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Heru Ptah, Poet and Author of Show Me a Beautiful Woman
Heru Ptah, Poet and Author of Show Me a Beautiful Woman Poetry & Spoken Word
Heru Ptah
Heru Ptah NONE Heru Ptah is a multifaceted writer, known for his work as a poet, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He's appeared on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, CNN, and has a novel published by MTV B...
Ptah-Hetep
Ptah-Hetep NONE Ptah-Hotep, a key figure from Ancient Kemet, is known as the first philosopher of moral values, renowned for his works on Egyptian wisdom literature, translated and published by vario...
Show Me a Beautiful Woman
Show Me a Beautiful Woman Heru Ptah 9780985288136 Fiction SunRaSon Books SunRaSon Books Alex is addicted to newness: new clothes, new cars and especially new beautiful women. He doesn’t work preferrin...
A Hip-Hop Story
A Hip-Hop Story Heru Ptah 9780743483230 Fiction MTV Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The first novel to truly capture the fast and furious world of hip-hop—one in which the line between art and life is bl...
The Instruction of Ptah Hotep and the Instruction of Ke’gemni
The Instruction of Ptah Hotep and the Instruction of Ke’gemni Battiscombe G. Gunn 9781770830639 Nonfiction Theophania Publishing Theophania Publishing Battiscombe Gunn published his first translation ...
The Oprah Winfrey Show: Reflections on an American Legacy
The Oprah Winfrey Show: Reflections on an American Legacy Deborah Davis 9781419700590 Nonfiction Abrams Books Abrams The Oprah Winfrey Show came to an end on May 25, 2011, after 25 years on television...
Jeffrey Gardere
Jeffrey Gardere NONE Dr. Jeffrey Gardere is a renowned psychologist, author, and talk show host with an extensive career in mental health services. He founded the Rainbow Clinic specializing in cultu...
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey 0000000114891842 Oprah Winfrey, a multi-billionaire and influential media owner, is best known for her highest-rated TV show, The Oprah Winfrey Show. She also runs the renowned Oprah Bo...
Jabari Osaze
Jabari Osaze NONE Jabari Osaze, an expert in Ancient African history and spirituality, particularly Ancient Egypt, has led study tours to Egypt since 2002 and monthly tours to renowned museums. He se...
Poet On Watch
Poet On Watch NONE Poet On Watch is a renowned performance poet and multimedia artist, who collaborates globally as an independent art director. She's authored two poetry collections and has contribu...
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks 0000000081816650 Brooks was U.S. Consultant in Poetry, 1985-1986 (title was changed to U.S. Poet Laureate in 1986) Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (1917-2000) was an influential African-Am...
Natasha Trethewey
Natasha Trethewey 0000000084159051 Trethewey was U.S. Poet Laureate, 2012-2014 Natasha Trethewey, an American poet and winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for her collection “Native Guard,” was inspired...
Kim Coles
Kim Coles 0000000031521651 Kim Coles, best known for her role as “Synclaire” in FOX's 'Living Single', has starred in many TV programs including 'Frasier', 'Six Feet Under', and 'In Living Color'. Sh...
Something Beautiful
Something Beautiful Sharon Dennis Wyeth 9780440412106 Fiction Dragonfly Books Dragonfly Books A little girl longs to see beyond the scary sights on the sidewalk and the angry scribbling in the halls o...
Queen Afua
Queen Afua 0000000513485286 Queen Afua is a renowned herbalist, natural health expert, and spiritual healer, specializing in women's health. She is a Khamitic priestess, yoga teacher, and founder of ...
Wendy Williams - "The Wendy Williams Show" Interview
Wendy Williams - "The Wendy Williams Show" Interview Kam Williams Interview How You Doin'? Born in Asbury Park, New Jersey on July 18, 1964, Wendy Joan Williams burst onto the TV landscape ...
The Teachings of Ptahhotep: The Oldest Book in the World
The Teachings of Ptahhotep: The Oldest Book in the World Asa G. Hilliard III, Larry Williams, and Nia Damali 9780945708025 Nonfiction Blackwood Press Blackwood Press THE WISDOM OF THE EAST THE INST...
