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James McBride
James McBride 0000000121485295 James McBride is a celebrated author and musician, known for his memoir 'The Color of Water' and his novel 'Miracle at St. Anna'. He has written for notable publication...
Deacon King Kong
Deacon King Kong James McBride 9780735216723 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House From James McBride, author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird, comes a wise and witty novel...
Five-Carat Soul
Five-Carat Soul James McBride 9780735216693 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House Humorous, “feel good” new fiction from James McBride, the first since The Good Lord Bird, one of the bestselling, most cr...
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride 9780593422946 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House “McBride’s pages burst with life… This endlessly rich saga highlights the different ways in wh...
Ben McBride
Ben McBride NONE Rev. Ben McBride is an acclaimed faith leader and activist known globally as a speaker. Founder of Empower Initiative and Bring the HEAT campaign, and former director of PICO Califor...
The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother, 10th Anniversary Edition
The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother, 10th Anniversary Edition James McBride 9781594481925 Nonfiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-d...
Kill ’Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul
Kill ’Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul James McBride 9780812983739 Nonfiction Spiegel & Grau Penguin Random House National Book Award winner James McBride goes in search o...
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird James McBride 9781594632785 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House A 2013 National Book Award Winner! Fleeing his violent master at the side of abolitionist John Brown at ...
Troubling the Water: The Urgent Work of Radical Belonging
Troubling the Water: The Urgent Work of Radical Belonging Ben McBride 9781506489858 Nonfiction Beaming Books 1517 Media Can you imagine a future that includes your enemies? If not, what happens next? ...
Miracle at St. Anna
Miracle at St. Anna James McBride 9781573229715 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award fo...
Amber McBride
Amber McBride NONE Amber McBride, an English literature professor at Northern Virginia Community College, holds degrees in English and Creative Writing. She's published work in various outlets and au...
Miracle at St. Anna
Miracle at St. Anna Thumper Book Review I wish all of my review assignments were like this one. It came upon me unexpectedly. I don’t need advance warnings when good things come my way, thoug...
Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (paperback)
Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (paperback) James McBride 9780593422953 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House The Runaway New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book • A New Yo...
Thick with Trouble
Thick with Trouble Amber McBride 9780143137474 Poetry Penguin Books Penguin Random House From National Book Award finalist Amber McBride, a mystical, transcendent poetry collection about Black womanho...
Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch: Essays On Race and Sexuality (Sexual Cultures)
Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch: Essays On Race and Sexuality (Sexual Cultures) Dwight McBride 9780814756850 Fiction New York University Press New York University Press Why hate Abercrombie? In a world...
Song Yet Sung
Song Yet Sung James McBride 9781594483509 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fict...
The Leaving Room
The Leaving Room Amber McBride 9781250908087 Fiction Feiwel & Friends Macmillan Publishers For fans of You’ve Reached Sam and If I Stay, a hauntingly beautiful, ultimately hopeful novel-in-verse about...
Gone Wolf
Gone Wolf Amber McBride 9781250850478 Fiction Square Fish Macmillan Publishers Award-winning author Amber McBride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America, in this middle-grade novel th...
Onyx & Beyond
Onyx & Beyond Amber McBride 9781250908780 Fiction Feiwel & Friends Macmillan Publishers Award-winning author Amber McBride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America, in this middle-grade...
Me (Moth)
Me (Moth) Amber McBride 9781250780362 Fiction Feiwel & Friends Macmillan Publishers A debut YA novel-in-verse by Amber McBride, Me (Moth) is about a teen girl who is grieving the deaths of her family,...
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...
Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology
Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology Amber McBride 9780063225299 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Starring thirty-seven poets, with ...
We Are All So Good at Smiling
We Are All So Good at Smiling Amber McBride 9781250780386 Fiction Feiwel & Friends Macmillan Publishers They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-ver...
Impossible Witnesses: Truth, Abolitionism, and Slave Testimony
Impossible Witnesses: Truth, Abolitionism, and Slave Testimony Dwight McBride 9780814756058 Fiction New York University Press New York University Press Even the most cursory review of black literary p...
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Happy New Year From AALBC.com’s Troy Johnson
Happy New Year From AALBC.com’s Troy Johnson Troy Johnson Article 2013, what a year! With so many great new books and films last year, there was a lot to celebrate. We also extended our reach through...
