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Dolen Perkins-Valdez reads from her novel Wench
Dolen Perkins-Valdez reads from her novel Wench Book Spotlights
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Dolen Perkins-Valdez 0000000074479879 Dolen Perkins-Valdez, a Memphis-born novelist, is renowned for her New York Times bestselling novel 'Wench.' A Harvard graduate and former University of Californ...
Wench: A Novel
Wench: A Novel Dolen Perkins-Valdez 9780061706547 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez is startling and original fiction that raises provocative questions of power and freedom, ...
Wench
Wench Thumper Book Review I had a feeling that even though we are educated enough in the institution of slavery, there are still aspects that take me by surprise. Dolen Perkins-Valdez debut...
Take My Hand
Take My Hand Dolen Perkins-Valdez 9780593337691 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House A searing and compassionate new novel about a young Black nurse’s shocking discovery and the burning quest fo...
Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup 9781476767345 Nonfiction Atria / 37 Ink Simon & Schuster, Inc. An Important Contribution to the Birth of African American Literature The story that inspired the...
Happy Land
Happy Land Dolen Perkins-Valdez 9780593337721 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House A woman learns the astonishing truth of her family’s ties to a vanished American Kingdom in this riveting new n...
Balm: A Novel
Balm: A Novel Dolen Perkins-Valdez 9780062318657 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins
Take My Hand
Take My Hand Dolen Perkins-Valdez 9780593337714 Fiction Penguin Publishing Group Penguin Random House
Useni Eugene Perkins
Useni Eugene Perkins 0000000082421407 Useni Eugene Perkins (1932-2023) was a renowned author, poet, playwright, social worker, and civil rights activist. Known for his work during the Chicago Black A...
Suzetta Perkins
Suzetta Perkins NONE Suzetta Perkins is a renowned author known for her books like 'In My Rearview Mirror', 'Silver Bullets', and 'Hollywood Skye'. Besides, she's the co-founder and President of Sist...
Natalie Renee Perkins and Hal Taussig
Natalie Renee Perkins and Hal Taussig MULTIPLE Natalie Perkins is a minister, NYU chaplain, and co-founder of the Tanho Center. She's a singer, theatre performer, composer, and recipient of the Karen...
Women’s History Month Literary Festival
Women’s History Month Literary Festival MD State Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped Baltimore Maryland Three women writers discuss the intersection of place, time, and culture in literatur...
Black Barbie: The Story of Designer Kitty Black Perkins
Black Barbie: The Story of Designer Kitty Black Perkins Dinah Johnson 9780316579186 Nonfiction Christy Ottaviano Books-Little Brown and Hachette Hachette Book Group Celebrate the creator of the world’...
Nichole Perkins
Nichole Perkins NONE Nichole Perkins, a writer from Nashville, explores pop culture, race, sex, gender, and relationships. She's a recognized fellow from various institutions and a former co-host of ...
The Cutting Season: A Novel
The Cutting Season: A Novel Attica Locke 9780061802065 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins From Attica Locke, a writer and producer of FOX’s Empire:“The Cutting Season is a rare murder mystery with heft, a ...
A Taste for More
A Taste for More Phyllis R. Dixon 9781496743138 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. In a breathtaking saga spanning the final three decades of the Great Migration - from the Jim Crow south in r...
The Wedding Date
The Wedding Date Jasmine Guillory 9780399587665 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House One of… • Entertainment Weekly’s “12 Romances for V-Day” • Cosmopolitan’s “2018 Anticipated Read...
Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be
Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be Nichole Perkins 9781538702741 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group A passionate, magnetic memoir that explores writer and podcast host Nich...
Deja;Vu: Behind the Veil
Deja;Vu: Behind the Veil Thumper Book Review A few minutes ago, I finished the novel D’j’ Vu: Behind the Veil ll by Suzetta Perkins. D’j’ Vu is the sequel to P...
In My Rearview Mirror: A Novel
In My Rearview Mirror: A Novel Suzetta Perkins 9781593094768 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Baby drama and political scandal don’t mix in this sequel to Suzetta Perkins’s Behind the Veil...
Ex-Terminator: Life After Marriage
Ex-Terminator: Life After Marriage Suzetta Perkins 9781593091835 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. What happens to those who are left behind in the turbulent breakup of failed love and roma...
Laura Jackson
Laura Jackson NONE Evelyn Perkins, writing as Laura Jackson, is a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse and author with over 30 years' experience. As a past President of the American Psychi...
Caribbean Reads Publishing
Caribbean Reads Publishing Caribbean Reads Publishing Caribbean Reads Publishing
NEW Reads Publications
NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications
Caribbean Reads Publishing
Caribbean Reads Publishing Caribbean Reads Publishing Caribbean Reads Publishing
NEW Reads Publications
NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications
Hey Black Child
Hey Black Child Useni Eugene Perkins 9780316360296 Nonfiction LB Kids Hachette Book Group Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Bryan Collier brings this cla...
