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Jewell Parker Rhodes
Jewell Parker Rhodes 0000000120252879 Jewell’s New Book Will’s Race for Home Debuted at #6 on the NY Times Bestsellers List! Jewell Parker Rhodes is an esteemed author and artistic directo...
Jane Addams Book Award Winner Jewell Parker Rhodes
Jane Addams Book Award Winner Jewell Parker Rhodes Troy Johnson Article ABOUT JEWELL PARKER RHODES Jewell Parker Rhodes is the Piper Endowed Chair and founding artistic director of the Virginia G. P...
Towers Falling
Towers Falling Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780316262217 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Also Available in HardcoverFrom award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a po...
Jewell Parker Rhodes and Kelly McWilliams
Jewell Parker Rhodes and Kelly McWilliams MULTIPLE Jewell Parker Rhodes and Kelly McWilliams are renowned authors known for their engaging storytelling. Rhodes' works focus on African-American histor...
Porch Stories: A Grandmother’s Guide to Happiness
Porch Stories: A Grandmother’s Guide to Happiness Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780743497121 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction Jewell Parker Rhodes ...
Towers Falling (Hardcover)
Towers Falling (Hardcover) Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780316262224 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Also Available in PaperbackFrom award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhode...
Why Diversity in Children’s Literature is Important
Why Diversity in Children’s Literature is Important Jewell Parker Rhodes Article A Keynote Address Delivered by Jewell Parker Rhodes April 30, 2015, during the American Booksellers Association&rs...
Ghost Boys, a Powerful New Novel, for Young Readers, from Jewell Parker Rhodes
Ghost Boys, a Powerful New Novel, for Young Readers, from Jewell Parker Rhodes Troy Johnson Article The #1 Kids’ Indie Next Pick A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a po...
Hurricane: A Novel
Hurricane: A Novel Jewell Parker Rhodes 9781416537120 Fiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. In the stunning conclusion to award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes’s mystery trilogy b...
Treasure Island: Runaway Gold
Treasure Island: Runaway Gold Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780062998361 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins Bestselling and award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes reimagines the classic novel Treasure ...
Treasure Island (hardcover): Runaway Gold
Treasure Island (hardcover): Runaway Gold Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780062998354 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins Jewell Parker Rhodes has written a version of Treasure Island like none you’ve never...
Bayou Magic (Paperback)
Bayou Magic (Paperback) Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780316224857 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Also Available in Hardcover A magical coming-of-age story from Coretta S...
Ghost Boys
Ghost Boys Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780316262286 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing...
The Louisiana Girls Trilogy from Jewell Parker Rhodes
The Louisiana Girls Trilogy from Jewell Parker Rhodes Troy Johnson Article The Louisiana Girls trilogy from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes brings together three heroic girls from acros...
Long Distances
Long Distances Jewell Parker Rhodes B09B48ZJZS Fiction Smashwords Smashwords From the award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes… Three thousand miles. That’s how far Nate has to drive to get to Los...
Will’s Race for Home (paperback)
Will’s Race for Home (paperback) Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780316299435 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Award! A New York Times...
Ghost Boys The Graphic Novel
Ghost Boys The Graphic Novel Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780316279673 Fiction Little, Brown Ink Hachette Book Group Experience Jewell Parker Rhodes’s award-winning storytelling in this tender yet visceral g...
Season: A Novel (Marie Laveau Mysteries)
Season: A Novel (Marie Laveau Mysteries) Jewell Parker Rhodes 9781451617061 Fiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. In Season (formerly titled Voodoo Season), Jewell Parker Rhodes revis...
Magic City: A Novel
Magic City: A Novel Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780063073227 Fiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins “A compelling page-turner that will keep readers hoping against hope that everything will somehow, magical...
Douglass’ Women: A Novel
Douglass’ Women: A Novel Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780743410106 Fiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. From the critically acclaimed author of Voodoo Dreams, a powerful and provocative fic...
Paradise on Fire (paperback)
Paradise on Fire (paperback) Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780316493857 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group BCALA 2021 Best of the Best Book A Cadmus Children’s Fiction Award fo...
Paradise on Fire
Paradise on Fire Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780316493833 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group From award-winning and bestselling author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful co...
Sugar
Sugar Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780316043052 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Sugar recieved the 2014 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Ten-year-old Sugar lives on th...
Kelly McWilliams
Kelly McWilliams NONE Kelly McWilliams, a mixed-race author of novels like “Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay” and “Agnes at the End of the World,” started her career at 15. She's written for major ou...
The African American Guide to Writing & Publishing Non Fiction
The African American Guide to Writing & Publishing Non Fiction Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780767905787 Nonfiction Broadway Books Penguin Random House In college and graduate school, Jewell Parker Rhodes ne...