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride 9780593743775 Fiction Random House Large Print Penguin Random House
A Journal for Jordan (Movie Tie-In): A Story of Love and Honor
A Journal for Jordan (Movie Tie-In): A Story of Love and Honor Dana Canedy 9780593442937 Nonfiction Crown Publishing Group Penguin Random House NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A hauntingly beautiful...
James McBride - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013
James McBride - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word
James McBride: Acceptance Speech 2013 National Book Awards
James McBride: Acceptance Speech 2013 National Book Awards Literary Events
Audrey Niffenegger, Meg Wolitzer and James McBride
Audrey Niffenegger, Meg Wolitzer and James McBride Author Interviews
A Journal for Jordan: A Story of Love and Honor
A Journal for Jordan: A Story of Love and Honor Dana Canedy 9780307396006 Nonfiction Crown Publishing Group Penguin Random House NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A hauntingly beautiful account of a f...
The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother
The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother James McBride Excerpt CHAPTER ONE Dead I’m dead. You want to talk about my family and here I been dead to them for fifty y...
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 ...
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...
A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent
A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent Anne Rockwell 9781467749336 Nonfiction Carolrhoda Books Lerner Publishing Group Told for the first time in picture...
James Forman
James Forman 0000000071399777 James Forman is the father of renowned legal scholar and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, James Forman Jr. James Forman James Forman is the father of legal scholar and ...
James W. Lewis
James W. Lewis NONE James W. Lewis, an award-winning novelist and freelance writer, is a managing partner at The Pantheon Collective publishing company. Known for his debut novel 'Sellout', he has re...
Lebron James
Lebron James 0000000033823012 LeBron James, an acclaimed basketball player with three NBA championships, two Olympic golds, and four MVP titles, is also recognized for his philanthropy. Raised in Akr...
James Hickman
James Hickman NONE James “Bullet” Hickman, a national best-selling author and CEO, transformed his life from a history of institutionalization to become a successful entrepreneur. Overcoming adversit...
Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer
Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer Quartez Harris 9780316483933 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Discover the story of young James Baldwin in this ode to th...
Let Us March On!: James Weldon Johnson and the Silent Protest Parade
Let Us March On!: James Weldon Johnson and the Silent Protest Parade Yohuru Williams 9781665902786 Nonfiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. A moving and inspiring nonfiction ...
James Forman Jr.
James Forman Jr. 0000000046875532 James Forman Jr., Yale Law School professor and former Supreme Court clerk, is a prolific writer featured in The New York Times and The Atlantic. His notable achieve...
Letter to Jimmy
Letter to Jimmy Alain Mabanckou 9781593766016 Fiction Soft Skull Press Soft Skull Press Written on the twentieth anniversary of James Baldwin’s death, Letter to Jimmy is African writer Alain Mabanckou...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Murder in St. James’s Park
Murder in St. James’s Park Vanessa Riley 9781448317646 Fiction Severn House Publishers Severn House Publishers Perfect for readers who love Bridgerton with a dark twist—a vibrant historical mystery se...
This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance
This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance James Baldwin 9781636811321 Nonfiction Delmonico Books Delmonico Books Portrayals of James Baldwin and others in h...
The James Baldwin Collection
The James Baldwin Collection James Baldwin 9781598537932 Nonfiction Library of America Library of America For the first time in a collector’s boxed set, the definitive three-volume Library of America ...
Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin
Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin Michelle Meadows 9780063273474 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Celebrate James Baldwin’s one-hundredth birthday anniversary with ...
Rush on the Radio: A Tribute from His Friend and Sidekick James Golden, Aka Bo Snerdley
Rush on the Radio: A Tribute from His Friend and Sidekick James Golden, Aka Bo Snerdley James Golden 9781737478546 Nonfiction All Seasons Press All Seasons Press What was it like to be a part of the s...
I Promise
I Promise Lebron James 9780062971067 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! A perfect BACK-TO-SCHOOL tool for students and teachers who need an encouraging boost...
Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!
Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee! Andrea J. Loney 9781620142608 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books James Van Der Zee was just a young boy when he saved enough money to buy his first cam...
Six Points of Light: Hook’s Origin
Six Points of Light: Hook’s Origin Kalynn Bayron 9781513706450 Fiction Booktrope Editions Booktrope Editions St. Catherine’s is a place for misfits, for the forgotten; it is also the only place fiftee...