Battiscombe G. Gunn
Battiscombe G. Gunn NONE Battiscombe George “Jack” Gunn was an English Egyptologist and philologist known for his 1906 translation of the Prisse Papyrus from Egyptian hieroglyphs to English. Despite ...
muMs the schemer
muMs the schemer NONE Craig Grant, known as muMs the Schemer, is a poet and actor from the Bronx, New York. He rose to fame in the documentary SlamNation and through his role as “Poet” in HBO's Oz. H...
Malik Canty
Malik Canty NONE Malik Canty, also known as the Word Bird, is a spiritual poet, teacher, and writer known for giving voice to the voiceless. He has performed at renowned venues including The Apollo T...
Mervyn Morris
Mervyn Morris 0000000122796976 Born in 1937, Mervyn E. Morris is a renowned Jamaican poet and scholar. A Rhodes Scholar and Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing & West Indian Literature, he was the...
“The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain”
“The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” Langston Hughes Article One of the most promising of the young Negro poets said to me once, “I want to be a poet—not a Negro poet,” meanin...
A Beautiful Soul
A Beautiful Soul Kam Williams a-beautiful-soul.jpg Film Review Shades of ’It’s a Wonderful Life’ Abound in Faith-Based Morality Play A Beautiful Soul [2012] In Theaters: May 4, 2012...
Too Beautiful For Words
Too Beautiful For Words Thumper Book Review Too Beautiful For Words, the debut novel by Monique W. Morris, is a small little miracle of a book. In a novel that is steeped in reality, under the grimme...
The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates Thumper Book Review In an effort to expand my reading to non-fiction titles, as well as the fact that the book is small in size, I read The Beauti...
Too Beautiful For Words
Too Beautiful For Words Kam Williams Interview Too Beautiful For Words Click to order via Amazon by Monique W. Morris Format: Hardcover, 288pp. ISBN: 0066211050 Publisher: HarperTrade ...
Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah 0000000430715306 Trevor Noah, a successful African comedian and host of the award-winning 'The Daily Show', joined the show in 2014. He has multiple comedy specials, including his 9th, 'A...
Karen Grigsby Bates
Karen Grigsby Bates NONE Karen Grigsby Bates is an LA-based NPR News correspondent, known for her work on All Things Considered and The Tavis Smiley Show. She has significantly expanded the show's co...
Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar
Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar MULTIPLE Amber Ruffin, first black woman to write for a late-night talk show, hosts The Amber Ruffin Show and writes for Late Night with Seth Meyers. Her sister, Lacey La...
I Am Beautiful: The Evolution of Beauty
I Am Beautiful: The Evolution of Beauty Karla Renee Floyd, Elona Washington, Shennetta Smith, Joy Blakeney, Annette Smiley, Cheryl Peavy, Sharon Blake, Sahsha Campbell-Garbutt, Kim Bjanes, and Stephan...
The Blue Clerk: Ars Poetica in 59 Versos
The Blue Clerk: Ars Poetica in 59 Versos Dionne Brand 9781478000068 Poetry Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books On a lonely wharf a clerk in an ink-blue coat inspects bales and bale...
America The Beautiful
America The Beautiful Billy Johnson 9798900301440 Fiction King's Jewel Books King's Jewel Books America The Beautiful is a historical fiction novel that takes place during the 1960’s. The novel follow...
Countee Cullen
Countee Cullen 0000000081534450 Countée Porter Cullen (1903-1946) was a prominent figure of the Harlem Renaissance, known for his poetry books “Color” and “Copper Sun.” He taught and mentored James ...
The Chronicles of a Gentleman (The Untold Truth)
The Chronicles of a Gentleman (The Untold Truth) Kam Williams Book Review ’I’m here to show you a few things that will enable you to have any woman you desire. Race cree...
Our Beautiful Colors
Our Beautiful Colors Nikki Shannon Smith 9780593434970 Fiction Golden Books Penguin Random House This Little Golden Book features beautiful illustrations and rhyming text about colors, plus a social j...
The Busy Woman’s Little Book of Motivation: 42 Morsels of Motivation To Help You Live Out Loud and Become The Phenomenal Woman You Were Born To Be
The Busy Woman’s Little Book of Motivation: 42 Morsels of Motivation To Help You Live Out Loud and Become The Phenomenal Woman You Were Born To Be Cassandra Mack 9780595497805 Fiction iUniverse Author...
Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde
Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde Alexis De Veaux 9780393019544 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Audre Lorde (1934-1992) was the author of The Cancer Journals, and an ...
