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Joylynn M. Jossel talk to AALBC.com at BEA 2008
Joylynn M. Jossel talk to AALBC.com at BEA 2008 Author Interviews
Joylynn M. Jossel
Joylynn M. Jossel NONE Check the “Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business” 2018 Conference presented by Joylynn’s Path To Publishing (September 20 – 22, 2018) Joylynn M. Joss...
Brenda Jackson, Joylynn M. Jossel, Kayla Perrin, and Tamara Sneed
Brenda Jackson, Joylynn M. Jossel, Kayla Perrin, and Tamara Sneed MULTIPLE Brenda Jackson, Joylynn M. Jossel, Kayla Perrin, and Tamara Sneed are renowned authors, each with a unique style and a capti...
An All Night Man
An All Night Man Brenda Jackson, Joylynn M. Jossel, Kayla Perrin, and Tamara Sneed 9780312328771 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Brenda Jackson: "The Hunter" Mallory Sta...
E. N. Joy
E. N. Joy NONE BLESSEDselling Author E.N. Joy, previously known as Joylynn M. Jossel, is an Essence Magazine Bestselling Author known for her “Soap Operas in Print” Divas series. The author, who has ...
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...
Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business
Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business Joylynn M. Jossel 9780970672667 Nonfiction End of the Rainbow Projects End of the Rainbow Projects There is more to being an author than writing, publishing, ...
Wet
Wet Joylynn M. Jossel 9781599830148 Fiction Urban Soul Kensington Publishing Corp. In “Thicker Than Water”, Become entangled in this passionate thriller that proves blood isn’t always thicker than wat...
When Souls Mate
When Souls Mate Joylynn M. Jossel 9780312328627 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers What wouldn’t you do for love?While serving time in prison for the murder of her ex-husband Reo Laroqu...
If I Ruled the World
If I Ruled the World Joylynn M. Jossel 9780312328795 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers In every ghetto there is that one who stands out above the rest. In this unforgettable novel, he...
The Root of All Evil
The Root of All Evil Joylynn M. Jossel 9780312328603 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers THE ALMIGHTY $. SOME PEOPLE PRAY FOR IT.SOME PEOPLE PRAY TO IT!Thirty-four-year-old Klarke Taylo...
Dollar Bill
Dollar Bill Joylynn M. Jossel 9780970247292 Fiction Triple Crown Publications Triple Crown Publications Dollar is one of those bad guys readers end up hating to love. From the killing grounds of Gar...
World on My Shoulders
World on My Shoulders Joylynn M. Jossel 9780970672612 Poetry End of the Rainbow Projects End of the Rainbow Projects Through the gift of written word you are invited into a sundry universe. World On M...
Please Tell Me If The Grass Is Greener
Please Tell Me If The Grass Is Greener Joylynn M. Jossel 9780970672605 Fiction End of the Rainbow Projects End of the Rainbow Projects PLEASE TELL ME IF THE GRASS IS GREENER is the dominant work of wr...
Twilight Moods: Erotica For Men And Women
Twilight Moods: Erotica For Men And Women Jossel Flowers Green and Nancey Flowers 9780970819123 Nonfiction Flowers in Bloom Publishing Flowers in Bloom Publishing Twilight Moods is the first independe...
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...
Tananarive Due talks to AALBC.com at BEA 2008
Tananarive Due talks to AALBC.com at BEA 2008 Author Interviews
J. D. Mason talks to AALBC.com at BEA 2008
J. D. Mason talks 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...
Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant talk to AALBC.com at BEA '08
Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant talk to AALBC.com at BEA '08 Author Interviews
Speaking of Race: Why Everybody Needs to Talk about Racism—And How to Do It
Speaking of Race: Why Everybody Needs to Talk about Racism—And How to Do It Celeste Headlee 9780063098152 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins Why Everybody Needs to Talk About Racism—and How to Do It In t...
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...
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
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...
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...
Women Talk Money
Women Talk Money Rebecca Walker 9781501154324 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. A searing and fearless anthology of essays exploring the profound impact of money on women’s lives, edi...
Talk Yuh Talk: Interviews With Anglophone Caribbean Poets
Talk Yuh Talk: Interviews With Anglophone Caribbean Poets Kwame Dawes 9780813919461 Nonfiction University of Virginia Press University of Virginia Press Before the Caribbean-inflected spoken-word poet...
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...