The Top 7 American Writers of the 20th Century
The Top 7 American Writers of the 20th Century Troy Johnson Article [caption id="attachment_948" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="AALBC.com Founder, Troy Johnson on James Baldwin"][/caption] ...
The Essential Writings of James Weldon Johnson (Modern Library Classics)
The Essential Writings of James Weldon Johnson (Modern Library Classics) James Weldon Johnson 9780812975321 Fiction Modern Library Penguin Random House “A canonical collection, splendidly and sensitiv...
American Civilization
American Civilization C.L.R. James 9780631189091 Nonfiction Blackstone Publishing Blackstone Publishing Written in 1950 but not published until 1993, American Civilization is C. L. R. James’s profound...
Black Writers Redefine the Struggle: A Tribute to James Baldwin
Black Writers Redefine the Struggle: A Tribute to James Baldwin James Baldwin 9780870236778 Nonfiction University of Massachusetts Press University of Massachusetts Press This book is a transcription ...
Lebron James and Andrea Williams
Lebron James and Andrea Williams MULTIPLE LeBron James and Andrea Williams are prominent authors, with James balancing a successful basketball career alongside writing, and Williams being a renowned ...
Marlon James
Marlon James 0000000072615785 Jamaican-born author Marlon James, featured on Mosaic Literary Magazine's cover, is a University of the West Indies literature graduate. His debut novel, John Crow’s Dev...
George G. M. James
George G. M. James NONE Dr. George G. M. James, born November 9, 1893 in Guyana, was a significant historian and author who asserted that Greek philosophy originated from North Africa. He argued that...
Synthia SAINT JAMES
Synthia SAINT JAMES 0000000035735390 Synthia SAINT JAMES, a LA and NY-raised artist, sold her first painting at 20. She held her first solo exhibition in LA in 1977 and participated in her first inte...
James Ransome
James Ransome 0000000030399412 James E. Ransome is an award-winning illustrator known for his children's books. His accolades include the Coretta Scott King Award, IBBY Honor Award, and NAACP Image A...
Kelvin Christopher James
Kelvin Christopher James NONE Trinidadian author Kelvin Christopher James, a former high school science teacher and lab technician, holds a Ph.D. in science education. He started writing in 1980, pro...
Winston James
Winston James 0000000042945281 Winston James, a renowned professor at the University of California, Irvine, specializes in Caribbean and African American history. His significant works include in-dep...
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....
Shahid Reads His Own Palm
Shahid Reads His Own Palm Reginald Dwayne Betts 9781882295814 Poetry Alice James Books Alice James Books Reginald Dwayne Betts sings mournfully, bearing witness within prisoners’ cells, pulling reader...
James Webb’s Ancient Cosmos: A Journey to the Beginning of Time
James Webb’s Ancient Cosmos: A Journey to the Beginning of Time Maggie Aderin-Pocock 9781789299298 Nonfiction Michael O'Mara Books US Michael O'Mara Books An essential companion for anyone wanting to ...
Revolutions Are Made of Love: The Story of James Boggs and Grace Lee Boggs
Revolutions Are Made of Love: The Story of James Boggs and Grace Lee Boggs Mélina Mangal 9798765611524 Nonfiction Carolrhoda Books Lerner Publishing Group Revolutions are made out of love for people a...
Kerry James Marshall: Rythm Mastr. This Is How It Begins
Kerry James Marshall: Rythm Mastr. This Is How It Begins Kerry James Marshall 9780847835614 Nonfiction Rizzoli Electa Rizzoli International Publications The Iconic Comic Created by Contemporary Africa...
James Baldwin 3-Book Box Set: Giovanni’s Room, If Beale Street Could Talk, and Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin 3-Book Box Set: Giovanni’s Room, If Beale Street Could Talk, and Go Tell It on the Mountain James Baldwin 9780593689714 Fiction Vintage Penguin Random House Celebrating the Centenary of ...
Who Is Lebron James?
Who Is Lebron James? Crystal Hubbard 9780593387443 Nonfiction Penguin Workshop Penguin Random House How did a young boy from Ohio go on to become one of the greatest basketball players of all time? Re...
Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own Eddie S. Glaude Jr. 9780525575320 Nonfiction Crown Publishing Group Penguin Random House James Baldwin grew disillusioned by the...