Will’s Race for Home
Will’s Race for Home Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780316299336 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Will’s Race for Home Debuted at #6 on the New York Times Bestsellers List, Feb...
Black Brother, Black Brother
Black Brother, Black Brother Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780316493796 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! From award-winning ...
Black Brother, Black Brother
Black Brother, Black Brother Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780316493802 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Stephen Curry to Produce Adaptation of Black Brother, Black Brother fo...
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment Parker Curry and Jessica Curry 9781534451865 Fiction Aladdin Paperbacks Simon & Schuster, Inc. A New York Times bestseller! A visit to Washington, DC’s Nationa...
Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau
Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780312119317 Fiction Picador Macmillan Publishers Rhodes’ Critically Acclaimed Debut Novel The story of Marie Laveau, the character featu...
Moon
Moon Jewell Parker Rhodes 9781451617108 Fiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. The orginal title for this novel was Yellow Moon. In the second part of the New Orleans trilogy that beg...
Soul Step
Soul Step Jewell Parker Rhodes and Kelly McWilliams 9780316562713 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Follow one girl’s journey to discover the history and joy of step da...
Krystle Parker
Krystle Parker NONE Krystle Parker, an Adult Gerontologist Nurse with 15 years of experience, is the owner of Absolute Care Services and ILashpark. She is also a community benefactor, hosting annual ...
Tayari Jones
Tayari Jones 0000000034178764 Born in Atlanta, GA in 1970, Tayari Jones is an accomplished author and educator. After obtaining her Masters from the University of Iowa, she taught Developmental Readi...
The Complete Works of Pat Parker
The Complete Works of Pat Parker Pat Parker 9781938334221 Poetry Sinister Wisdom Sinister Wisdom Parker stayed woke to Black suffering, violence against Black bodies—especially those of Black women—to...
Augustus G. Parker III
Augustus G. Parker III NONE Dr. Augustus Garland Parker III is a renowned obstetrician from Columbus, Ohio. He has served both Ohio and North Carolina communities, contributing significantly to women...
Ninth Ward
Ninth Ward Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780316043083 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. She ...
Ninth Ward (hardcover)
Ninth Ward (hardcover) Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780316043076 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orleans’ Nint...
Bayou Magic
Bayou Magic Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780316224840 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Also Available in Paperback It’s Maddy’s turn to have a bayou summer. At first she...
Ghost Boys
Ghost Boys Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780316262262 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group
Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors
Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780385491754 Nonfiction Main Street Books Main Street Books A comprehensive and energizing guide, bursting with supportiv...
Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts
Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts 0000000057283946 Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts is an award-winning writer and Harvard graduate, known for her work in notable publications and her book “Harlem is Nowhere.” A Fulbright Sc...
Parker Curry and Jessica Curry
Parker Curry and Jessica Curry MULTIPLE Jessica Curry, a New York Times published author and blogger, is a full-time mother chronicling her family's adventures in Washington, DC. Her daughter, Parker...
Lost Ark Dreaming
Lost Ark Dreaming Suyi Davies Okungbowa 9781250890757 Fiction Tordotcom Macmillan Publishers “Suyi Davies Okungbowa is a scholar of place and a master of worlds―his grasp of how we are shaped by t...
Morgan Parker
Morgan Parker NONE Morgan Parker is an acclaimed poet, essayist, and novelist. She's known for her YA novel 'Who Put This Song On?', poetry collections 'There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé'...
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...
Eryka Parker
Eryka Parker NONE Eryka is the moderator of AALBC’s Black Don’t Crack… Book Spines book club. Eryka Parker is an award-winning book coach and developmental editor who assists diverse writers in storyt...
Miranda Parker
Miranda Parker NONE Davidae Yolanda Stewart, known as Miranda Parker, was an author of comic romance suspense novels. She studied at Agnes Scott College and had diverse roles including journalist, IT...
You Get What You Pay for: Essays
You Get What You Pay for: Essays Morgan Parker 9780525511441 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House The award-winning author of Magical Negro traces the difficulty and beauty of existing as a Black...
J.G. Parker
J.G. Parker NONE J.G. Parker is an author, entrepreneur, and the founder of Looking Lion Books, LLC, a nimble publishing house dedicated to uplifting, world-driven narratives. A San Diego State Univ...
Nate Parker - Actor Interview
Nate Parker - Actor Interview Kam Williams Interview Is Nate the Next Denzel? Nate Parker was born in Norfolk, Virginia on November 18, 1979 to a 17 year-old single-mom who never married ...
Nate Parker
Nate Parker 0000000050528453 Actor and humanitarian Nate Parker rose to fame with his role in “The Great Debaters” and has starred in films like “Non-Stop” and “Ain't Them Bodies Saints.” Recognized ...
Nate Parker Interview on his role in, Beyond the Lights
Nate Parker Interview on his role in, Beyond the Lights Kam Williams Interview Parker recently launched a campaign aimed at addressing the crisis affecting black males across America. Actor an...
