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Samson Dempsey the "Midtown Playa" is Now an Author

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Samson Dempsey the "Midtown Playa" is Now an Author Author Interviews Samson Dempsey the "Midtown Playa," aka Sammy D is still hustlin' but not he hustles his books. He has written a memoir and sever...

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Barack Obama in Harlem, Nov. 29th 2007 (Part 2 of 2)

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Barack Obama in Harlem, Nov. 29th 2007 (Part 2 of 2) Author Interviews For more information visit https://aalbc.com/authors/barack_obama.htm Barack Obama hosted a fund raiser at Harlem's "World Famous...

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Barack Obama in Harlem, NY. Nov. 29th (part 1 of 2)

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Barack Obama in Harlem, NY. Nov. 29th (part 1 of 2) Author Interviews For more information visit https://aalbc.com/authors/barack_obama.htm Barack Obama hosted a fund raiser at Harlem's "World Famous"...

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Celeste Saves the City, a Book that Teaches Children about Civil Engineering

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Celeste Saves the City, a Book that Teaches Children about Civil Engineering Book Spotlights Written by civil engineer, Courtney Kelly, Celeste Saves the City and beautifully illustrated by Erin Niels...

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Sex in the City Star, Blair Underwood Discusses Casanegra

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Sex in the City Star, Blair Underwood Discusses Casanegra Author Interviews For more information visit https://aalbc.com/reviews/casanegra.htm Sex in the City Star, Blair Underwood and co-authors Tan...

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Hip-Hop City - Where Every Beat Tells a Story by Kim Goodlook Seabrook

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Hip-Hop City - Where Every Beat Tells a Story by Kim Goodlook Seabrook Author Interviews Created by Bronx-born poet and educator Kim GoodLook Seabrook, this colorful and nostalgic journey captures the...

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Floyd Mayweather Press Conference June 24th 2013, New York City

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Floyd Mayweather Press Conference June 24th 2013, New York City Literary Events Floyd "Money" Mayweather https://aalbc.it/fmjune2013 during press conference to promote September 14th bout against Can...

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Tavis Smiley Annouces Expansion of SmileyBooks

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Tavis Smiley Annouces Expansion of SmileyBooks Book Spotlights For more information visit https://aalbc.com/authors/tavis_smiley.htm Tavis Smiley annouced the expansion of SmileyBooks during a recepti...

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Sheilah Vance, author of Chasing the 400

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Sheilah Vance, author of Chasing the 400 Author Interviews For more information visit https://aalbc.com/reviews/chasing_the_400.htm Filmed at the 1st National Black Book Festival by AALBC.com; Sheila...

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three clips Author Interviews I started with the following prompt: "A black woman in her 60s is clearly middle class in a room filled with books Afrocentric art, and family photos. Her hairstyle is n...

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Joy Thomas Moore Interview Coming Jan 24, 2019

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Joy Thomas Moore Interview Coming Jan 24, 2019 Author Interviews As part of the AALBC Online Book Club, Author, Joy Thomas Moore (Wes Moores mom) will be interviewed by Doriel Inez Larrier live on Ja...

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Troy Johnson: Virgo Girl Media #Meet50Bloggers tour:

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Troy Johnson: Virgo Girl Media #Meet50Bloggers tour: Author Interviews I'm pleased to be interviewed by author and blogger Missy B. Salick as part of the Virgo Girl Media's #Meet50Bloggers tour: https...

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Wil Haygood, author of "The Butler: A Witness to History"

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Wil Haygood, author of "The Butler: A Witness to History" Author Interviews Wil Haygood (https://aalbc.it/wilhaygood), talks about his biography "The Butler: A Witness to History" which tells the stor...

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Wahida Clark the Official Queen of Street Lit

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Wahida Clark the Official Queen of Street Lit Author Interviews Buy Wahida Clark's Books: https://bit.ly/wahida Here Wahida talks about the 1st book under Yah Yah Publications, Uncle Yah Yah Part II ...

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African American Pavilion at BookExpo America 2005

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African American Pavilion at BookExpo America 2005 Book Spotlights Featuring exhibitors in the African American Pavilion at BookExpo America 2005. It held June 2–5, 2005 at the Jacob K. Javits Convent...

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The Future of Book Publishing from the WSJ’s Future of Everything Festival

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The Future of Book Publishing from the WSJ’s Future of Everything Festival Troy Johnson An excerpt from the WSJ’s Future of Everything Festival. The festival was held in New York City on May 18, 2022....