Holding Aloft the Banner of Ethiopia: Caribbean Radicalism in Early-Twentieth Century America
Holding Aloft the Banner of Ethiopia: Caribbean Radicalism in Early-Twentieth Century America Winston James 9781788736459 Nonfiction Verso Books Verso Books Recipient of the Gordon K. Lewis Memorial A...
Emancipating James (Black Series #3)
Emancipating James (Black Series #3) Joan Vassar 9780692067864 Fiction Dream House Press Dream House Press In this compelling third saga of the Black series, Joan Vassar returns to Upper Canada–1862. ...
I Am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film
I Am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film James Baldwin and Raoul Peck 9780525434696 Nonfiction Vintage International Series Penguin Random House Learn about the Oscar-Nominated...
James Baldwin The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
James Baldwin The Last Interview: and Other Conversations James Baldwin 9781612194004 Nonfiction Melville House Melville House Never before available, the unexpurgated last interview with James Baldwi...
The I Wills According to SAINT JAMES
The I Wills According to SAINT JAMES Synthia SAINT JAMES 9780615987620 Nonfiction Atelier Saint James Atelier Saint James A book of affirmations based on the spiritual beliefs of the Aborigine Tribes ...
The I Wills According to SAINT JAMES
The I Wills According to SAINT JAMES Synthia SAINT JAMES 9780615584683 Nonfiction Atelier Saint James Atelier Saint James The first book in a series of books based on the spiritual beliefs of the Abor...
The Book of American Negro Poetry
The Book of American Negro Poetry James Weldon Johnson 9781605975306 Poetry Book Jungle Book Jungle James Weldon Johnson is the editor of The Book of American Negro Poetry. Johnson compiled this work ...
A Million Little Pieces
A Million Little Pieces James Frey 9780385507752 Fiction Nan A. Talese Nan A. Talese Intense, unpredictable, and instantly engaging, A Million Little Pieces is a story of drug and alcohol abuse and re...
Lebron James and Buzz Bissinger
Lebron James and Buzz Bissinger MULTIPLE LeBron James, renowned basketball player, and Buzz Bissinger, acclaimed author and journalist, have collaborated on numerous projects, blending sports and sto...
James Berry
James Berry 0000000081429589 James Berry was a renowned Jamaican poet based in the UK. He won the Coretta Scott King Book Award and the Smarties Grand Prix, and received an OBE for his contributions ...
James Stewart and Talmadge Anderson
James Stewart and Talmadge Anderson MULTIPLE James Stewart and Talmadge Anderson are acclaimed authors with significant contributions in literature and social sciences. Their work sheds light on vari...
James Baldwin and Randall Kenan
James Baldwin and Randall Kenan MULTIPLE James Baldwin and Randall Kenan are influential authors known for their contributions to literature, exploring themes of race, sexuality, and social issues. T...
James Baldwin and Raoul Peck
James Baldwin and Raoul Peck MULTIPLE James Baldwin and Raoul Peck are influential figures in literature and filmmaking respectively. Baldwin, a renowned novelist and essayist, and Peck, an acclaimed...
Dick Gregory and Edited by James R. McGraw
Dick Gregory and Edited by James R. McGraw MULTIPLE "Dick Gregory, a renowned author edited by James R. McGraw, combines insightful storytelling with critical acumen to create compelling narratives.”...
James Baldwin and Toni Morrison
James Baldwin and Toni Morrison MULTIPLE James Baldwin and Toni Morrison are influential authors known for their profound works on racial and social issues. Both have significantly contributed to Ame...
Viola Davis and James Patterson
Viola Davis and James Patterson MULTIPLE Viola Davis and James Patterson are renowned authors . Patterson's thrillers and Davis' Memoir and children literature have earned them wide Praise. Viola Dav...
James Earl Hardy
James Earl Hardy 0000000042416478 James Earl Hardy is the author of the bestselling B-Boy Blues series, including B-Boy Blues, which has been praised as the first gay hip hop love story and is celeb...
James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson 0000000120206864 James Weldon Johnson was a legendary civil rights activist, renowned author, and key figure in the Harlem Renaissance. His diverse career spans roles as a U.S. c...
C.L.R. James
C.L.R. James 0000000109019515 Cyril Lionel Robert James, also known as J.R. Johnson, was an influential Afro-Trinidadian historian, journalist, and socialist theorist. Born in 1901, his work is a cor...