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Lawrence Wright - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013
Lawrence Wright - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word
Lawrence Deron Thomas
Lawrence Deron Thomas NONE Lawrence Deron Thomas, a Bay Area native, was inspired by his parents to pursue strength, courage, and success. After a brief stint as a rapper, he found his passion for wr...
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...
Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.
Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. MULTIPLE Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., a Philadelphia native, is a respected theologian and pastor. After serving in the military, he completed his higher education at How...
Not an Easy Win
Not an Easy Win Chrystal D. Giles 9780593175217 Fiction Random House Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Can Lawrence figure out how to get on the board, even though the odds are stacked agai...
Richard Wright: The Library of America Unexpurgated (Boxed Set)
Richard Wright: The Library of America Unexpurgated (Boxed Set) Richard Wright 9781598536225 Fiction Library of America Library of America For the first time in a deluxe boxed set, the definitive edi...
American Struggle: Teens Respond to Jacob Lawrence
American Struggle: Teens Respond to Jacob Lawrence Chul R. Kim 9781644420218 Nonfiction Six Foot Press Six Foot Press In the mid-1950s, as Brown v. Board of Education felled the ideology of "separate ...
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...
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...
Adrian Matejka
Adrian Matejka 0000000037525872 Adrian Matejka is a Germany-born, Indiana-based author and educator. A graduate of Indiana University and Southern Illinois University Carbondale, he has penned award-...
The Collected Novels of Charles Wright: The Messenger, the Wig, and Absolutely Nothing to Get Alarmed about
The Collected Novels of Charles Wright: The Messenger, the Wig, and Absolutely Nothing to Get Alarmed about Charles Wright 9780062839602 Fiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins "Reading Wright is a ste...
Jerry W. Ward
Jerry W. Ward 0000000108699053 Dr. Jerry W. Ward, Jr. is a renowned professor of English and African American World Studies at Dillard University. He spent 20 years at Tougaloo College, is a leading ...
The Loss of All Lost Things
The Loss of All Lost Things Amina Gautier 9781932418569 Fiction Elixir Press Elixir Press Winner of the Chicago Public Library’s 21st Century Award.Winner of a Royal Palm Literary AwardWinner of the F...
Lawrence Hill
Lawrence Hill 0000000073673418 Lawrence Hill is a renowned Canadian author and professor of creative writing at the University of Guelph. Known for his award-winning novel, “The Book of Negroes”, whi...
Ideal Wife
Ideal Wife Jacquelin Thomas 9781416599630 Fiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Newlyweds Jana and Lawrence return from their Caribbean honeymoon to Los Angeles, where Lawrence is a partner in ...
Lawrence Otis Graham
Lawrence Otis Graham 0000000117846836 Lawrence Otis Graham, born 1961, was a prolific author of 14 books, including the New York Times bestseller “Our Kind of People.” A Princeton and Harvard Law Sch...
Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat 000000011051509X Edwidge Danticat, a Haitian-born author, is renowned for her books like “Breath, Eyes, Memory”, an Oprah Book Club pick, and “The Farming of Bones”, an American Book...
Angela Flournoy
Angela Flournoy 0000000436914613 Angela Flournoy, author of The Turner House, a National Book Award finalist, has been recognized with numerous awards including the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize. A Nat...
Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards
Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards Lincoln Theatre Washington District of Columbia Named for literary geniuses, Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright, the Hurston/Wright Foundation was founded in 1990. Hurs...
Richard Wright: The Life and Times
Richard Wright: The Life and Times Hazel Rowley 9780226730387 Fiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press Consistently an outsider—a child of the fundamentalist South with an eight...
Richard Wright
Richard Wright 0000000079803105 Richard Nathaniel Wright (1908-1960), born in poverty and racial discrimination in Mississippi, was a prolific writer aiming to unite Black and White worlds. Known ini...
Patrice Lawrence
Patrice Lawrence 000000047779067X Patrice Lawrence is an award-winning writer. Her debut YA novel, Orangeboy (Hachette), won the Bookseller YA Prize and the Waterstones Prize for Older Children’s Fi...
Ring Shout
Ring Shout P. Djèlí Clark 9781250393814 Fiction Tor Nightfire Macmillan Publishers ebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns with Ring Shout, a dark fantasy historical novella ...
Kiyah Wright
Kiyah Wright NONE Kiyah Wright, a two-time Emmy Award-winning hairstylist, has over two decades of experience in the industry. Renowned for her work with celebrities and her ambassador role for major...
