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Mary Szybist - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013
Mary Szybist - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word
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...
Mary B. Morrison
Mary B. Morrison NONE Mary B. Morrison, a New York Times best-selling author, writes empowering novels addressing social and sexual issues. Known also as HoneyB, she self-published her debut novel in...
The Lost Daughter: A Memoir
The Lost Daughter: A Memoir Mary Williams 9780399160868 Fiction Blue Rider Press Penguin Random House A daughter of the Black Panther movement tells her remarkable life story of being raised amid viol...
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...
Mary Monroe
Mary Monroe 0000000029010860 Mary Monroe, a sharecropper's daughter and the first in her family to graduate high school, returned to the literary scene with her novel “God Don’t Like Ugly”, which sol...
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read Rita Lorraine Hubbard 9781524768287 Nonfiction Schwartz & Wade Random House Children's Books Imagine learning to read at the age of 116! Discover th...
Honeyb
Honeyb NONE Best-selling author HoneyB, also known as Mary B. Morrison, writes empowering novels addressing social and sexual issues. She self-published her debut novel “Soulmates Dissipate” in 2000 ...
Mary Can!
Mary Can! Mary J. Blige 9780063216396 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins From multi-award-winning singer, artist, actress, and icon Mary J. Blige comes a fun and inspirational story that teaches youn...
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-...
Mary J. Blige “The Help” Interview [August 2011]
Mary J. Blige “The Help” Interview [August 2011] Kam Williams Interview Read a statement to the fans of The Help from the Association of Black Women Historians Mary J. Blige "The Help" Interview ...
Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown’s First Superstar
Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown’s First Superstar Robert Fleming Book Review One of the most captivating personalities on the Motown roster during its glory days, singer Mary Wells was a f...
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...
Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters
Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters Carol Taylor Book Review Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters is an epistolary love story of a 1930s courtship between Mary Brooks and Luther ...
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...
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...
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 ...
The Bethune Blueprint: Transforming Your Life Using the Lessons of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune
The Bethune Blueprint: Transforming Your Life Using the Lessons of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Evelyn Bethune 9781946566171 Nonfiction Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Family Foundation Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Fam...
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...
Isn’t Her Grace Amazing!: The Women Who Changed Gospel Music
Isn’t Her Grace Amazing!: The Women Who Changed Gospel Music Cheryl Wills 9780063050983 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins For the first time the 25 most influential women gospel singers from Sister Ros...
Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige 000000006310393X Mary J. Blige, born in 1971, is a globally recognized singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. She has won nine Grammy Awards, an Emmy, and multiple honors, inclu...
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
Lawrence Wright - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013
Lawrence Wright - 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
The Treason Of Mary Louvestre
The Treason Of Mary Louvestre My Haley 9781938467189 Fiction Koehler Books Koehler Books From the widow and collaborator of Alex Haley, award-winning author of Roots, comes a new American epic from th...
The Sisters of APF: The Indoctrination of Soror Ride Dick
The Sisters of APF: The Indoctrination of Soror Ride Dick Zane 9780743476256 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The Sisters of APF is Zane’s first book based on one of her most popular short s...
The Sisters of APF: The Indoctrination of Soror Ride Dick
The Sisters of APF: The Indoctrination of Soror Ride Dick Zane 9780743466981 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The Sisters of APF is Zane’s first book based on one of her most popular short ...
Mary Williams
Mary Williams NONE Mary Williams, adopted daughter of Jane Fonda, worked with humanitarian organizations and founded the Lost Boys Foundation. She lived in various locations, including Africa and acr...
Victor McGlothin and Mary Monroe
Victor McGlothin and Mary Monroe MULTIPLE Victor McGlothin and Mary Monroe are acclaimed authors known for their captivating narratives. McGlothin's works explore morality and redemption, while Monro...
Glenda R. Taylor and Mary J. Taylor
Glenda R. Taylor and Mary J. Taylor MULTIPLE Glenda R. Taylor and Mary J. Taylor are renowned authors, known for their insightful and inspiring works that span various genres and themes. Their writin...
Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess
Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess are renowned authors known for their compelling storytelling and impactful narratives. They have made significant contri...
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,...
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...
Ersula Knox Odom
Ersula Knox Odom NONE Ersula Knox Odom is a renowned legacy writer and author with over 100 published articles and two biographies. She's also a motivational speaker, prize-winning lyricist, and port...
Mary-Frances Winters
Mary-Frances Winters NONE Mary-Frances Winters, founder of the Winters Group Inc., is a renowned diversity and inclusion consultant with over 30 years of experience. Recognized by Forbes and awarded ...
Mary Pattillo-McCoy
Mary Pattillo-McCoy NONE Mary Pattillo specializes in urban sociology, focusing on the black middle class, using Chicago as her research backdrop. Her book, Black Picket Fences, explores child-rearin...
