Tate Billingsley Recommends Edit 1st Manuscript Editing Service
Reshonda Tate Billingsley Recommends Edit 1st Manuscript Editing Service Author Interviews
Terry reads from her next book August 1st 2008 (Getting To Happy)
Terry reads from her next book August 1st 2008 (Getting To Happy) Book Spotlights
What Happened to the Best African American Literary Magazines?
What Happened to the Best African American Literary Magazines? Troy Johnson Article I'm a collector. My family calls it hoarding. While I'm a big proponent of electronic books, I still love to sur...
Celebritize Yourself - 1St The Three Step Method To Increase Your Visibility And Explode Your Business
Celebritize Yourself - 1St The Three Step Method To Increase Your Visibility And Explode Your Business Marsha Friedman 9781463661472 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Acclaim for Marsha Fri...
The 1st National Black Book Festival Houston Texas
The 1st National Black Book Festival Houston Texas Literary Events
The Promise: How One Woman Made Good on Her Extraordinary Pact to Send a Classroom of 1st Graders to College
The Promise: How One Woman Made Good on Her Extraordinary Pact to Send a Classroom of 1st Graders to College Oral Lee Brown and Caille Millner 9780385511476 Nonfiction Doubleday Penguin Random House I...
Conversations With the King and Study Guide: Meditations that Edify, Equip and Encourage
Conversations With the King and Study Guide: Meditations that Edify, Equip and Encourage Stephannie Solomon 9781410738820 Nonfiction 1st Book Library 1st Book Library
A Love Worth Fighting For
A Love Worth Fighting For Carol Denise Mitchell 9781403370730 Nonfiction 1st Book Library 1st Book Library Book by SIMMs, Carole-Denise, Mitchell
Mental Conceptions: A Poet’s Dream
Mental Conceptions: A Poet’s Dream Andre R. Thornton 9780759628700 Poetry 1st Book Library 1st Book Library Mental Conceptions elevates the bar in poetry. A hypnotic blend of words that stimulate the ...
Howard Street: A Pittsburgh Story
Howard Street: A Pittsburgh Story Thomas E. Scholler Sr. 9781587211614 Nonfiction 1st Book Library 1st Book Library Book by Scholler, Thomas E. Sr.
Sister Days: 365 Inspired Moments in African American Women’s History (Autographed, 1st Edition)
Sister Days: 365 Inspired Moments in African American Women’s History (Autographed, 1st Edition) Janus Adams 9780471283614 Nonfiction Wiley Wiley Autographed, First Edition Throughout history, Afri...
Lick Shot
Lick Shot Peter Kalu 9781874509042 Fiction Xpress Publishing Xpress Publishing 1st edition 1st printing trade paperback, vg++ In stock shipped from our UK warehouse
Edit1st.com: AALBC.com's Manuscript Editing Service
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Carol Taylor
Carol Taylor 0000000113419810 Carol Taylor, a seasoned book editor & writer with over 20 years in the industry, has worked with prominent black authors. Featured in notable publications & TV, she has...
Hunting In Harlem
Hunting In Harlem Thumper Book Review I am always excited when new authors enter the scene because they expand the dimensions of our existence through literature that is vibrant, challenging and im...
The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1940 Facsimile Edition
The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1940 Facsimile Edition Victor H. Green 9781684116546 Nonfiction Snow Ball Publishing Snow Ball Publishing In the segregated US of the mid-twentieth century, African-Amer...
Snow Scene
Snow Scene Richard Jackson 9781626726802 Fiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers
Jasmine Mans
Jasmine Mans NONE Jasmine Mans, a Black American poet and artist from Newark, NJ, is a University of Wisconsin Madison graduate. Author of the 2012 poetry collection, Chalk Outlines of Snow Angels, a...
Ebony Glenn
Ebony Glenn NONE Ebony Glenn is an Atlanta-based illustrator known for whimsical art that brings joy and magic. She illustrated award-winning books like Mommy’s Khimar, Not Quite Snow White, Beacon t...
Addie Boswell
Addie Boswell NONE Addie Boswell, a Portland-based author and muralist, is known for her award-winning book, The Rain Stomper. Her works include Go, Bikes, Go!, Go, Planes, Go!, The Snow Dancer, and ...
Mirror Mirror
Mirror Mirror Kam Williams mirror_mirror.jpg Film Review Snow White Saves Prince in Refreshing Overhaul of Beloved Classic Mirror Mirror [2012] In Theaters: Mar 30, 2012 Wide Science Fiction &am...
A Drop of Patience: A Novel (Dark Tower Series)
A Drop of Patience: A Novel (Dark Tower Series) William Melvin Kelley 9780880014601 Fiction Ecco Press HarperCollins Book by Kelley, William Melvin
Rock ’Til You Drop: The Decline from Rebellion to Nostalgia
Rock ’Til You Drop: The Decline from Rebellion to Nostalgia John Strausbaugh 9781859846292 Nonfiction Verso Books Verso Books In the 1960s and early 70s rock and rebellion went arm in arm. This was th...