Hey Black Child
Hey Black Child Useni Eugene Perkins 9780316360302 Fiction Anointed Inspirations Publishing Anointed Inspirations Publishing Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor reci...
Memories & Images: Selected Poems
Memories & Images: Selected Poems Useni Eugene Perkins 9780883782446 Poetry Third World Press Third World Press Perkins reveals his personal development into his present philosophy as he recounts his ...
Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah 0000000110549118 Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first prime minister and president, led the country to independence from Britain in 1957 and ruled until a 1966 coup. His time in the U.S. greatl...
Aaron Slater, Illustrator
Aaron Slater, Illustrator Andrea Beaty 9781419753961 Fiction Harry N. Abrams Harry N. Abrams An uplifting story about the power of art, finding your voice, and telling your story even when you’re out ...
Avidly Reads Passages
Avidly Reads Passages Michelle D. Commander 9781479806171 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press “What is the value of Black life in America?” In Avidly Reads Pa...
September Newsletter: Recommended Reads, the MS Book Festival, and More
September Newsletter: Recommended Reads, the MS Book Festival, and More Troy Johnson Article Recommended Reads N. K. Jemisin the Only Writer to Win the Best Novel Hugo Award in three Consecutive Yea...
Betrayed: A Novel (Zane Presents)
Betrayed: A Novel (Zane Presents) Suzetta Perkins 9781593093624 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Nineteen years after she was raped, Mimi Bailey makes a desperate attempt to protect her se...
At the End of the Day: A Novel (Zane Presents)
At the End of the Day: A Novel (Zane Presents) Suzetta Perkins 9781593094096 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. At the End of the Day is the exhilarating, heart-pounding, and action-packed f...
Silver Bullets (Zane Presents)
Silver Bullets (Zane Presents) Suzetta Perkins 9781593095581 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. In this sizzling, exciting novel, four women show that age is just a number by seeking out new...
Hollywood Skye (Zane Presents)
Hollywood Skye (Zane Presents) Suzetta Perkins 9781593095567 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. When a young woman seeking fame and fortune falls into a con artist’s trap, she learns what Ho...
For Your Consideration: Maya Rudolph
For Your Consideration: Maya Rudolph Nichole Perkins 9781683692232 Nonfiction Quirk Books Quirk Books For fans of the inimitable Maya Rudolph, this illustrated collection of humorous essays and fun ex...
A Love So Deep (Zane Presents)
A Love So Deep (Zane Presents) Suzetta Perkins 9781593094324 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. When Graham Peters’s wife of forty years suddenly dies, he finds himself unable to cope with h...
Deja Vu (Zane Presents)
Deja Vu (Zane Presents) Suzetta Perkins 9781593092597 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. As the former mistress of a notorious crime boss, Angelica Barnes struggles to lead a normal life—but...
Benita Renee Jenkins: Diva Secret Agent
Benita Renee Jenkins: Diva Secret Agent Lorisa Bates 9781645561255 Fiction Urban Renaissance Urban Renaissance This first edition of the action-packed urban series centers on a young Brooklyn hairstyl...
Poetry from the Masters: The Black Arts Movement
Poetry from the Masters: The Black Arts Movement Useni Eugene Perkins 9781933491134 Nonfiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. The Black Arts Movement spanned less than two decades, but left an unde...
In Trembling Boldness: Wisdom for Today from Ancient Jesus People
In Trembling Boldness: Wisdom for Today from Ancient Jesus People Natalie Renee Perkins and Hal Taussig 9781506485744 Nonfiction Broadleaf Books 1517 Media Many of us have heard about the recently dis...
Kwame Nkrumah’s Midnight Speech for Independence
Kwame Nkrumah’s Midnight Speech for Independence Useni Eugene Perkins 9780940975866 Nonfiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. On a humid March night in 1957, Kwame Nkrumah made history. While thous...
Lilith, But Dark
Lilith, But Dark Nichole Perkins 9781945028144 Poetry Publishing Genius Press Publishing Genius Press Lilith, But Dark reveals a series of confessions and penances, exploring a southern black woman’s ...
Rise of the Phoenix: Voices from Chicago’s Black Struggle 1960-1975
Rise of the Phoenix: Voices from Chicago’s Black Struggle 1960-1975 Useni Eugene Perkins 9780883783061 Nonfiction Third World Press Third World Press Rise of the Phoenix ""is a collection of personal ...