God Ain’t Blind
God Ain’t Blind Idrissa Uqdah Book Review God Is Getting Tired And So Am I I think you have to really love the books and the characters in the God Don't Like Ugly series to still be reading th...
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...
Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso: A Tale of Race, Sex, and Violence in America
Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso: A Tale of Race, Sex, and Violence in America Kali Nicole Gross 9780190241216 Fiction Oxford University Press, USA Oxford University Press Shortly after a d...
Evelyn Bethune
Evelyn Bethune NONE Evelyn Bethune is Mary McLeod Bethune’s Granddaughter Dr. of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune and commitment to uplifting others, emphasizing the power of heritage, and ensuring the l...
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,...
Mary Monroe’s New Book, REMEMBRANCE, "A Cozy Holiday Read!"
Mary Monroe’s New Book, REMEMBRANCE, "A Cozy Holiday Read!" Troy Johnson Article It’s the most wonderful time of the year and Kensington’s got you covered when it comes to cozy holiday reads! In t...
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 ...
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...
Mary Helen Washington
Mary Helen Washington 0000000076894080 Mary Helen Washington is an English Professor at the University of Maryland. She's a former Bunting Fellow at Harvard and has taught at the University of Massac...
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...
Mind of My Mind (Patternist #2 deluxe edition)
Mind of My Mind (Patternist #2 deluxe edition) Octavia E. Butler 9781538784242 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group This gorgeous new edition of Mind of My Mind, the second novel in Oc...
Invented Lives: Narratives of Black Women 1860-1960
Invented Lives: Narratives of Black Women 1860-1960 Mary Helen Washington 9780385248426 Nonfiction Anchor Penguin Random House Concentrating on carefully chosen selections from ten writers, Mary Helen...
Mary E. Jones Parrish
Mary E. Jones Parrish NONE Mary E. Jones Parrish (1892-1972) was an African American teacher, journalist, and survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. Highly educated, she taught typing and shorthan...
Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Family Foundation
Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Family Foundation Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Family Foundation Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Family Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Family Foundation
Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Family Foundation Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Family Foundation, Inc. Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Family Foundation
Fearless Mary: Mary Fields, American Stagecoach Driver
Fearless Mary: Mary Fields, American Stagecoach Driver Tami Charles 9780807523094 Nonfiction Albert Whitman & Company Albert Whitman & Company A little-known but fascinating and larger-than-life chara...
Dear Mary, Dear Luther
Dear Mary, Dear Luther Jill Marie Snyder 9781496963727 Nonfiction AuthorHouse Author Solutions Dear Mary, Dear Luther reveals through letters the emotional track of a 1930s courtship that leads to a l...
Free Enterprise: A Novel of Mary Ellen Pleasant
Free Enterprise: A Novel of Mary Ellen Pleasant Michelle Cliff 9780872864375 Fiction City Lights Publishers City Lights Publishers In 1858, two black women meet at a restaurant and begin to plot a rev...
Mary: An Autobiography (Chapel Hill Books)
Mary: An Autobiography (Chapel Hill Books) Mary E. Mebane 9780807848210 Nonfiction University of North Carolina Press University of North Carolina Press Born in rural North Carolina in 1933, into the ...
Mary J. Taylor
Mary J. Taylor NONE Mary Jestina Taylor is an acclaimed author known for her captivating storytelling and unique narrative style. Taylor's works often explore deep human emotions and experiences, mak...
Mary Rand Hess
Mary Rand Hess 0000000071315983 Mary Rand Hess is a celebrated poet, artist, screenwriter, and New York Times bestselling author, known for co-authoring “Solo” and “Animal Ark: Celebrating Our Wild W...
Mary Frances Berry
Mary Frances Berry 0000000081621140 Mary Frances Berry, Professor of American Social Thought and History at the University of Pennsylvania, is a renowned author of nine books. With 33 honorary degree...
Mary-Alice Daniel
Mary-Alice Daniel NONE Mary-Alice Daniel is a Yale-educated poet recognized by Poet Laureate Louise Glück. With an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan, her work appears in variou...
Mary Annaïse Heglar
Mary Annaïse Heglar NONE Mary Annaïse Heglar is a renowned author featured in outlets like New York Magazine, The Boston Globe, Vox, and Rolling Stone. Her works are also included in collections suc...
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...
36 African-American Nominees for National Book Awards
36 African-American Nominees for National Book Awards Troy Johnson Article November 11, 2015 Update: A complete list of National Book Award Honorees, of African descent, is now available. The mi...
Mariana Llanos
Mariana Llanos 0000000037617355 Mariana Llanos, a Peru-born author, studied theater in Lima before moving to Oklahoma in 2002. She self-published her first book, Tristan Wolf, in 2013 and has since p...