Kiyah Wright and Shirley Neal
Kiyah Wright and Shirley Neal MULTIPLE Kiyah Wright, a two-time Emmy Award-winning hairstylist and entrepreneur, has over 20 years of experience in hair care. Shirley Neal is a renowned journalist an...
We All Got Something
We All Got Something Lawrence Lindell 9781770467736 Nonfiction Drawn and Quarterly Drawn and Quarterly When you’re always searching, you might just surprise yourself with what you find After a rock...
The Great Migration: An American Story
The Great Migration: An American Story Jacob Lawrence 9780780753488 Nonfiction Perfection Learning Perfection Learning Around the time of WWI, large numbers of African Americans began leaving their ho...
The Great Migration: An American Story
The Great Migration: An American Story Jacob Lawrence 9780064434287 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Around the time of WWI, large numbers of African Americans began leaving their homes in the r...
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...
Yes We Did: Photos and Behind-The-Scenes Stories Celebrating Our First African American President
Yes We Did: Photos and Behind-The-Scenes Stories Celebrating Our First African American President Lawrence P. Jackson 9780525541011 Nonfiction TarcherPerigee Penguin Random House "Eight years in the W...
Exit: The Endings That Set Us Free
Exit: The Endings That Set Us Free Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot 9780374533908 Nonfiction Sarah Crichton Books Sarah Crichton Books The wisdom of saying goodbyeIn this wise and provocative book, the renowne...
A Member of the Club: Reflections on Life in a Racially Polarized World
A Member of the Club: Reflections on Life in a Racially Polarized World Lawrence Otis Graham 9780060984304 Fiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins Informed and driven by his experience as an upper-midd...
Black Boy
Black Boy Richard Wright 9780060929787 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins You’ll find Black Boy on President Obama’s Bookshelf This incredible bestselling classic is Richard Wright’s unfor...
Black Lawrence Press
Black Lawrence Press Black Lawrence Press Black Lawrence Press https://blacklawrencepress.com/
Black Lawrence Press
Black Lawrence Press Black Lawrence Press Black Lawrence Press https://blacklawrencepress.com/
Lawrence P. Jackson
Lawrence P. Jackson 000000004075078X Dr. Lawrence P. Jackson is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, specializing in English and History at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Lawrence P. Jackson is Bloomb...
Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Brown 0000000116141842 Lawrence Brown from Atlanta is a renowned cultural critic. Lawrence Brown is a cultural critic from Atlanta
Lawrence Jackson
Lawrence Jackson 000000004075078X Lawrence Jackson, former White House Photographer for President Obama for eight years, now operates a photography business in Washington, DC, where he resides with h...
Paul Buhle, Lawrence Ware, and E. Ethelbert Miller
Paul Buhle, Lawrence Ware, and E. Ethelbert Miller MULTIPLE Paul Buhle, Lawrence Ware, and E. Ethelbert Miller are distinguished authors, each renowned for their unique contributions to literature, s...
Paul Lawrence Guthrie
Paul Lawrence Guthrie NONE Paul Lawrence Guthrie is a renowned author known for his insightful works. His writings reflect his profound understanding of various subjects, making him a respected figur...
Lawrence Lindell
Lawrence Lindell NONE Lawrence Lindell is a renowned author, artist, and musician, best known for his work in comics and education, focusing on self-care and mental health. His work is celebrated for...
Lawrence E. Roberts II and Sally-Ann Roberts
Lawrence E. Roberts II and Sally-Ann Roberts MULTIPLE Lawrence E. “Butch” Roberts II was born in Akron, Ohio. He is a graduate of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, with a BA in Englis...
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs - The "Sublime" Interview
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs - The "Sublime" Interview Kam Williams Interview Whatever Happened to Freddie ’Boom-Boom’ Washington? Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Born in New York City on September 4...
Black Boy
Black Boy Richard Wright 9780062964137 Nonfiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins A special 75th anniversary edition of Richard Wright’s powerful and unforgettable memoir, with a new foreword by John E...
A Father’s Law
A Father’s Law Richard Wright 9780061349164 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Introduction by Richard Wright’s daughter Julia Wright A Father’s Law is the novel Richard Wright, acclaimed author...
Conversations with Richard Wright (Literary Conversations)
Conversations with Richard Wright (Literary Conversations) Richard Wright 9780878056330 Nonfiction University Press of Mississippi University Press of Mississippi For more than two decades Richard W...
Charles Wright
Charles Wright 0000000119446967 Charles Wright (1932-2008) was an American novelist, avid reader, and high school dropout who served in the Army during the Korean War. Moving to New York in his 20s, ...
