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Johnny Temple at the 2013 Brooklyn Book Festival
Johnny Temple at the 2013 Brooklyn Book Festival Literary Events
Too Much Of A Good Thing Ain’t Bad
Too Much Of A Good Thing Ain’t Bad Clarence Nero 9780767929721 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House In this sequel to THREE SIDES TO EVERY STORY, daring and acclaimed writer Clarence Nero takes us back ...
Hot Johnny (And the Women Who Loved Him)
Hot Johnny (And the Women Who Loved Him) Thumper Book Review “That’s mighty pretty, precious“ The question, "Damn Thumper is using a term of endearment in the heading of a r...
Three Sides to Every Story: A Novel
Three Sides to Every Story: A Novel Clarence Nero 9780767921367 Fiction Broadway Books Penguin Random House Growing up in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Johnny and Tonya meet in high school and fall f...
Johnny Was His Name: The Boy Who Grew Up To Become John H. Johnson
Johnny Was His Name: The Boy Who Grew Up To Become John H. Johnson Friends of John H. Johnson Museum 9798385011254 Nonfiction WestBow Press WestBow Press Johnny Was His Name offers a captivating journ...
The Talented Ribkins
The Talented Ribkins Ladee Hubbard 9781612197289 Fiction Melville House Melville House “For sheer reading pleasure Ladee Hubbard’s original and wildly inventive novel is in a class by itself.” —Toni M...
Hot Johnny (And The Women Who Loved Him)
Hot Johnny (And The Women Who Loved Him) Sandra Jackson-Opoku 9780345435088 Fiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House Like a ray of sun that can warm your skin for a moment but can’t be captur...
Johnny Ray Moore
Johnny Ray Moore NONE Johnny Ray Moore is a renowned poet and children's author known for works like 'Meet Martin Luther King, Jr.' and 'But Still, We Dream'. A graduate of the Institute of Children'...
Zodiac Saga 1 the Search for the Temple: Friends Foes and Zodians
Zodiac Saga 1 the Search for the Temple: Friends Foes and Zodians Kaitlyn McKnight 9780989489423 Fiction Jammie McKnight Jammie McKnight In the year 32 B.C.E, Aries, The Zodian god of Death, had a vis...
Beetlecreek
Beetlecreek William Demby 9798217007318 Fiction Vintage Penguin Random House From William Demby, a rediscovered classic of Black American literature first published in 1950, about an unlikely friendsh...
African Goddess Initiation: Sacred Rituals for Self-Love, Prosperity, and Joy
African Goddess Initiation: Sacred Rituals for Self-Love, Prosperity, and Joy Abiola Abrams 9781401962944 Nonfiction Hay House Penguin Random House A sacred feminine initiation of self-love and soul c...
Brooklyn Book Festival
Brooklyn Book Festival Brooklyn Borough Hall and Vicinity Brooklyn New York The Brooklyn Book Festival is the largest free literary event in New York City, presenting an array of national and internat...
The Temple of Man
The Temple of Man R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz 9780892815708 Nonfiction Inner Traditions Inner Traditions The monumental Temple of Man represents the most important breakthrough in our understanding of A...
Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith
Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith MULTIPLE Randy Roberts is distinguished professor of history at Purdue University. An award-winning author, he focuses on the intersection of popular and political cul...
Rite of Passage
Rite of Passage Richard Wright 9780064471114 Fiction HarperTeen HarperCollins ”Johnny, you’re leaving us tonight …“ Fifteen-year-old Johnny Gibbs does, well in school, respects his teachers, and lov...
Johnny Compton
Johnny Compton NONE Johnny Compton is an HWA member renowned for his short stories published in various markets and his podcast, Healthy Fears. He is also the author of The Spite House. Johnny Compto...
Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith, Adapted by Margeaux Weston
Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith, Adapted by Margeaux Weston MULTIPLE Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith, adapted by Margeaux Weston
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards Troy Johnson Article All Photos © 2013 AALBC.com, LLC - Feel free to use them but please provide a photo credit to Troy Johnson, AALBC.com and a link...
Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn
Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn Frederick Douglass 9781617754852 Nonfiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "A fascinating collection of Frederick Douglass’s controversial speeches in Brooklyn, N.Y., this ...
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Tracy Brown 9781250834959 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Tracy Brown crafts a tale about a master manipulator and serial survivor, who will scorch earth to get what she wan...
The Talented Ripkins by Ladee Hubbard
The Talented Ripkins by Ladee Hubbard Brenda M. Greene Book Review Drawing from W.E.B. DuBois’s concept of the Talented Tenth, Hubbard’s debut award-winning The Talented Ribkins follows t...
Devils Kill Devils
Devils Kill Devils Johnny Compton 9781250841681 Fiction Tor Nightfire Macmillan Publishers Devils Kill Devils is perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Certain Dark Things and Southern gothic horr...
Killing Johnny Fry: A Sexistential Novel
Killing Johnny Fry: A Sexistential Novel Walter Mosley 9781596912267 Fiction Bloomsbury USA Bloomsbury Publishing This bold new novel from Walter Mosley startles in both its rawness and its honest p...
Johnny Buffalo
Johnny Buffalo Daniel Smith 9781563152030 Fiction Sterling Books Sterling Publishing Co., Inc After being shot and left for dead, Johnny Buffalo, a soldier in the United States Army, watches in horror...
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...
African Intellectual Heritage (African American Studies)
African Intellectual Heritage (African American Studies) Molefi Kete Asante 9781566394031 Nonfiction Temple University Press Temple University Press Organized by major themes such as creation stories,...
Temple Day Smith
Temple Day Smith NONE Temple Day Smith holds both a Ph.D. in Sociology from Michigan State University and an MBA from the Fox School of Business at Temple University. Dr. Smith currently serves as t...
Miriam Ma’sat Ka ReMonges
Miriam Ma’sat Ka ReMonges NONE Miriam Ma’sat Ka ReMonges (1950-2006) was a prominent professor of Social Work and African American Studies at California State University. She held a Ph.D. from Temple...
Charleston Literary Festival
Charleston Literary Festival Various Downtown Venues Charleston South Carolina Charleston Literary Festival is a boutique literary festival that runs every November for ten days in Charleston, South C...
Calabash International Literary Festival
Calabash International Literary Festival Treasure Beach Treasure Beach Jamaica, W.I. The Calabash International Literary Festival, held on a biennial basis on even years, was founded in 2001 by three ...
Ra Sekhi Arts Temple
Ra Sekhi Arts Temple Ra Sekhi Arts Temple Ra Sekhi Arts Temple
Temple University Press
Temple University Press Temple University Press Temple University
Ra Sekhi Arts Temple
Ra Sekhi Arts Temple Ra Sekhi Arts Temple Ra Sekhi Arts Temple
Temple University Press
Temple University Press Temple University Temple University Press
Brooklyn Book Festival 2013 - Photos and Video
Brooklyn Book Festival 2013 - Photos and Video Troy Johnson Article
Johnny Temple Publisher Akashic Books
Johnny Temple Publisher Akashic Books Book Spotlights
Great American Book Festival
Great American Book Festival Main Street Square Rapid City South Dakota The Great American Book Festival was created by the founders of Literary Classics Book Awards & Reviews In an effort to suppo...
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors Troy Johnson Article Brooklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors by Leah Mullen Perhaps the most overlooked and under acknowledged heroines and heroes...
Texas Book Festival
Texas Book Festival State Capitol and surrounding grounds Austin Texas The Texas Book Festival (#TXBOOKFEST) celebrates authors and their contributions to the culture of literacy, ideas, and imaginati...
Vegas Valley Book Festival
Vegas Valley Book Festival Las Vegas Nevada The Vegas Valley Book Festival, now in its fifteenth year, is a celebration of the written, spoken, and illustrated word. The festival has networked togeth...
BWABC Literacy Festival
BWABC Literacy Festival Memphis Cook Convention Center Memphis Tennessee 2017 Festival was cancelled “The BWABC Literacy Association will not hold its annual festival in 2017. We thank you for...