Rudy Francisco
Rudy Francisco NONE Rudy K. Francisco, born 1982, is a renowned Spoken Word Poet known for his social critique, introspection, humor, and honesty. He discusses race, class, gender, and religion throu...
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé Morgan Parker 9781941040539 Poetry Tin House Books Tin House Books A TIME Magazine Best Paperback of 2017 One of Oprah Magazine’s "Ten Best Books o...
J.D. and the Hair Show Showdown
J.D. and the Hair Show Showdown J. Dillard 9780593111581 Fiction Kokila Penguin Random House Eight-year-old kid barber J.D. takes his talent to an Atlanta hair show in this illustrated chapter book a...
Show the World!
Show the World! Angela Dalton 9780593351390 Fiction Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A celebration of self-expression and the power of using your voice, centering Black children, an...
Inner City Miracle
Inner City Miracle Thumper Book Review Judge Greg Mathis makes his debut on the literary stage with his autobiography, Inner City Miracle: A Memoir. Mathis is the star of the popular The Judge Greg...
The Chronicles of a Gentleman (The Untold Truth)
The Chronicles of a Gentleman (The Untold Truth) Leroy Sanders 9781427620620 Nonfiction Aardvark Global Publishing Aardvark Global Publishing ’I’m here to show you a few things that will enable ...
By Love Possessed: Stories
By Love Possessed: Stories Lorna Goodison 9780062127358 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins “A beautifully written and evocative book.”—Danielle Evans, author of Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, ...
Alexandra Morton
Alexandra Morton 0000000078676423 Alexandra Morton, host of The Book Look and 2011 Miss Black America-Baltimore, offers a unique online book review show on NewsOne.com. Featuring the latest book news...
Show Way
Show Way Jacqueline Woodson 9780399237492 Fiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature ...
The Beauty of Being a Black Woman: Living Life Abundantly
The Beauty of Being a Black Woman: Living Life Abundantly Michelle S. Hartzog 9781983874055 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC The Beauty of Being a Black Woman focuses on the obstacles w...
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes 0000000121303076 “Democracy will not come / Today, this year, nor ever / Through compromise and fear.” Langston Hughes, The Poet Laureate of Harlem: Author, Poet, Essayist, Novelist, P...
That Beautiful Mind
That Beautiful Mind Tami Charles with Chris Charles 9781546116387 Fiction Orchard Books Orchard Books From New York Times bestselling author Tami Charles and her son, Chris Charles, comes a soaring an...
A Beautiful Composition of Broken
A Beautiful Composition of Broken r.h. Sin 9781449490164 Poetry Andrews McMeel Publishing Andrews McMeel Publishing r.h. Sin, bestselling author of the Whiskey, Words & a Shovel series, returns with a...
Heav’nly Tidings From the Afric Muse: The Grace and Genius of Phillis Wheatley Poet Laureate of the American Revolution
Heav’nly Tidings From the Afric Muse: The Grace and Genius of Phillis Wheatley Poet Laureate of the American Revolution Richard Kigel 9781557789280 Nonfiction Paragon House Paragon House Foreword by N...
Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka 0000000446460520 Amiri Baraka, also known as LeRoi Jones, was a prolific 20th-century African American writer, poet, and Obie-winning playwright. Known for works such as “Blues People” a...
Juan Boria
Juan Boria NONE Jaime Torres Torres, known as Juan Boria, was a celebrated Puerto Rican poet and actor born in 1906. Despite humble beginnings, he earned a university degree and taught for 37 years. ...
Bessie Smith: A Poet’s Biography of a Blues Legend
Bessie Smith: A Poet’s Biography of a Blues Legend Jackie Kay 9780593314272 Nonfiction Vintage Penguin Random House A beautiful genre-bending tribute to the larger-than-life blues singer Bessie Smith....
Chaun Webster
Chaun Webster NONE Chaun Webster, a poet, publisher, and graphic designer, is influenced by the Black Arts Movement, Jazz, and Graffiti. He founded Free Poet’s Press in 2009 to encourage art producti...
Eros Muse: Poems & Essays
Eros Muse: Poems & Essays Opal Palmer Adisa 9781592213986 Poetry Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Eros Muse examines the love affair between the poet and her muse. Personifyi...
Goldie the Poet
Goldie the Poet NONE Goldie the Poet, a Bay-Area native and prominent alumnus of Leimert Park’s World Stage Poets, is a gifted actor and artist. With performances across the U.S. and Europe, his uniq...
