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J. D. Mason talks to AALBC.com at BEA 2008
J. D. Mason talks to AALBC.com at BEA 2008 Author Interviews
Henry and Bea
Henry and Bea Jessixa Bagley 9780823442843 Fiction Neal Porter Books Holiday House Henry and Bea are inseparable, but one day Henry suddenly stops talking to his best friend. Bea knows there’s somethi...
Zora, the Story Keeper
Zora, the Story Keeper Ebony Joy Wilkins 9781984816917 Fiction Kokila Penguin Random House A young Black girl and her aunt celebrate the wonder and magic of their family’s legacy through storytelling....
And Then There Was Me: A Novel
And Then There Was Me: A Novel Sadeqa Johnson 9781250802866 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Bea and Awilda have been best friends from the moment Awilda threw her fourteen year-old s...
Sleep Don’t Come Easy
Sleep Don’t Come Easy Thumper Book Review I came across Sleep don't Come Easy by J.D. Mason and Victor McGlothin some time ago. I threw it in my ’to read’ pile when I spotte...
Bea Jackson
Bea Jackson 0000000500111306 Bea Jackson is an accomplished author known for her captivating storytelling. With a writing career spanning over decades, she has penned numerous bestsellers, captivatin...
Born Bright: A Young Girl’s Journey from Nothing to Something in America
Born Bright: A Young Girl’s Journey from Nothing to Something in America C. Nicole Mason 9781250069924 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers “Standing on the stage, I felt exposed and lik...
J.D. Mason
J.D. Mason NONE J.D. Mason is a distinguished author with over a decade of professional writing. She self-published her debut novel twice before signing with a NYC publisher. Her work, featuring a po...
David J. Mason
David J. Mason NONE David J. Mason, digital publishing entrepreneur and founder of HMG ePublishing, is a seasoned executive with a deep interest in the history of his family and the Civil War. He's k...
S.L. Jennings, Naleighna Kai, J.D. Mason, Shakir Rashaan, London St. Charles, Sierra Kay, Karen D. Bradley, Anita L. Roseboro, and MarZé Scott
S.L. Jennings, Naleighna Kai, J.D. Mason, Shakir Rashaan, London St. Charles, Sierra Kay, Karen D. Bradley, Anita L. Roseboro, and MarZé Scott MULTIPLE "S.L. Jennings, Naleighna Kai, J.D. Mason, Shak...
ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Jacquelin Thomas, J.D. Mason, and Sandra Kitt
ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Jacquelin Thomas, J.D. Mason, and Sandra Kitt MULTIPLE ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Jacquelin Thomas, J.D. Mason, and Sandra Kitt are renowned authors, known for their compel...
Rochelle Alers, Donna Hill, Felicia Mason, and Francis Ray
Rochelle Alers, Donna Hill, Felicia Mason, and Francis Ray MULTIPLE Rochelle Alers, Donna Hill, Felicia Mason, and Francis Ray are renowned authors. Their work primarily explores themes of love, rela...
Tananarive Due talks to AALBC.com at BEA 2008
Tananarive Due talks to AALBC.com at BEA 2008 Author Interviews
J.D. Mason, ReShonda Tate Billingsley, and Bernice L. McFadden
J.D. Mason, ReShonda Tate Billingsley, and Bernice L. McFadden MULTIPLE "J.D. Mason, ReShonda Tate Billingsley, and Bernice L. McFadden are acclaimed authors known for their compelling narratives a...
Celeste O. Norfleet, Janice Sims, and Felicia Mason
Celeste O. Norfleet, Janice Sims, and Felicia Mason MULTIPLE "Celeste O. Norfleet, Janice Sims, and Felicia Mason are renowned authors known for their compelling narratives and rich storytelling in t...
J.D. Mason and Victor McGlothin
J.D. Mason and Victor McGlothin MULTIPLE J.D. Mason and Victor McGlothin are renowned authors known for their captivating and engaging narratives. Their work spans various genres, attracting a divers...
Lisa Allen-Agostini and Jeanne Mason
Lisa Allen-Agostini and Jeanne Mason MULTIPLE Jeanne Mason and Lisa Allen-Agostini are renowned authors known for their impactful literature. They've both contributed significantly to the literary wo...
C. Nicole Mason
C. Nicole Mason 0000000501539742 C. Nicole Mason, PhD, is the Executive Director of CR2PI and an Ascend Fellow at the Aspen Institute. A prolific writer and commentator, her work has featured in nume...