Nothing Stays the Same (Zane Presents)
Nothing Stays the Same (Zane Presents) Suzetta Perkins 9781593092863 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Combining suspense, high drama, and seduction, Nothing Stays the Same is about a man w...
Harvesting New Generations: The Positive Development of Black Youth
Harvesting New Generations: The Positive Development of Black Youth Useni Eugene Perkins 9780883782248 Nonfiction Third World Press Third World Press A comprehensive exposition on Black youth, this st...
Black Fairy and Other Plays
Black Fairy and Other Plays Useni Eugene Perkins 9780883780770 Nonfiction Third World Press Third World Press A series of short plays for young children that can be used as a teaching tool.
If I Survive You
If I Survive You Jonathan Escoffery 9780374605988 Fiction MCD Macmillan Publishers "If I Survive You is a collection of connected short stories that reads like a novel, that reads like real life, that...
justin a. reynolds
justin a. reynolds NONE Justin A. Reynolds is an acclaimed author renowned for his debut YA novel, “Opposite of Always,” and second novel “Early Departures.” His work includes a Marvel graphic novel ...
JaNay Brown-Wood
JaNay Brown-Wood NONE JaNay Brown-Wood is a celebrated children's author and educator, known for her award-winning book, “Imani's Moon.” She teaches as an ECE professor at American River College and ...
St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival
St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival Woodson African American Museum of Florida St. Petersburg Florida The St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival is dedicated to entertaining, engaging, and educating children...
Uncle Tom: A Oral History of the American Black Conservative
Uncle Tom: A Oral History of the American Black Conservative Troy Johnson https://aalbc.com/reviews/images/Uncle-tom-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Rating: NR Genre: Documentary Directed By: Just...
Lisa Watson
Lisa Watson NONE Lisa Watson is a national bestselling author based in Washington D.C., known for her work in diverse romance genres. Her debut novel was nominated for Best Contemporary Fiction, and ...
Finding Peace Isn’t Peaceful: Overcoming the Struggle Within to Heal My Soul
Finding Peace Isn’t Peaceful: Overcoming the Struggle Within to Heal My Soul Ma’Ronda X 9781943409563 Nonfiction Pure Thoughts Publishing Pure Thoughts Publishing, LLC Finding Peace Isn’t Peaceful is ...
Lola Jaye
Lola Jaye NONE Lola Jaye, a London-born author, published her first U.S. novel in 2009. Her journey from foster child to author was shared in her 2009 essay, part of the U.K.'s Quick Reads program. L...
Introducing Delaney Diamond, USA Today Bestselling Author
Introducing Delaney Diamond, USA Today Bestselling Author Troy Johnson Article Delaney Diamond is the USA Today Bestselling Author of sweet, sensual, passionate romance novels and is the manager ...
Reality Way
Reality Way NONE Reality Way, a Queens-born author, faced several life obstacles leading him to prison. It was there he developed a passion for writing, leading to his first published work, “Young Go...
Team Green! (ADA Twist, Scientist The Why Files #6)
Team Green! (ADA Twist, Scientist The Why Files #6) Andrea Beaty 9781419770449 Nonfiction Harry N. Abrams Harry N. Abrams New York Times bestselling author Andrea Beaty and neuroscientist Theanne Grif...
Marque Richardson - The “Dear White People” Interview
Marque Richardson - The “Dear White People” Interview Kam Williams Interview The “Dear White People” Interview with Marque Richardson Photo Credit: Jeremy Ray Valdez Marque Richardson is a hig...
NoViolet Bulawayo Reads from her Novel We Need New Names
NoViolet Bulawayo Reads from her Novel We Need New Names Book Spotlights
Monda Raquel Webb reads from her novel: 7:33 am
Monda Raquel Webb reads from her novel: 7:33 am Book Spotlights
Maaza Mengiste reads from her novel Beneath the Lion's Gaze
Maaza Mengiste reads from her novel Beneath the Lion's Gaze Book Spotlights
Family & Other Calamities: A Novel
Family & Other Calamities: A Novel Leslie Gray Streeter 9781662527616 Fiction Lake Union Publishing Amazon Publishing A successful journalist returns to her hometown just as her biggest mistake become...
Snapshot
Snapshot Tony Lindsay Book Review In Snapshot, Camryn King demonstrates the power of a page turning thriller. Through King’s beautifully descriptive screens, narrative pace, believable dialog, ...
Love Never Fails
Love Never Fails Nikesha Elise Williams 9781733584807 Fiction NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications “If I were honest, I’d be divorced right now.” When it comes to marriage, nothing is guar...