Black Authors Festival @SagHarbor
Black Authors Festival @SagHarbor Breakwater Yacht Club Sag Harbor New York The Black Authors Festival @Sag Harbor is a nationally celebrated in-person event, recognized by USA Today as one of the Top...
Mboka Festival of Arts, Culture and Sport
Mboka Festival of Arts, Culture and Sport Banjul The Gambia An African Diaspora, One World, Pan African experience Mboka means ‘One Family’ in Wolof and will offer festival attendees a...
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Kam Williams startrek-2013-blueray.jpg Film Review Read the comments now. Read our review after you see the film (there some spoilers). Kirk Matches Wits with Rogue Co...
Ayana Mathis
Ayana Mathis 0000000367812022 Ayana Mathis, an Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate and Michener-Copernicus Fellowship recipient, is best known for her NYT best-selling novel 'The Twelve Tribes of Hattie'...
The Spite House
The Spite House Johnny Compton 9781250841414 Fiction Tor Nightfire Macmillan Publishers A Best Horror Book of the Year (Esquire)! - A Bram Stoker Award Nominee! A terrifying Gothic thriller about gri...
Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X
Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith 9780465079704 Nonfiction Basic Books Perseus Books In 1962, boxing writers and fans considered Ca...
Carl Weber’s Kingpins Brooklyn
Carl Weber’s Kingpins Brooklyn Brandie Davis 9781645563570 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. In the Eighties and Nineties, Wesley Evans, better known as Ruby, was Brooklyn’s wealthiest, ...
Mazywood
Mazywood Tananarive Due 9781668075142 Fiction Saga Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. S. A. Cosby’s All the Sinners Bleed meets Percival Everett’s Erasure in this literary thriller following the...
Deadly Satisfaction (A Dangerous Love Novel)
Deadly Satisfaction (A Dangerous Love Novel) Trice Hickman 9781617737473 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. "I can’t wait to see what Trice Hickman does next!" —Mary Monroe, New York Times bes...
Secret Indiscretions
Secret Indiscretions Trice Hickman 9781617737435 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Two couples, two unhappy spouses—one shocking solution… Five years into her happy marriage, Ge...
Inner City Hoodlum
Inner City Hoodlum Donald Goines 9780870679995 Fiction Holloway House Kensington Publishing Corp. Johnny Washington, a black teenager in Los Angeles, knows the freight yard like the back of his hand. ...
The Adventures of Obi and Titi: The Hidden Temple of Ogiso (Book 1)
The Adventures of Obi and Titi: The Hidden Temple of Ogiso (Book 1) O.T. Begho 9780955496615 Fiction Evolution Media Lab Ltd Evolution Media Lab Ltd The Adventures of Obi and Titi is an epic African a...
R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz
R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz 0000000369254781 René Adolphe Schwaller de Lubicz (1887-1961) was a French occultist and Egyptologist, renowned for his 12-year study on Temple of Luxor's art and architect...
E. B. Lewis
E. B. Lewis 0000000367331472 E.B. Lewis, an award-winning illustrator, has worked on over 70 children's books. Inspired by his uncles, he developed his artistic skills from a young age and later spec...
A Death In Texas
A Death In Texas Thumper Book Review Upon hearing of the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr. in his hometown of Jasper, Texas, it occurred to me that "A new way of performing the act of lynching h...
Temple Folk
Temple Folk Aaliyah Bilal 9781982191818 Fiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. A groundbreaking debut collection portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with faith, family...
The Temple of My Familiar
The Temple of My Familiar Alice Walker 9780547480008 Nonfiction Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt First published in 1990, The Temple of My Familiar, Alice Walker’s follow-up novel to her iconic...
A Death in Texas: A Story of Race, Murder and a Small Town’s Struggle for Redemption
A Death in Texas: A Story of Race, Murder and a Small Town’s Struggle for Redemption Dina Temple-Raston 9780805066524 Nonfiction Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers An extraordinary account of h...
The Afrocentric Idea, Revised and Expanded Edition
The Afrocentric Idea, Revised and Expanded Edition Molefi Kete Asante 9781566395953 Nonfiction Temple University Press Temple University Press This new edition of "The Afrocentric Idea" boldly confron...