Jeanne Mason
Jeanne Mason NONE Jeanne Mason is a writer and freelance editor with works including 'Trinidad Noir' and biographies 'Russell Latapy: The Little Magician' and 'Stephen Ames: Trinidad & Tobago’s Ace G...
Mason Betha and Karen Hunter
Mason Betha and Karen Hunter MULTIPLE "Mason Betha and Karen Hunter are renowned authors, known for their influential works across different genres. Betha is a former rapper turned preacher and Hunte...
Sandra Kitt, Carmen Green, and Felicia Mason
Sandra Kitt, Carmen Green, and Felicia Mason MULTIPLE Sandra Kitt, Carmen Green, and Felicia Mason are renowned authors, each with a unique voice and style, contributing significantly to their respec...
Look How Much I’ve Grown in Kindergarten
Look How Much I’ve Grown in Kindergarten Vera Ahiyya 9780593643969 Fiction Random House Studio Penguin Random House Written by the kindergarten teacher and Instagram influencer affectionately known as...
The Dope Game - Misadventures of Fat Cat & Pappy Mason
The Dope Game - Misadventures of Fat Cat & Pappy Mason Seth Ferranti 9780988976016 Nonfiction Gorilla Convict Publications Gorilla Convict Publications Fat Cat and Pappy Mason are the most infamous an...
Margaret H. Mason
Margaret H. Mason NONE Margaret Harriet Mason, a resident of Ferndale, Michigan, is known for shedding light on the discriminatory policies of the Detroit Wonder Bread factory in the 50s and 60s, as ...
Trice Hickman talks about her work with AALBC.com at BEA '08
Trice Hickman talks about her work with AALBC.com at BEA '08 Author Interviews
Shaq Talks Back
Shaq Talks Back Shaquille O’Neal 9780312278458 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers It’s rare to discover a candid sports autobiography—even rarer when the author is one of the most reco...
Joylynn M. Jossel talk to AALBC.com at BEA 2008
Joylynn M. Jossel talk to AALBC.com at BEA 2008 Author Interviews
A Surprise for Willow
A Surprise for Willow Bea Jackson 9781665941099 Fiction Simon Spotlight Simon & Schuster, Inc. Lily the fairy tries to help her human friend, Willow, overcome her stage fright in this first chapte...
A Wish for Lily
A Wish for Lily Bea Jackson 9781665984010 Fiction Simon Spotlight Simon & Schuster, Inc. Willow takes her fairy friends to see the ocean in this second chapter book in the Fairies Welcome series f...
Brittany Jackson
Brittany Jackson NONE Brittany “Bea” Jackson, an award-winning illustrator and alumni of the College for Creative Studies, is renowned for her work in children's book illustration, specifically “Hair...
Have a Little Faith
Have a Little Faith ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Jacquelin Thomas, J.D. Mason, and Sandra Kitt 9781416516767 Fiction Pocket Books Pocket Books Faith, family, and forgiveness are at the heart of this pow...
Biddy Mason Speaks Up
Biddy Mason Speaks Up Arisa White and Laura Atkins 9781597144032 Nonfiction Heyday Heyday Building on the brilliance of Fred Korematsu Speaks Up, the newest installment in the Fighting for Justice ser...
Sleep Don’t Come Easy
Sleep Don’t Come Easy J.D. Mason and Victor McGlothin 9780758213792 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. National bestselling authors J.D. Mason and Victor McGlothin combine their literary talen...
The Queen of Harlem
The Queen of Harlem Brian Keith Jackson 9780385502955 Fiction Doubleday Penguin Random House An African American Breakfast at Tiffany’s–a hip, refreshingly candid tale of identity and self—discovery f...
Suzie Mason
Suzie Mason NONE Suzie Mason is a freelance illustrator who draws lovely things—from animals to fairies to multicolored pumpkins—and adores using bright colors to create happy artwork. She is the il...
Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It<em> (2nd review)</em>
Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It (2nd review) Thumper Article I am usually excited when I get to read a new J. D. Mason novel. Over the years, she has become one of my favorite authors. When I ...
State of the Black Union 2008
State of the Black Union 2008 Kam Williams Article Obama’s Conspicuous Absence Overshadows Annual Gathering State of the Black Union 2008 by Kam Williams Senator Barack Obama...