Edward Kelsey Moore Reads From His Novel, The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues
Edward Kelsey Moore Reads From His Novel, The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues Book Spotlights
Victor LaValle reads from his novel Big Machine
Victor LaValle reads from his novel Big Machine Book Spotlights
Adulting
Adulting Nikesha Elise Williams 9781733584821 Fiction NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications Can she have it all? Naomi Grace is determined to lay hold of the life she’s always wanted. In her v...
Musical Youth
Musical Youth Joanne C. Hillhouse 9781733829960 Fiction Caribbean Reads Publishing Caribbean Reads Publishing 2nd place in the 2014 Burt Award for Caribbean Literature. #12 in Amazon Hot New Releases ...
The Appeal of Ebony Jones
The Appeal of Ebony Jones Nikesha Elise Williams 9780692123942 Fiction NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications Guilty. Not Guilty. Those are the only options facing Ebony Jones. She is standing ...
Nina Revoyr
Nina Revoyr 0000000004707741 Nina Revoyr, a Japanese-American author of five novels, is known for her remarkable storytelling. Born in Japan and raised in Tokyo, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles, she's co-...
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 ...
Phina Oruche Reads from Her Book: Jacopo Jacopo Football Star
Phina Oruche Reads from Her Book: Jacopo Jacopo Football Star Book Spotlights
Sumiko Saulson Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Writer Reads from Her Work
Sumiko Saulson Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Writer Reads from Her Work Author Interviews
Jennifer Searles Reads Her Moving Poem: U Know Me
Jennifer Searles Reads Her Moving Poem: U Know Me Author Interviews
Super Model Pat Cleveland Reads from her Memoir
Super Model Pat Cleveland Reads from her Memoir Book Spotlights
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
Gloria Mallette
Gloria Mallette NONE Gloria Mallette is a renowned author who began her career self-publishing “Shades of Jade” which was later picked up by Random House and made several best-sellers lists. Her work...
The Missing Cupcake Mystery (Tony and Lauren Dungy Ready-to-Reads)
The Missing Cupcake Mystery (Tony and Lauren Dungy Ready-to-Reads) Tony Dungy 9781442454637 Fiction Simon Spotlight Simon & Schuster, Inc. The Dungy kids learn that honesty is the best policy—even whe...
Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. KKR & Co. Inc.
St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival
St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival Literary Events
Quick Reads Penguin Readers: Boys Don’t Cry
Quick Reads Penguin Readers: Boys Don’t Cry Malorie Blackman 9780241688106 Fiction Penguin Group USA Penguin Random House A gripping Quick Read about family and growing up from bestselling author, Mal...
The Rib King
The Rib King Ladee Hubbard 9780062979070 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Thrillist - 30 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2021Book Riot - Our Most Anticipated Releases of 2021Real Simple - The Best New Boo...
Beyond Bourbon Street
Beyond Bourbon Street Nikesha Elise Williams 9781733584869 Fiction NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications How does a couple survive when the one thing that brought them together threatens to te...
Lessons We Were Never Taught
Lessons We Were Never Taught Nikesha Elise Williams 9781733584852 Poetry NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications Lessons We Were Never Taught is author Nikesha Elise Williams’s first collection ...
Kwame Alexander Reads His Children’s Book THE UNDEFEATED
Kwame Alexander Reads His Children’s Book THE UNDEFEATED Book Spotlights
Carter Reads the Newspaper
Carter Reads the Newspaper Deborah Hopkinson 9781561459346 Nonfiction Peachtree Publishers Peachtree Publishers Essential Black History Reading The first-ever picture book biography of Carter G. Wo...
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....
Simba Sana Reads from his Memoir, Never Stop
Simba Sana Reads from his Memoir, Never Stop Book Spotlights
Javaka Steptoe Reads from Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Javaka Steptoe Reads from Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat Author Interviews
Lauren Lord Reads from Black Girl Magic Illustrated by Lailah Lord
Lauren Lord Reads from Black Girl Magic Illustrated by Lailah Lord Author Interviews
Lost! A Caribbean Sea Adventure
Lost! A Caribbean Sea Adventure Joanne C. Hillhouse 9780999237212 Fiction Caribbean Reads Publishing Caribbean Reads Publishing Beautifully illustrated by Trinidadian artist Danielle Boodoo-Fortun&eac...
Four Women
Four Women Nikesha Elise Williams 9780692962916 Fiction NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications What happens to four strangers when the present meets the past and the whole world is watching? Th...
Sandra L. Richards reads from Children’s Book RICE AND ROCKS
Sandra L. Richards reads from Children’s Book RICE AND ROCKS Book Spotlights
Olive Senior Reads from THE PAIN TREE
Olive Senior Reads from THE PAIN TREE Author Interviews
Nicole Dennis-Benn reads from, Here Comes The Sun
Nicole Dennis-Benn reads from, Here Comes The Sun Author Interviews