Utah Humanities Council Book Festival
Utah Humanities Council Book Festival Salt Lake City Utah Previously the The Great Salt Lake Book Festival The annual Utah Humanities Book Festival is Utah’s oldest and only statewide book f...
Ava DuVernay
Ava DuVernay 000000035624500X Ava DuVernay is an award-winning writer, producer, and director in independent film. She founded DVA Media + Marketing and the African-American Film Festival Releasing M...
Annapolis Book Festival
Annapolis Book Festival The Key School Annapolis Maryland The Annapolis Book Festival is one of the premier community events in the region. Every year more than 3,000 people attend this free community...
A Fire in Harlem - Tribute to Sekou Sundiata at Up South International Book Festival
A Fire in Harlem - Tribute to Sekou Sundiata at Up South International Book Festival DuEwa M. Frazier Article Up South International Book Festival September 19th ’ September 23rd 2007 www...
Festival of Women Writers
Festival of Women Writers Hobart New York The Festival of Women Writers has become a highly anticipated event, unique among cultural happenings in the Catskill Region, especially in Delaware County. ...
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival Kwame Dawes 9781936070077 Poetry Akashic Books Akashic Books Contributors include: Robert Pins...
Tai Allen
Tai Allen NONE Tai Allen, a renowned Brooklyn-based creative director, poet, and musician, has excelled in multiple disciplines. His poetry and music have gained recognition from notable publications...
Brooklyn Noir
Brooklyn Noir Tim McLoughlin 9781888451580 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Akashic Books announces Brooklyn novelist Tim McLoughlin as the editor of the anthology (in addition to his contributing ...
March 26th 2013 – eNewsletter Highlights
March 26th 2013 – eNewsletter Highlights Troy Johnson Article Read Our Complete eNewsletter AALBC.com mourns the passing of Nigerian novelist and poet Chinua Achebe (November 16, 1930 — March ...
Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné
Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné NONE Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné is a renowned Trinidadian poet and artist, with works featured in multiple publications. She won the 2009 Caribbean Writer's Paiewonksy Prize and...
Koch (2013)
Koch (2013) Kam Williams Interview Bittersweet Biopic Paints Evenhanded Post Mortem on Life and Times of Late NYC Mayor Koch (2013) In Theaters: Feb 1, 2013 Limited Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min. D...
One Night Stand: From the Blank Page to Live Stags, All Within 24 Hours! (2013) - Film Review
One Night Stand: From the Blank Page to Live Stags, All Within 24 Hours! (2013) - Film Review Kam Williams Interview Theater Documentary Chronicles Captivating Musicals Staged in 24 Hours One N...
Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics
Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics Tim McLoughlin 9781888451764 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books On the heels of the stunning success of the Summer ’04 award-winning bestseller Brooklyn Noir, this secon...
Tamiya Davis
Tamiya Davis NONE Tamiya Davis, a Virginia native, is a longshoreman, fashion entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker. Her achievements include running a rights restoration chapter, owning a f...
Biyi Bandele
Biyi Bandele 0000000120964833 Biyi Bandele-Thomas (1967-2022) was a renowned Nigerian novelist, playwright, director, and photographer. He was celebrated as one of Africa's top 50 artists. Bandele's ...
The Hampton Roads Indie Author Book Festival
The Hampton Roads Indie Author Book Festival Family Life Center 1 Redheart Drive, Hampton, VA 23661 Hampton Virginia Upon returning from an out of state book festival, Florenza Denise Lee wondered wh...
Donna M. Gray-Banks
Donna M. Gray-Banks NONE Donna M. Gray-Banks, founder of F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival, is a successful author known for her suspense erotic trilogy and a guest columnist for various outlets. She hosts tw...
East of the River Book Festival
East of the River Book Festival Rocketship Rise Academy Washington District of Columbia The 2017 East of the River Book Festival is a magnet for city dwellers from all wards to recognize and enjoy a l...