African-American Pavilion at Book Expo America 2007
African-American Pavilion at Book Expo America 2007 Troy Johnson Article BookExpo America's Conference/Educational Programs run from May 31 - June 3, 2007 at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center in New...
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 ...
Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant talk to AALBC.com at BEA '08
Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant talk to AALBC.com at BEA '08 Author Interviews
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons - A Dialogue With America’s Young Leaders
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons - A Dialogue With America’s Young Leaders Barack Obama and Gregory Reed 9781937269388 Nonfiction Amber Books Amber Communications Group Obama Talks Back: "provides...
Echo Brown
Echo Brown NONE Echo Brown is a renowned storyteller, author, and performer known for her one-woman show, 'Black Virgins Are Not for Hipsters'. She's also the author of 'Black Girl Unlimited'. Echo f...
Randall Horton
Randall Horton 0000000048702491 Award-winning author Randall Horton, known for his poetry collections and memoir, is a recipient of the Bea Gonzalez Poetry Award, GLCA New Writers Award, and a Nation...
Summer Is Here
Summer Is Here Renée Watson 9781547605866 Fiction Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Publishing New York Times bestselling creators Renée Watson and Bea Jackson offer a picture book ode to a ...
Susan McHenry & Anegla Dodson and BEA 2005
Susan McHenry & Anegla Dodson and BEA 2005 Author Interviews
Scenes from the 2009 AA Pavilion at BEA & Black Pack Party
Scenes from the 2009 AA Pavilion at BEA & Black Pack Party Literary Events
6th Annual African American Pavilion at BEA
6th Annual African American Pavilion at BEA Author Interviews
Book Expo America
Book Expo America Javitz Center New York New York BookExpo America (BEA) is the leading book and author event for the North American publishing industry. It’s the best place to discover new titl...
The Known World
The Known World Thumper Book Review As is becoming an unbreakable and pleasurable yearly excursion, I attended the 2003 Book Expo America (BEA) in Los Angeles. I love the BEA. The convention is all...
A Beauty in the Beast
A Beauty in the Beast Michelle Lindo-Rice 9781335401939 Fiction Harlequin Special Edition Harlequin Enterprises Limited A recluse in need of affection and a television star in need of redemption… ...
Della’s House of Style: An Anthology
Della’s House of Style: An Anthology Rochelle Alers, Donna Hill, Felicia Mason, and Francis Ray 9781250834195 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Rochelle Alers’ “Sweet Surrender” Manic...
Fall for the Book
Fall for the Book George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus Fairfax Virginia What began as a two-day literary event in 1999, organized by George Mason University and the City of Fairfax, has expa...
Rosie’s Curl and Weave
Rosie’s Curl and Weave Rochelle Alers, Donna Hill, Felicia Mason, and Francis Ray 9781250817655 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers A reissue of the popular anthology by four bestselling...
Sugar
Sugar S.L. Jennings, Naleighna Kai, J.D. Mason, Shakir Rashaan, London St. Charles, Sierra Kay, Karen D. Bradley, Anita L. Roseboro, and MarZé Scott 9781732622500 Fiction Macro Publishing Group Macro ...
Stormy Knight: A Blink, Texas, Story
Stormy Knight: A Blink, Texas, Story J.D. Mason B016VJ6SSQ Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers J. D. Mason’s Hot Blink, Texas series reached the boiling point…Omar Reid is about to make ...
Hart Breaker: A Blink, Texas story
Hart Breaker: A Blink, Texas story J.D. Mason B016VIVLQ6 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers The only thing hotter than Texas is the romance in J. D. Mason’s brand-new e-series!Farrah Ha...
Tempted to Touch
Tempted to Touch Nigeria Lockley 9780996468701 Fiction Inheritance Books Inheritance Books Kira Seagram is frustrated by her husband Mason’s zeal for the Lord, so she pours all of her attention into...
The Thug Whisperer
The Thug Whisperer J. A. Faulkerson 9781515375876 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC When 40-year-old Mason Reynolds boarded the Metro train after work for the routine ride back to Compto...
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...
Crazy, Sexy, Revenge: A Novel
Crazy, Sexy, Revenge: A Novel J.D. Mason 9781250052247 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Jordan Gatewood’s life is falling apart. Murder, sex, betrayal, suicide―the women in his world ...