Charmaine R. Parker
Charmaine R. Parker NONE Charmaine R. Parker, author of 'The Trophy Wives' and 'The Next Phase of Life', is a journalist turned publishing director for Strebor Books under Atria/Simon & Schuster. Ori...
Who Put This Song On?
Who Put This Song On? Morgan Parker 9780525707516 Fiction Delacorte Press Penguin Random House Unflinchingly irreverent, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartbreakingly honest. —Elizabeth Acevedo, National ...
Marriage 101: Building A Life Together By Faith
Marriage 101: Building A Life Together By Faith Jewell R. Powell 9780800733322 Nonfiction Fleming H. Revell Company Baker Publishing Group Marriage is no fairy tale. Author Jewell R. Powell knows from...
Jewell R. Powell
Jewell R. Powell NONE Sure, I'd be happy to help you with this. However, it seems you've forgotten to provide the author bio you'd like me to summarize. Could you please provide the information?
Moon
Moon Thumper Book Review Allow me to state up front that I am a huge fan of Jewell Parker Rhodes; have been since I read one of her earlier novels, Magic City. I got extremely excited when I ...
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...
Nicole Ari Parker - Interview
Nicole Ari Parker - Interview Kam Williams Interview Born in Baltimore on October 7, 1970, Nicole Ari Parker was the only child of Donald, a dentist, and Joanne, a health care professional. B...
Pat Parker
Pat Parker 0000000106773440 Pat Parker (1944-1989) was a renowned African-American, lesbian-feminist poet and performer. Notable works include 'Jonestown & Other Madness' and 'Movement in Black'. She...
And Then Came You: Black Love Series (Book 2, Ryan Family Series)
And Then Came You: Black Love Series (Book 2, Ryan Family Series) Dorothy Elizabeth Love 9781965437049 Fiction LED Literature and Publication LED Literature and Publication Black Romance Series with: ...
Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night
Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night Morgan Parker 9781951142568 Poetry Tin House Books Tin House Books Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night—the book that launched the career of one of o...
Living Inside The Rainbow: Winning The Battlefield of the Mind After Human Trafficking & Mental Bondage
Living Inside The Rainbow: Winning The Battlefield of the Mind After Human Trafficking & Mental Bondage Brook Susan Parker 9780965441520 Nonfiction Dr. Brook Parker-Bello Dr. Brook Parker-Bello Living...
These Same long Bones
These Same long Bones Gwendolyn M. Parker 9780395671726 Nonfiction Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Harcourt After bank president Sirus McDougald’s daughter dies, he must recover from grief in time t...
Parker Publishing
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Dr. Brook Parker-Bello
Dr. Brook Parker-Bello Dr. Brook Parker-Bello Dr. Brook Parker-Bello
Dr. Brook Parker-Bello
Dr. Brook Parker-Bello Dr. Brook Parker-Bello Dr. Brook Parker-Bello
Parker Publishing
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Kansas City Lightning: The Rise And Times Of Charlie Parker
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise And Times Of Charlie Parker Stanley Crouch 9780062005595 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker is the first instal...
Kenneth Parker and Van Jones
Kenneth Parker and Van Jones MULTIPLE Kenneth Parker and Van Jones are renowned authors known for their insightful works. Their rich literary contributions span various genres, captivating a broad ...
Maegan Parker Brooks
Maegan Parker Brooks NONE Maegan Parker Brooks teaches in the Civic Communication and Media Department and the American Ethnic Studies Program at Willamette University in Salem, OR. Brooks also direc...
Parker Publishing
Parker Publishing Troy Johnson Article Parker Publishing was established by seasoned industry professionals, and targets the ever-expansive market of books by and about African-Americans. ...
Cathie Wright-Lewis
Cathie Wright-Lewis NONE Cathie Wright-Lewis, a lover of linguistics, ancient history, and metaphysics, is a former NYC high school English teacher with a passion for diverse cultures and dialects. O...
Seducing Abby Rhodes
Seducing Abby Rhodes J.D. Mason 9781250052261 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers When Abigail Rhodes bought that old house she fell in love with in Blink, Texas, she got more than she b...
The Thing about Falling: Poems
The Thing about Falling: Poems Tarriona Ball 9798881600211 Poetry Andrews McMeel Publishing Andrews McMeel Publishing From Grammy award-winning spoken word artist and poet Tarriona ‘Tank’ Ball comes a...
The Class of ’79: Three Students Who Risked Their Lives to Destroy Apartheid
The Class of ’79: Three Students Who Risked Their Lives to Destroy Apartheid Janice Warman 9781431410866 Fiction Jacana Media Jacana Media Out of the class of 1979 at Rhodes University one of the quie...