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Read Two Chapters of Keith Kareem Williams Work and You Will be Hooked!

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Read Two Chapters of Keith Kareem Williams Work and You Will be Hooked! Author Interviews Read two chapters of Death in the City by Keith Kareem Williams here: https://aalbc.com/books/excerpt.php?isbn...

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Author, Mickey See-Asia Talks About Her Book, Memoirs of Women in Blue

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Author, Mickey See-Asia Talks About Her Book, Memoirs of Women in Blue Book Spotlights Author Mickey See-Asia (Michele D. Croswell) speaks with AALBC.com at the Oxford Exchange Book Fair in Tampa Flor...

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Author Raven Talks About Her New Book, Women in Blue

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Author Raven Talks About Her New Book, Women in Blue Book Spotlights Author Raven (Ruth Segarra) speaks with AALBC.com at the Oxford Exchange Book Fair in Tampa Florida on May 7, 2017 about the book s...

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Best Books and Rich Treasures Book Store, Co-Owner Gigi Best

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Best Books and Rich Treasures Book Store, Co-Owner Gigi Best Book Spotlights Gigi Best-Richardson and Skip Richardson are co-owners of the Best Books and Rich Treasures antiquarian book store located ...

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Nicole, Tiphanie, and Glory's Favorite Bookstores

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Nicole, Tiphanie, and Glory's Favorite Bookstores Book Spotlights Nicole Dennis-Benn (https://aalbc.it/nicoledb), author of Here Comes The Sun; Tiphanie Yanique (https://aalbc.it/tiphanie), author of ...

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Jacqueline Woodson 2014 National Book Award Winner

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Jacqueline Woodson 2014 National Book Award Winner Book Spotlights Jacqueline Woodson (https://aalbc.it/jacwood) is presented with the 2014 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. The awar...

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Cornel West & Darryl Pinckney on Ferguson, MO (Oct. 22, 2014)

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Cornel West & Darryl Pinckney on Ferguson, MO (Oct. 22, 2014) Author Interviews Cornel West (https://aalbc.it/cornelbook) and Darryl Pinckney (https://aalbc.it/darrylbook) discuss the financialization...

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Jack Dorsey, CEO of Square hosts Marva Allen of Hue-Man Bookstore

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Jack Dorsey, CEO of Square hosts Marva Allen of Hue-Man Bookstore Book Spotlights From https://aalbc.com Here Jack Dorsey, CEO of Square, hosts Marva Allen of Hue-Man Bookstore and several other Harle...

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3 Minutes with Bestselling Novelist K'wan

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3 Minutes with Bestselling Novelist K'wan Book Spotlights More Info on K'wan: https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=K%26rsquo%3Bwan AALBC.com spent 3 minutes with bestselling crime novelist...

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Cynthia Kadohata - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013

Category: Poetry & Spoken Word

Cynthia Kadohata - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word For the other finalists please visit: https://aalbc.com/content.php?title=Coverage+of+the+64th+National+Book+Awards+2...

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Jhumpa Lahiri - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013

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Jhumpa Lahiri - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word For the other finalists please visit: https://aalbc.it/nbaward Jhumpa Lahiri, a 2013 National Book Awards Finalist Winner...

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George Packer - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013

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George Packer - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word For the other finalists please visit: https://aalbc.com/content.php?title=Coverage+of+the+64th+National+Book+Awards+2013...

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Adrian Matejka - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013

Category: Poetry & Spoken Word

Adrian Matejka - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word For the other finalists please visit: https://aalbc.it/nbaward Adrian Matejka, the 2013 National Book Awards Finalist, r...

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James McBride - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013

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James McBride - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word For the other finalists please visit: https://aalbc.com/content.php?title=Coverage+of+the+64th+National+Book+Awards+2013 ...

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Matt Rasmussen - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013

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Matt Rasmussen - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word For the other finalists please visit: https://aalbc.it/nbaward Matt Rasmussen, the 2013 National Book Awards Finalist, r...

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Mary Szybist - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013

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Mary Szybist - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word For the other finalists please visit: https://aalbc.com/content.php?title=Coverage+of+the+64th+National+Book+Awards+2013 M...

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Lawrence Wright - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013

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Lawrence Wright - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word For the other finalists please visit: https://aalbc.com/content.php?title=Coverage+of+the+64th+National+Book+Awards+201...