My Favorite Readings from the 2013 National Book Award Finalists
My Favorite Readings from the 2013 National Book Award Finalists Troy Johnson Article I covered this year's National Book Foundation's National Book Awards Finalists Reading for AALBC.com. The readin...
Cross Roads
Cross Roads Carl Patterson 9780971702189 Fiction Melodrama Publishing Melodrama Publishing Southern Pines, North Carolina, is supposed to be a place where you can raise your children and not worry abo...
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana The highly anticipated New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University returns to Tulane’s uptown campus...
AJC Decatur Book Festival
AJC Decatur Book Festival Downtown Decatur Decatur Georgia The AJC Decatur Book Festival is the largest independent book festival in the country and one of the five largest overall. Since its launch, ...
Dallas Book Festival
Dallas Book Festival Dallas Public Library Dallas Texas Founded in 2006 as the Dallas International Book Festival, the festival is Dallas Public Library’s premiere literary event. The Dallas Boo...
San Antonio Book Festival
San Antonio Book Festival Central Library and the Majestic Theatre San Antonio Texas The Festival is a day-long event that unites readers and writers alike. Author presentations are held indoors while...
Twin Cities Book Festival
Twin Cities Book Festival MINNESOTA STATE FAIRGROUNDS Minneapolis Minnesota The Twin Cities Book Festival—brought to you by Rain Taxi—is not only the largest and most important literary ga...
Queens Book Festival
Queens Book Festival LIC Landing by Coffeed Queens New York “The Queens Book Festival, debuted on August 7, 2016, is the largest and most inclusive literary gathering in Queens. It fills the bor...
The ESSENCE Brand—Where Black Women Come First—NOT!
The ESSENCE Brand—Where Black Women Come First—NOT! Troy Johnson Article A few weeks ago, I visited Essence Magazine’s website to learn which Black owned bookstore they were going to use as the books...
Ann Arbor Book Festival
Ann Arbor Book Festival Ann Arbor Michigan Formed in 2003, the Ann Arbor Book Festival’s mission is to promote reading, heighten awareness of literacy challenges, and showcase the rich culture ...
Jael Richardson
Jael Richardson NONE Jael Ealey Richardson is a Toronto-based author and educator with an MFA in Creative Writing. Known for her memoir and children's book, both titled The Stone Thrower, her work re...
Southern Festival of Books
Southern Festival of Books Nashville Tennessee The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written WordSM is a three-day Festival celebrated each year during the second full weekend of Octob...
Dahlonega Literary Festival
Dahlonega Literary Festival Historic Square of Dahlonega, GA Dahlonega Georgia The Dahlonega Literary Festival is an annual celebration of books that takes place in March. Situated in Historic Downtow...
Books in Bloom Literary Festival
Books in Bloom Literary Festival Color Burst Park Columbia Maryland Books In Bloom is an innovative, progressive, and memorable festival, poised to be one of the premier book festivals in the region. ...
Festival of Colors
Festival of Colors Surishtha Sehgal and Kabir Sehgal 9781481420495 Fiction Beach Lane Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Learn all about Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors, in this lush picture book from b...
Toni Blackman
Toni Blackman 0000000036920264 Toni Blackman, an international champion of hip-hop culture, is known for her captivating performances and powerful presence. She's the first hip-hop artist to work as ...
Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival
Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival Hotel Monteleone New Orleans Louisiana The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival was founded in 2003 as a new initiative designed as an innovative way to reach...
Toronto International Festival of Authors
Toronto International Festival of Authors Harbourfront Centre Toronto Canada Since its inception in 1974, Toronto’s International Festival of Authors has welcomed more than 9,000 authors from ov...
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival Curtis Hixon Park Tampa Florida The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival is an annual, cultural arts & music festival that takes place over the course of 10 days in Tamp...
University Spring Literary Festival
University Spring Literary Festival Ohio University Athens Ohio Since 1986, The Spring Literary Festival has featured some of the world's finest, most distinguished writers of poetry, fiction and non-...
LaKesa Cox
LaKesa Cox NONE LaKesa Cox is an award-winning author and screenwriter with over 20 years of experience. She has published four novels and has contributed to two anthologies. She was acknowledged as ...