Passion’s Pride: Return to the Dawning
Passion’s Pride: Return to the Dawning Cathie Wright-Lewis 9780986240003 Fiction Hard Ball Press Hard Ball Press High School teacher Mecca Freeman has lost her faith. In people. In the future. In the ...
An Impulse to Keep: Greenwood Art Project
An Impulse to Keep: Greenwood Art Project Greenwood Art Project 9780997494075 Nonfiction [NAME] [NAME] Publications An Impulse to Keep is published on the occasion of the Greenwood Art Project, an ini...
From the Desk of Zoe Washington
From the Desk of Zoe Washington Janae Marks 9780062875853 Fiction Katherine Tegen Books HarperCollins "Enticing and enthralling." -Jewell Parker RhodesFrom debut author Janae Marks comes a captivating...
The Fall of the Towers
The Fall of the Towers Samuel R. Delany 9781400031320 Fiction Vintage Penguin Random House Come and enter Samuel Delany’s tomorow, in this trilogy of high adventure, with acrobats and urchins, crimi...
A Good Excuse To Be Bad
A Good Excuse To Be Bad Miranda Parker 9780758259509 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Smart, gorgeous, and too tough for her own good, bail recovery agent and single mom Evangeline Crawford ...
The Book of Mean People (20th Anniversary Edition)
The Book of Mean People (20th Anniversary Edition) Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison 9780316349673 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group A new edition for a new world of one...
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...
PageTurner.net
PageTurner.net Troy Johnson Article Pageturner.net is a professional web services firm that specializes in Web Design, Internet Marketing and Literary Services. Founded in 1998, the Ho...
Brook Susan Parker
Brook Susan Parker NONE Dr. Brook Bello (formerly brook susan parker), CEO/Executive Director, and Founder of More Too Life, Inc. and Living Above the Noise Center in Florida. She is a #Champion fro...
First Thing First, Dream
First Thing First, Dream Krystle Parker 9781950861620 Nonfiction His Glory Creations Publishing His Glory Creations Publishing Officially the pandemic is over, but for many children the impact contin...
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...
Parker-Nia Gordon
Parker-Nia Gordon NONE Parker-Nia Gordon grew up in the musical city of Memphis, Tennessee, home of rhythm and blues. She earned her BFA from Ringling College of Art and Design before returning to M...
The Bargain: The Complete Season One - Episodes I-IV: A Port Elizabeth Regency Tale: Season One
The Bargain: The Complete Season One - Episodes I-IV: A Port Elizabeth Regency Tale: Season One Vanessa Riley 9781943885183 Fiction Gallium Optronics Gallium Optronics This Regency Romance starts with...
Rooting for Plants: The Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector
Rooting for Plants: The Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector Janice N. Harrington 9781662680199 Nonfiction Calkins Creek Boyds Mills Press Meet Charles S. Parker, an unsung yet ...
Love You, Always
Love You, Always Lauren Lacey 9798218143978 Fiction Lauren Lacey Lauren Lacey How can you move on from someone when they still hold the key to your heart? How can you love the life you live without th...
Mining Diamonds
Mining Diamonds Augustus G. Parker III 9780974414614 Nonfiction Alabaster Box Media Group Alabaster Box Media Group Dr. Augustus G. Parker III with his wife, Cheryl, navigated the turbulent waters of ...
Nate Parker: The “The Birth of a Nation” Interview
Nate Parker: The “The Birth of a Nation” Interview Kam Williams Interview The Birth of Nate’s Nation! Actor/humanitarian-turned-writer/director Nate Parker first received critical attent...
Testimony, A Tribute to Charlie Parker: With New and Selected Jazz Poems (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
Testimony, A Tribute to Charlie Parker: With New and Selected Jazz Poems (Wesleyan Poetry Series) Yusef Komunyakaa 9780819574299 Poetry Wesleyan University Press Wesleyan University Press Pulitzer Pri...
Zariah L. Banks
Zariah L. Banks NONE Zariah L. Banks, a multi-award-winning author, is renowned for her contemporary romance novels. She gained fame with her debut novel, “Beauty Beheld,” and Amazon bestselling nove...
Watch Out for Falling Iguanas
Watch Out for Falling Iguanas Edwidge Danticat 9781636142326 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Perfect for readers of all ages, this captivating picture book teaches children about iguanas’ unique b...
The Bargain: Season One, Episode IV
The Bargain: Season One, Episode IV Vanessa Riley 9781943885053 Fiction Gallium Optronics Gallium Optronics Time is running out for Port Elizabeth. A missing chief and his daughter, tensions among fri...
The Bargain: Episode I
The Bargain: Episode I Vanessa Riley 9780990743781 Fiction Gallium Optronics Gallium Optronics Coming to London has given Precious Jewell a taste of freedom, and she will do anything, bear anything, t...