The “Talk to Me” Interview
The “Talk to Me” Interview Kam Williams Interview Talk to Me Photo: Kasi Lemmons with Taraji P. Henson. Born in St. Louis on February 24, 1961, Karen "Kasi" Lemmons is the daughter...
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...
When We Talk to God: Prayers and Poems for Black Women
When We Talk to God: Prayers and Poems for Black Women Sharifa Stevens 9781400249688 Nonfiction Thomas Nelson HarperCollins Christian Publishing These are prayers for your moments of gratitude and cel...
Get Honest or Die Lying (paperback): Why Small Talk Sucks
Get Honest or Die Lying (paperback): Why Small Talk Sucks Charlamagne Tha God 9781982173807 Nonfiction Atria / Black Privilege Publishing Simon & Schuster, Inc. From Charlamagne Tha God, host of the m...
Get Honest or Die Lying: Why Small Talk Sucks
Get Honest or Die Lying: Why Small Talk Sucks Charlamagne Tha God 9781982173791 Nonfiction Atria / Black Privilege Publishing Simon & Schuster, Inc. From Charlamagne Tha God, host of the morning radio...
The Talk
The Talk Alicia D. Williams 9781534495296 Fiction Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, ready to take on the world, he first must have that very...
We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter
We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter Celeste Headlee 9780062669018 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins How to Have Conversations That Matter They are, perhaps, the most dreaded four w...
Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life
Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life Cleo Wade 9781501177347 Poetry Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. A beautifully illustrated book from Cleo Wade—the artist, poet, and speaker who has been c...
We Can’t Talk about That at Work!: How to Talk about Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics
We Can’t Talk about That at Work!: How to Talk about Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics Mary-Frances Winters 9781523094264 Nonfiction Berrett-Koehler Publishers Berrett-Koehler Publ...
The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk about When We Talk about Hip Hop—And Why It Matters
The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk about When We Talk about Hip Hop—And Why It Matters Tricia Rose 9780465008971 Nonfiction Civitas Book Publisher Hachette Book Group How hip hop shapes our conversations ...
The Erotics Of Talk: Women’s Writing And Feminist Paradigms
The Erotics Of Talk: Women’s Writing And Feminist Paradigms Carla Kaplan 9780195099157 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Is feminism in "crisis?" With many feminists now quest...
Talk, Talk: An Ashanti Legend
Talk, Talk: An Ashanti Legend Debbi Chocolate 9780816728183 Fiction Troll Communications Troll Communications Magnificent illustrations and captivating texts tell the legends of Africa, Asia, the Cari...
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...
Vincent Alexandria
Vincent Alexandria NONE Vincent Alexandria is a nationally published author, he is also an actor, producer, director, composer, lyricist, screenwriter, vocalist, and musician. He holds a Bachelor’s ...
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 Talk
The Talk Darrin Bell 9781250805140 Fiction Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers “A moving portrait … funny and touching, intellectually and emotionally stimulating. There’s pride and prejudice, f...
We Need to Talk
We Need to Talk Kam Williams images/51Icf9mwW+L._SL500_AA300_.jpg Film Review Sisters Make Most of Opportunity to Reflect on Relationships in Latest Documentary from Janks Morton We ...
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...
Black Feeling Black Talk
Black Feeling Black Talk Nikki Giovanni 9780688252946 Poetry Harper Perennial HarperCollins Black Feeling, Black Talk/Black Judgement is one of the single most important volumes of modern African-Amer...
Jada Pinkett Smith
Jada Pinkett Smith 0000000114602158 Jada Pinkett Smith is a versatile American actress, singer-songwriter, and producer notable for roles in over 20 films including the Matrix and Madagascar series. ...
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...
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 ...
Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy
Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy Sharon Malone 9780593593868 Nonfiction Crown Publishing Group Penguin Random House New York Times Bestseller • “A must-read for anyone ...
The Talk (paperback): Conversations about Race, Love & Truth
The Talk (paperback): Conversations about Race, Love & Truth Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson 9780593121641 Nonfiction Yearling Penguin Random House Thirty diverse, award-winning authors and illus...
Heart Talk: The Journal: 52 Weeks of Self-Love, Self-Care, and Self-Discovery
Heart Talk: The Journal: 52 Weeks of Self-Love, Self-Care, and Self-Discovery Cleo Wade 9781982140793 Poetry Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Based on Cleo Wade’s bestselling book, Heart Talk, these...