Tanya Wright
Tanya Wright 0000000395292597 Tanya Wright, a Bronx native, is an acclaimed actor known for roles in HBO's True Blood and Netflix's Orange Is the New Black. A Vassar graduate and former New York Time...
The Prime Anniversary
The Prime Anniversary Brianna-Christine Alicea Book Review Jay Wright is an acclaimed poet, essayist, and playwright. Wright is the author of several collections of poetry, which include but are not ...
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...
Cynthia Kadohata - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013
Cynthia Kadohata - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word
Jhumpa Lahiri - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013
Jhumpa Lahiri - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word
George Packer - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013
George Packer - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word
Adrian Matejka - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013
Adrian Matejka - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word
James McBride - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013
James McBride - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word
Matt Rasmussen - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013
Matt Rasmussen - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word
Mary Szybist - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013
Mary Szybist - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word
Gene Luen Yang - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013
Gene Luen Yang - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word
Ahmad Wright
Ahmad Wright NONE Ahmad Wright is an accomplished writer and assistant professor of English at the University of the District of Columbia Community College. With a rich writing career, his book revie...
Simeon Wright and Herb Boyd
Simeon Wright and Herb Boyd MULTIPLE Simeon Wright and Herb Boyd are renowned authors. Wright, a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement, witnessed the Emmett Till kidnap. Boyd, an award-winning jour...
Denisha Jones and Jesse Hagopian
Denisha Jones and Jesse Hagopian MULTIPLE Denisha Jones, a member of the national Black Lives Matter at School committee, is an activist and advocate for education justice. She is the Director of the...
Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman 0000000082813240 Marian Wright Edelman is a renowned American children's rights activist and the founder of the Children's Defense Fund. She is the recipient of numerous awards ...
Needle
Needle Patrice Lawrence 9781800901018 Fiction Barrington Stoke HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Award-winning author Patrice Lawrence explores the harsh reality of the criminal justice system for young pe...
Wanda Coleman
Wanda Coleman 0000000116780476 “I have yet to kill anyone—I have exhibited great restraint.” Wanda Coleman (1946-2013) was a renowned poet, former medical secretary, magazine editor,...
The Wright Choices
The Wright Choices Ronald Gauthier 9781785542398 Nonfiction Austin Macauley Austin Macauley The legacy of Richard Wright is little known. Born of personal experience, his works threw a harsh light on ...
Haiku: The Last Poems of an American Icon
Haiku: The Last Poems of an American Icon Richard Wright 9781611453492 Poetry Arcade Skyhorse Publishing Richard Wright, one of the early forceful and eloquent spokesmen for black Americans, author ...
Good News!: Sermons of Hope for Today’s Families
Good News!: Sermons of Hope for Today’s Families Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. 9780817012366 Nonfiction Judson Press Judson Press Families today come in all shapes and sizes and face all kinds of issues and...
Richard Wright Reader
Richard Wright Reader Richard Wright 9780060147372 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins ”Richard Wright” (1908-1960) was one of the landmark authors of twentieth-century American literature as well a...
Raymond A. Winbush and Denise Wright
Raymond A. Winbush and Denise Wright MULTIPLE Raymond A. Winbush and Dr. Denise Wright are esteemed authors specializing in societal issues. Winbush's focus lies in systemic racism, while Wright conc...
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...
Richard Wright, Lorraine Hansberry, Nikki Giovanni, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Gwendolyn Brooks
Richard Wright, Lorraine Hansberry, Nikki Giovanni, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Gwendolyn Brooks MULTIPLE Prominent authors including Richard Wright, Lorraine Hansberry, Nikki Giovanni, ...
Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah
Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah Patricia Smith 9781566892995 Poetry Coffee House Press Coffee House Press Winner of 2013 Wheatley Book Award in PoetryFinalist for 2013 William Carlos Williams AwardWinner o...
Granny Came Here on the Empire Windrush
Granny Came Here on the Empire Windrush Patrice Lawrence 9798887770338 Nonfiction Nosy Crow Nosy Crow From Patrice Lawrence, author of Our Story Starts in Africa, named a 2022 Best Book for Kids by th...
Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius
Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius Lawrence P. Jackson 9780820329932 Nonfiction University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press Author, intellectual, and social critic, Ralph Ellison (1914-94)...
Jay Wright
Jay Wright 000000007830315X “A Poet’s Poet” Jay Wright, born in 1934, is a prolific author of 15 books of poetry, 40+ plays, and essays. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and ...