A Little Bit Naughty
A Little Bit Naughty Farrah Rochon 9781938125102 Fiction Nicobar Press Nicobar Press Sometimes a girl can’t help being a little bit naughty…Jada Dangerfield was living her fairy tale-married to her hi...
Valentine’s Dream: Love Changes EverythingSweet SensationMade in Heaven
Valentine’s Dream: Love Changes EverythingSweet SensationMade in Heaven Sandra Kitt, Carmen Green, and Felicia Mason 9780373091270 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Arabesque Harlequin Enterprises Limited Vale...
Getting Played
Getting Played Celeste O. Norfleet, Janice Sims, and Felicia Mason 9780373534326 Fiction Kimani Press Kimani Press Felicia Mason is a motivational speaker and award-winning author. She has received aw...
Dark Corner
Dark Corner Brandon Massey 9780758202499 Fiction Kensington Kensington Publishing Corp. From Brandon Massey, award-winning author of Thunderland, comes a terrifying new novel about a town besieged...
Revelations: There’s a Light After the Lime
Revelations: There’s a Light After the Lime Mason Betha and Karen Hunter 9780743436250 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Imagine having it all and leaving it all behind — to answer a higher c...
And on the Eighth Day She Rested: A Novel
And on the Eighth Day She Rested: A Novel J.D. Mason 9780312309893 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Four different women come together under the sometimes tenuous but always unbreakab...
The Secrets of Newberry
The Secrets of Newberry Thumper Book Review J. D. Mason is a gift that keeps on giving, in a good way. Mason is one of my favorite authors, so much so that I will read anything that has her name ...
One Day I Saw a Black King
One Day I Saw a Black King Thumper Book Review Earlier this year, J. D. Mason had me singing her praises for her wonderful novel, And on the Eighth Day She Rested. Now I am at the mike again, ready ...
Blacktrospective 2008 - Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema
Blacktrospective 2008 - Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/the_se11.jpg Film Review Kam's Annual Assessment of the Best (and...
AALBC.com to Exhibit at Book Expo America
AALBC.com to Exhibit at Book Expo America Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com to Exhibit at BookExpo Americahttp://events.aalbc.com/aap_bea_2006.htmAALBC.com is pleased to announce that we will be exhibi...
2008 Essence Literary Award Winning Books Announced
2008 Essence Literary Award Winning Books Announced Troy Johnson Article 2008 Essence Literary Award Winning Books Announced http://books.aalbc.com/2008_essence_literary_awards_nominees.htm Would yo...
Review of A Raisin in the Sun DVD (2008)
Review of A Raisin in the Sun DVD (2008) Kam Williams a_rais29.jpg Film Review Diddy Stars in Adaptation of Classic Play Available on DVD A Raisin in the Sun Click to order vi...
Brooklyn’s Finest
Brooklyn’s Finest Kam Williams images/img23.jpg Film Review Flawed NYPD Officers Featured as "Brooklyn’s Finest" Brooklyn's Finest Rated R for nudity, graphic sexuality, pe...
Terrific Books Coming in May, Beyond Adichie, and More!
Terrific Books Coming in May, Beyond Adichie, and More! Troy Johnson Article Terrific New Books Coming in May Former U.S. Poet Laureate, Rita Dove will publish a collection of her poetry from the 30...
Murray Talks Music: Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues
Murray Talks Music: Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues Albert Murray 9780816699551 Nonfiction University of Minnesota Press University of Minnesota Press The year 2016 will mark the centennial of the bir...
She Talks to Beethoven
She Talks to Beethoven Adrienne Kennedy 9780573703959 Fiction Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals She Talks to Beethoven, written by pioneering avant-garde playwright Adrienne Kennedy in 1989, off...
Malcolm X Talks to Young People: Speeches in the United States, Britain, and Africa
Malcolm X Talks to Young People: Speeches in the United States, Britain, and Africa Malcolm X 9780873489621 Nonfiction Pathfinder Press Pathfinder Press This expanded edition includes four talks and a...
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons A Dialogue with America’s Young Leaders
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons A Dialogue with America’s Young Leaders Kam Williams Book Review “This collection of letters [offer] a rare glimpse into the dialogue between our nation&rsquo...
This Holiday Magic: An Anthology
This Holiday Magic: An Anthology Celeste O. Norfleet 9780373091621 Fiction Kimani Press Kimani Press “A Gift from the Heart” by Celeste O. Norfleet The ex who broke Janelle Truman’s heart is back...