Patricia Spears Jones
Patricia Spears Jones 0000000031494569 Patricia Spears Jones, born in Arkansas, is the 2024 New York State Poet Laureate, a Jackson Poetry Prize laureate, and a cultural activist. An esteemed poet, p...
Robert Hayden
Robert Hayden 0000000114660665 Hayden was Named U.S. Poet Laureate for (1976–1978) Robert Hayden (1913-1980) was a renowned African-American poet, essayist, and educator. He was the first Africa...
Sharrif Simmons
Sharrif Simmons NONE Sharrif Simmons, a poet, musician, writer, and arts educator, has a performance career extending over three decades. Inspired by veteran poet Sonia Sanchez and influenced by vari...
Amanda Gorman: Poet and Activist
Amanda Gorman: Poet and Activist L’Oreal Thompson Payton 9780593815144 Nonfiction Random House Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Learn all about Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet i...
Arisa White
Arisa White NONE Arisa White, an acclaimed poet and assistant professor at Colby College, is known for her work that centers queer and trans narratives. She is a Cave Canem graduate, a multiple award...
Black Brave Beautiful: A Badass Black Girl’s Coloring Book
Black Brave Beautiful: A Badass Black Girl’s Coloring Book M.J. Fievre 9781642505290 Nonfiction Mango Mango Publishing An African-American & Black Fashion Coloring Book with an Empowering TwistAdult c...
America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great
America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great Ben Carson 9780310330912 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins In America the Beautiful, Dr. Ben Carson helps us learn from our past in orde...
Beautiful Blackbird
Beautiful Blackbird Ashley Bryan 9780689847318 Fiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. Black is beautiful, uh-huh! Long ago, Blackbird was voted the most beautiful bird in t...
Too Beautiful To Die
Too Beautiful To Die Thumper Book Review It had been a long while since I read a suspense/mystery novel’too long. I had a stroke of good fortune when the most recent mystery book I read was To...
America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments
America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments Kam Williams images/america_the_beautiful_2_movie_poster.jpg Film Review Darryl Roberts Stars in Sequel Again Exploring Body Image America t...
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall / Winter 2021): The Beautiful Struggle
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall / Winter 2021): The Beautiful Struggle Clarence V. Reynolds a21551758v12 Fiction Center for Black Literature Medgar Evers College Killens Review of Arts & Letter...
Understanding the Purpose and Power of Women: God’s Design for Female Identity
Understanding the Purpose and Power of Women: God’s Design for Female Identity Myles Munroe 9781641230148 Nonfiction Whitaker House Whitaker House Women of every culture and society are facing the dil...
She Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power - 1619 to 1969
She Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power - 1619 to 1969 Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 9780367482190 Nonfiction Routledge Routledge She Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power - 1619 to 1969...
Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley 0000000110310916 Tavis Smiley, a prominent African-American voice, is a renowned host and political commentator. Known for his work on BET Tonight and The Tom Joyner Morning Show, he is ...
How Beautiful We Were
How Beautiful We Were Imbolo Mbue 9780593132425 Fiction Random House Penguin Random House From the celebrated author of the New York Times bestseller Behold the Dreamers comes a sweeping, wrenching st...
Charreah K. Jackson
Charreah K. Jackson NONE Charreah K. Jackson is a globally recognized love and success coach, Essence Senior Editor, and author of Boss Bride. She's a certified family life educator known for her wor...
Suheir Hammad
Suheir Hammad 0000000084052510 Suheir Hammad, born October 25, 1973, is a Palestinian-American poet, author, performer, and activist renowned for her work in the spoken-word scene. She's had success ...
The Heart of a Woman, and Other Poems
The Heart of a Woman, and Other Poems Georgia Douglas Johnson 9781298493583 Poetry Andesite Press Andesite Press The Heart of a Woman and Other Poems (1918) The Heart of a Woman and Other Poems (19...
Rita Dove
Rita Dove 0000000114709625 Dove was U.S. Poet Laureate, 1993-1995 Rita Dove, former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, is known for her poetry collections, novel, and drama. She's been reco...
Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou Bethany Hegedus 9781620145876 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books NCSS Septima Clark Book Award Elementary Level Winner In celebrat...
Ash Cash
Ash Cash NONE Ash Exantus, also known as Ash Cash, is a renowned banking executive, personal finance expert, and author of six books, three of which are Amazon.com bestsellers. He serves as a head of...