Ladies Let’s Talk! Relationship Real-Talk: From a Man’s Point Of View
Ladies Let’s Talk! Relationship Real-Talk: From a Man’s Point Of View Chenier Alston 9781513607887 Nonfiction 220 Communications 220 Communications
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk James Baldwin 9780307275936 Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House In this honest and stunning novel, Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of inj...
Who’s Afraid of a Large Black Man?
Who’s Afraid of a Large Black Man? Charles Barkley 9781594200427 Nonfiction Penguin Press HC, The Penguin Random House Who’s afraid to talk on the record about the way things really are in this countr...
Gender Talk: The Struggle for Women’s Equality in African American Communities
Gender Talk: The Struggle for Women’s Equality in African American Communities Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Beverly Guy-Sheftall 9780345454126 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House Why has the Africa...
If A Bus Could Talk: The Story Of Rosa Parks
If A Bus Could Talk: The Story Of Rosa Parks Faith Ringgold 9780689856761 Nonfiction Aladdin Simon & Schuster, Inc. If a bus could talk, it would tell the story of a young African-American girl named ...
We Need to Talk
We Need to Talk Robert G. Barnes 9780310208051 Fiction Zondervan HarperCollins Christian Publishing Marriage-enrichment specialists Robert and Rosemary Barnes show you how to overcome roadblocks to co...
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...
David Ritz
David Ritz 0000000073664036 David Ritz (born December 2, 1943) has written novels, biographies, magazine articles, and over a hundred liner notes for artists such as Aretha Franklin and Nat King Col...
Big Words
Big Words Kam Williams big-words-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Rap Group Reunites on 2008 Election Day in Dream Deferred Drama Big Words In Theaters: Jul 19, 2013 Limited Unrated Running time: 94 ...
Panel discussion entitled Their Eyes Were Reading Smut:
Panel discussion entitled Their Eyes Were Reading Smut: Troy Johnson Article I attended a panel discussion entitled Their Eyes Were Reading Smut: The Impact of Ghetto Fiction on African American Lite...
Social Media Conversation with Two Successful Webmasters
Social Media Conversation with Two Successful Webmasters Troy Johnson Article Here Ron Kavanaugh, founder of Mosaicbooks.com and I, founder of AALBC.com, speak with Darryl J. Jenkins (my cousin) ...
Migrated Writers
Migrated Writers Troy Johnson Article Migrated Writers 17th Annual Celeb.of Black Writing A Report From The Field More Bios. The Sight of the 360 Event 4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair AA C...
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 ...
Rosewater
Rosewater LIV Little 9781638930228 Fiction Get Lifted Books Penguin Random House A TODAY and LGBTQ Reads Most Anticipated Book of 2023 - A Goodreads Buzziest Debut Novel of the New Year - An Electric ...
Roland Martin “The First” Interview
Roland Martin “The First” Interview Kam Williams Interview Roland Reflects on Obama's Historic Run for the White House Between Barack Obama's declaring his candidacy for the Presidency and...
Antigua & Barbuda Literary Festival 2008 - Was a Blast
Antigua & Barbuda Literary Festival 2008 - Was a Blast Troy Johnson Article I have never attended an event that was more personally fulfilling and fun in my entire life! Participants which includ...
Obama Rises, Old Guard Civil Rights Leaders Scowl
Obama Rises, Old Guard Civil Rights Leaders Scowl William Jelani Cobb Article President Elect, Barack Obama, D-Ill. Speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memori...
Ifa Bayeza
Ifa Bayeza NONE Ifa Bayeza is an acclaimed playwright, producer, and theater artist. Known for works like “Amistad Voices” and “The Ballad of Emmett Till,” she's won the 2008 Edgar Award and 2007 Eug...
Charles R. Smith Jr.
Charles R. Smith Jr. NONE Charles R. Smith Jr. is an acclaimed author, poet, and photographer with over 30 books. He's a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration and Honor Author Aw...
Meet Dave (2008)
Meet Dave (2008) Kam Williams meet_d27.jpg Film Review Eddie Murphy Misfires as Brother from Another Planet Meet Dave Rated PG for action, suggestive...
Tip "T.I." Harris - The “Takers” Interview (2010)
Tip "T.I." Harris - The “Takers” Interview (2010) Kam Williams Interview On the Q.T. with T.I. Tip "T.I." Harris is one of his generation's most captivating speakers and one of the biggest ...
Blue Talk and Love
Blue Talk and Love Mecca Jamilah Sullivan 9781626011625 Fiction Riverdale Avenue Books Riverdale Avenue Books Blue Talk and Love tells the stories of girls and women of color navigating the moods and ...