Trinidad Noir
Trinidad Noir Lisa Allen-Agostini and Jeanne Mason 9781933354552 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books The Caribbean provides no shelter from the delicious terror of the Akashic Noir Series. Trinidad...
Gina Prince-Bythewood The “Beyond the Lights” Interview (October 2014)
Gina Prince-Bythewood The “Beyond the Lights” Interview (October 2014) Kam Williams Interview Gina Prince-Bythewood The “Beyond the Lights” Interview (October 2014) Born on June 10, 1969, Gina M...
The “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” Interview
The “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” Interview Kam Williams Interview Two-Time Oscar-Nominee Talks about His Latest Offering Photo by Pascal Le Segretain – © 2012 Getty Images Lee Daniels is best k...
Sam Cornish
Sam Cornish 0000000383831039 Sam Cornish (1935-2018) was the Poet Laureate of Boston from 2008 and authored seven poetry books. He taught poetry workshops at the Boston Public Library and was a promi...
W. (2008)
W. (2008) Kam Williams w.htm13.jpg Film Review Oliver Stone Chronicles Bush’s Checkered Career with Damning Bio-Pic W. Rated PG-13 for profanity, sexual references, smoking, alc...
2012 Black Pack Party Photographs
2012 Black Pack Party Photographs Troy Johnson Article (HARLEM - June 12, 2012) - Londel's Restaurant served as the venue for the 6th Black Pack Party held June 6th, 2012. The Black Pack Party, held...
The Boley Rodeo: Poems, 2008-2026
The Boley Rodeo: Poems, 2008-2026 Marilyn Nelson 9780807187265 Poetry LSU Press Louisiana State University Press Powerful, beautiful, and often deceptively simple, the poetry of Marilyn Nelson takes a...
The Underachieving Society: Development Strategy and Policy in Trinidad and Tobago, 1958-2008
The Underachieving Society: Development Strategy and Policy in Trinidad and Tobago, 1958-2008 Terrence W. Farrell 9789766403195 Nonfiction University of the West Indies Press University of the West In...
Who Should Be First?: Feminists Speak Out on the 2008 Presidential Campaign
Who Should Be First?: Feminists Speak Out on the 2008 Presidential Campaign Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Beverly Guy-Sheftall 9781438433769 Nonfiction State University of New York Press State University ...
Tarp Town U S A
Tarp Town U S A D.T. Pollard 9780982460603 Fiction Book Express Book Express The United States experienced the emergence of an economic crisis in the last quarter of 2008 that was the worst since the ...
America I AM Black Facts: The Timelines of African American History, 1601-2008
America I AM Black Facts: The Timelines of African American History, 1601-2008 Quintard Taylor 9781401924065 Nonfiction Hay House Penguin Random House This invaluable reference timeline charts African...
Ravi Howard
Ravi Howard NONE Ravi Howard is an award-winning author and television producer, known for his novel “Like Trees, Walking.” A recipient of the 2001 Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Award and the 200...
Cedric Johnson
Cedric Johnson 0000000055574096 Cedric Johnson, an associate professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago, focuses on African American Studies and Political Science. His critically acclaimed book...
Louise Story and Ebony Reed
Louise Story and Ebony Reed MULTIPLE Louise Story is a renowned investigative journalist and Yale professor, known for her work at The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and for her investig...
Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose
Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose MULTIPLE Tony and Yvonne Rose are the producers of the 2006 African American Pavilion and run Amber Communications Group, Inc. together. Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose P...
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation Imani Perry 9780062977403 Nonfiction Ecco Press HarperCollins “An elegant meditation on the complexities of the Ame...
Book Expo America 2000
Book Expo America 2000 Troy Johnson Article Book Expo America 2000 (BEA), held in Chicago May 31st to June 4th 2000 was a tremendous event. Anything you wanted to know about books and publishing...
A Beach House Beginning (Reissue)
A Beach House Beginning (Reissue) Raeanne Thayne and Michelle Lindo-Rice 9781335007452 Fiction Harlequin Harlequin Enterprises Limited Opposites attract for two single parents in this heartfelt romanc...
Escaping Mr. Rochester
Escaping Mr. Rochester L.L. McKinney 9780062986269 Fiction HarperTeen HarperCollins In this fresh reimagining of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel by acclaimed author L. L. McKinney, Jane Eyre and Bert...