Lucy Sings on Lucy Street
Lucy Sings on Lucy Street Lawrence E. Roberts II and Sally-Ann Roberts 9780063222540 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins This inspiring historical picture book based on the childhood of Lucy Tolliv...
The Illegal: A Novel
The Illegal: A Novel Lawrence Hill 9780393070590 Fiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Internationally best-selling author Lawrence Hill returns with an extraordinary, resonant n...
Lawrence Hill Books
Lawrence Hill Books Lawrence Hill Books Chicago Review Press
Sarah Lawrence College Writers Week
Sarah Lawrence College Writers Week Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville New York Writers week at Sarah Lawrence College offers creative young people an immersive week-long oppurtunity to engage with cre...
Lawrence Jordan Literary Agency
Lawrence Jordan Literary Agency Troy Johnson Article Contact: Lawrence Jordan Lawrence Jordan Literary Agency 250 West 57th st., #1517 New York, NY 10107
Lawrence C. Ross Jr.
Lawrence C. Ross Jr. NONE Lawrence Ross is an acclaimed author, journalist, and college lecturer whose work explores race, higher education, and African American culture. He is the author of The Div...
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...
Reading Black Books
Reading Black Books Claude Atcho 9781587435645 Nonfiction Brazos Press Baker Publishing Group Christianity Today 2023 Book Award Finalist (Culture & the Arts) Learning from Black voices means liste...
Jeffrey Wright - The "Blackout" Interview
Jeffrey Wright - The "Blackout" Interview Kam Williams Interview Jeffrey Wright was born on December 7, 1965 in Washington, DC where he was raised by his mother, an attorney, with the help of ...
Thief in the Interior
Thief in the Interior Phillip B. Williams 9781938584176 Poetry Alice James Books Alice James Books Recipient of a 2017 Whiting Award for Poetry 2017 Kate Tufts Discovery Award Winner Nominated for the...
Kimberla Lawson Roby
Kimberla Lawson Roby 0000000063897135 Kimberla’s Thoughts on Concluding Her Reverend Curtis Black Series, After 15 Books Kimberla Lawson Roby is a New York Times Bestselling Author of 24 novels,...
Diana Veiga
Diana Veiga NONE Go On Girl! Book Club, Unpublished Writer Award 2013 Winner Diana Veiga, winner of the 2013 Go On Girl! Book Club's Unpublished Writer award, is a dedicated writer and social justice ...
The Guide Signs: Book One and Book Two
The Guide Signs: Book One and Book Two Jay Wright 9780807132647 Poetry LSU Press Louisiana State University Press In The Guide Signs, acclaimed poet Jay Wright closes a movement he opened with his fir...
Chester B. Himes: A Biography
Chester B. Himes: A Biography Lawrence P. Jackson 9780393063899 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Chester B. Himes has been called "one of the towering figures of the blac...
The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics, 1934-1960
The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics, 1934-1960 Lawrence P. Jackson 9780691141350 Fiction Princeton University Press Princeton University Press The Ind...
Marilyn Nelson
Marilyn Nelson 0000000081267022 Marilyn Nelson, former Poet Laureate of Connecticut, is a three-time National Book Award Finalist, Annisfield-Wolf Award winner, and author of acclaimed titles like 'T...
Terrance Hayes
Terrance Hayes 0000000052553847 Terrance Hayes is a renowned poet, author of four collections and winner of the 2010 National Book Award for Poetry. A MacArthur fellow, Hayes has received numerous ac...
Patricia Smith
Patricia Smith 0000000110775334 Patricia Smith, celebrated poet and professor, is known for her direct and adventuresome style. She’s authored six books, including award finalists 'Blood Dazzler' and...
Dear Sir, I Intend To Burn Your Book: An Anatomy Of A Book Burning (Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture)
Dear Sir, I Intend To Burn Your Book: An Anatomy Of A Book Burning (Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture) Lawrence Hill 9780888646798 Nonfiction University of Alberta Press University of Alberta Press Censo...
T. Geronimo Johnson
T. Geronimo Johnson 0000000357171620 T. Geronimo Johnson, a New Orleans native, is a bestselling author known for 'Welcome to Braggsville' and 'Hold It 'Til It Hurts'. A finalist for the 2013 PEN/Fau...
12 Million Black Voices
12 Million Black Voices Richard Wright 9781560254461 Fiction Basic Books Perseus Books 12 Million Black Voices, first published in 1941, combines Wright’s prose with startling photographs selected b...