Larry Elder
Larry Elder 0000000046196003 Elder is the Executive Producer of the 2020 Film Uncle Tom Laurence Allen Elder, born in Los Angeles in 1952, is an accomplished American libertarian talk radio host, aut...
And God Created Woman
And God Created Woman Mika Miller 9780974298269 Fiction Ghettoheat Ghettoheat AND GOD CREATED WOMAN, a provocative, sophisticated story that chronicles the evolutionary journey of four flawed African-...
Candice Iloh
Candice Iloh NONE Candice Iloh, a Nigerian-American author & dancer in Philadelphia, is a Howard University alumna & 2019 Kimbilio fellow. She holds an M.F.A. from Lesley University. Her novel, Every...
Continuum: New And Selected Poems, Revised Edition
Continuum: New And Selected Poems, Revised Edition Mari Evans 9781933491165 Poetry Sankofa Books Just Us Books, Inc. Evans paints an intimate portrait of the Black experience in the more than 10...
Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Alice Dunbar-Nelson 0000000081179540 Check out Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935) was an acclaimed American journalist, political act...
Fragments of a Woman’s Life
Fragments of a Woman’s Life Sandra L. Manigault 9780965854115 Nonfiction Godosan Publications Godosan Publications Fragments of a Woman’s Life: A Memoir is an unusual look into the life and feelings o...
Karen Walrond
Karen Walrond NONE Karen Walrond is a lawyer, leadership coach, activist, and senior director for Brené Brown Education and Research Group. She's a Certified Dare To Lead™ Facilitator, photographe...
Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry
Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry MULTIPLE Tia Mowry-Hardrict & Tamera Mowry-Housley are renowned actresses known for their roles in 'Sister, Sister', Disney's 'Twitches' series, and 'Tia & Tamera'. Tia sta...
Nikki Walton
Nikki Walton NONE Nikki Walton, a licensed psychotherapist and founder of CurlyNikki.com, is a leading voice in natural hair care. Her platform, among the top 50 Black-owned websites, offers educatio...
Dashawn Taylor
Dashawn Taylor NONE Dashawn Taylor is a contemporary novelist and Rutgers graduate known for his urban edgy style. A former finalist on BET's Ultimate Hustler Show, he's also the author of 'From Pove...
Sherri Shepherd
Sherri Shepherd 0000000054962046 Sherri Shepherd (born April 22, 1967) is an actress, comedian, New York Times bestselling author, broadcaster, and television personality. She currently hosts the da...
Ann Coulter The “Mugged” Interview with AALBC.com
Ann Coulter The “Mugged” Interview with AALBC.com Kam Williams Interview Ann Coulter The “Mugged” Interview Born in New York City on December 9, 1961, arch-conservative Ann Coulter is the auth...
Pet Show!
Pet Show! Ezra Jack Keats 9780142300008 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House How can you enter a pet show when your pet runs away? That’s the question Archie faces when he can’t find his cat to e...
Something Like Beautiful
Something Like Beautiful Robert Fleming Book Review In many ways, the award-winning poet and journalist asha bandele’s second memoir, Something Like Beautiful: One Single Mother&rsquo...
Staceyann Chin
Staceyann Chin 0000000040460475 Staceyann Chin is a multifaceted poet, actor, and artist known for her memoir “The Other Side of Paradise” and her performances in Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam. Feat...
A Woman of Purpose and Power: A 90-Day Devotional
A Woman of Purpose and Power: A 90-Day Devotional Myles Munroe 9781641232333 Nonfiction Whitaker House Whitaker House Best-selling author Dr. Myles Munroe offers daily practical and biblical advice fo...
John Steptoe
John Steptoe 0000000083178664 John Lewis Steptoe (1950-1989) was a renowned children's book author and illustrator from Brooklyn, NY. Known for his rich illustrations depicting the African American e...
Bill Bellamy
Bill Bellamy 0000000039637261 Bill Bellamy, renowned for hosting and producing TV One's “Who’s Got Jokes?”, is a former MTV VJ and host. He's starred in films and TV shows like Fled, Love Jones, and ...
Greg Thomas
Greg Thomas 0000000055234489 Greg Thomas is an esteemed jazz writer, editor, educator, and broadcaster. With works published in numerous publications, he was the founding Editor-in-Chief of Harlem Wo...