Jacob’s Ladder Reading Comprehension Program - Level 3
Jacob’s Ladder Reading Comprehension Program - Level 3 Joyce VanTassel-Baska and Tamra Stambaugh 9781593633523 Nonfiction Prufrock Press Prufrock Press The Jacob’s Ladder Reading Comprehension Program...
Deborah Wiles
Deborah Wiles 0000000058444035 Deborah Wiles is an award-winning author known for acclaimed books like 'Each Little Bird that Sings' & 'Revolution'. Her accolades include National Book Award nominati...
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Kam Williams mandela-2013-alternate-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom In Theaters: Nov 29, 2013 Limited PG-13 for sexuality, intense violence...
Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope Esau McCaulley 9780830854868 Nonfiction IVP Academic InterVarsity Press Christian Book Award® program Foreword...
The Nation Must Awake: Our Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
The Nation Must Awake: Our Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 Mary E. Jones Parrish 9781595349439 Nonfiction Trinity University Press Trinity University Press Mary Parrish was reading in her h...
Masande Ntshanga
Masande Ntshanga 0000000450507336 Masande Ntshanga, winner of the 2013 PEN International New Voices Award and 2015 Caine Prize Finalist, is an accomplished writer and UCT graduate. He has written for...
AALBC.com May 2013 eNewsletter Book Highlights
AALBC.com May 2013 eNewsletter Book Highlights Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com Best-selling Books - March to April 2013 This version of AALBC.com's eNewsletter, which focuses on book rela...
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...
Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013)
Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013) Kam Williams the-butler.jpg Film Review Forest Whitaker Delivers Oscar-Quality Performance in Emotionally-Searing Civil Rights Saga Lee Daniels’ The Butler...
Bullet to the Head (2013) - Film Review
Bullet to the Head (2013) - Film Review Kam Williams Interview Unlikely-Buddies Flick Features Cop and Hit Man on Revenge-Fueled Rampage Bullet to the Head (2013) In Theaters: Feb 1, 2013 Wide ...
Tango Negro, The African Roots of Tango (2013) - film Review
Tango Negro, The African Roots of Tango (2013) - film Review Kam Williams Interview Musical Documentary Examines the African Roots of the Tango. Tango Negro, The African Roots of Tango (2013) U...
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 ...
Deborah Davis
Deborah Davis 0000000109357178 Deborah Davis is an acclaimed author of seven non-fiction books, including the authorized history of The Oprah Winfrey Show and Guest of Honor, a Phillis Wheatley Award...
Citizen: An American Lyric
Citizen: An American Lyric Claudia Rankine 9781555976903 Poetry Graywolf Press Graywolf Press * Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry ** Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Po...
Bookmarks: Reading in Black and White A Memoir
Bookmarks: Reading in Black and White A Memoir Karla FC Holloway 9780813539072 Fiction Rutgers University Press Rutgers University Press What are you reading? What books have been important to you? Wh...
Mind of My Mind (Patternist #2)
Mind of My Mind (Patternist #2) Octavia E. Butler 9781538751497 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group A young woman harnesses her newfound power to challenge the ruthless man who contro...
J. Everett Prewitt
J. Everett Prewitt NONE J. Everett Prewitt, a distinguished alumnus and Vietnam veteran, has received numerous awards for his novels, including “Snake Walkers” and “A Long Way Back.” His works have b...
Mama Ruby
Mama Ruby Mary Monroe 9781496739179 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. The new edition of a modern classic by New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Mary Monroe! An enduring ta...
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...
Zoe Johnson
Zoe Johnson NONE Comedy writer and stand-up Zoe Johnson started creating characters at 8. At William & Mary, she brought her humor to the student paper; she now trains at Upright Citizens Brigade (UC...
Richard Kigel
Richard Kigel NONE Richard Kigel is an experienced literacy professional and veteran teacher with a focus on inspiring students in reading and writing. He is notable for his revealing article on Phil...
Rachel Kushner - National Book Award Finalist Reading
Rachel Kushner - National Book Award Finalist Reading Poetry & Spoken Word
Alan Taylor - National Book Award Finalist Reading
Alan Taylor - National Book Award Finalist Reading Poetry & Spoken Word
Kevin Young
Kevin Young 0000000109530225 Kevin Young, born in 1970, is a renowned poet and teacher influenced by Hughes, Berryman, Dickinson, and Basquiat. A Harvard graduate, Young authored multiple poetry book...
Neil Baldwin
Neil Baldwin 0000000108910963 Dr. Neil Baldwin, born in New York City, is a renowned author and scholar with a Ph.D. in Modern American Poetry. He has authored various poetry, textbooks, and biograph...
The First Ladies (paperback)
The First Ladies (paperback) Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray 9780593440292 Fiction Penguin Publishing Group Penguin Random House A novel about the extraordinary partnership between Firs...