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Gene Luen Yang - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013

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Gene Luen Yang - National Book Award Finalist Reading 2013 Poetry & Spoken Word For the other finalists please visit: https://aalbc.com/content.php?title=Coverage+of+the+64th+National+Book+Awards+2013...

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Maya Angelou's Literarian Award Acceptance Speech - 20 Nov 2013

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Maya Angelou's Literarian Award Acceptance Speech - 20 Nov 2013 Author Interviews AALBC.com mourns the passing (May 28, 2014) of world renowned poet, author, and civil rights activist Maya Angelou: h...

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E.L. Doctorow Medal for Distinquished Contribution to American Letters Acceptance Speech

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E.L. Doctorow Medal for Distinquished Contribution to American Letters Acceptance Speech Author Interviews Visit https://aalbc.com/content.php?title=Coverage+of+the+64th+National+Book+Awards+2013 for ...

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James McBride: Acceptance Speech 2013 National Book Awards

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James McBride: Acceptance Speech 2013 National Book Awards Literary Events Learn More at: https://aalbc.com/content.php?title=Coverage+of+the+64th+National+Book+Awards+2013 Fiction selection committee...

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Rachel Kushner - National Book Award Finalist Reading

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Rachel Kushner - National Book Award Finalist Reading Poetry & Spoken Word For additional Coverage Visit: https://aalbc.com/content.php?title=Coverage+of+the+64th+National+Book+Awards+2013 Rachel Kush...

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Alan Taylor - National Book Award Finalist Reading

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Alan Taylor - National Book Award Finalist Reading Poetry & Spoken Word For additional Coverage Visit: https://aalbc.com/content.php?title=Coverage+of+the+64th+National+Book+Awards+2013 Alan Taylor, a...

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Charisse on Stephen L Carter's New Book

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Charisse on Stephen L Carter's New Book Book Spotlights More about A.L. Shields' (Stephen L. Carter) novel, THE CHURCH BUILDER https://aalbc.it/tcb2013 Video recorded by Troy Johnson of AALBC.com dur...

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Peter Slen Announces BookTV's Online Book Club

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Peter Slen Announces BookTV's Online Book Club Book Spotlights Sheryl Sandberg's book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead https://aalbc.it/ssleanin This book will be discussed on C-Span2's Boo...

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Rita Williams-Garcia on her novel "P.S. Be Eleven"

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Rita Williams-Garcia on her novel "P.S. Be Eleven" Book Spotlights Rita Williams-Garcia (https://aalbc.it/ritawg) Here Rita, an National Book Award finalist, introduces us to her latest book "P.S. Be ...

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George C. Fraser CEO of FraserNet, Inc. Author of Who Would Have Thunk It!

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George C. Fraser CEO of FraserNet, Inc. Author of Who Would Have Thunk It! Author Interviews George C. Fraser is Chairman & CEO of FraserNet, Inc. (https://bit.ly/georgefraser) Here he talks about his...

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Sister's Uptown Bookstore Hosts Jamal Joseph

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Sister's Uptown Bookstore Hosts Jamal Joseph Book Spotlights Sister's Uptown Bookstore hosted a presentation and conversation with Jamal Joseph author of Panther Baby on April 27, 2013. In this video...

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Kiini Ibura Salaam of "Ancient, Ancient"

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Kiini Ibura Salaam of "Ancient, Ancient" Author Interviews Kiini Ibura Salaam (https://bit.ly/kisalaam), Author of the Short Story Collection "Ancient, Ancient" Recorded by AALBC.com July 21, 2012 at ...

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Walter Zacharius, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Kensington Publishing

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Walter Zacharius, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Kensington Publishing Publishing & Craft Walter chats with AALBC.com President Troy Johnson and author Gwynne Forester about his impact on publishing...

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A Video Slide Show of Tavis Smiley's SmileyBooks Reception in NYC 2007

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A Video Slide Show of Tavis Smiley's SmileyBooks Reception in NYC 2007 Book Spotlights A slide show video of photographs taken during reception hosted by Tavis Smiley in NYC. Here is a video of Tavis'...

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Linda Duggins, Director of Multicultural Publicity Hachette Book Group, USA

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Linda Duggins, Director of Multicultural Publicity Hachette Book Group, USA Book Spotlights Linda A. Duggins is the Director of Multicultural Publicity at Hachette Book Group, USA. As Co-founder of th...

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Author Daniel Black Reading and Talk

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Author Daniel Black Reading and Talk Poetry & Spoken Word Author Daniel Black Readings from his latest novel: Twelve Gates to the City in Harlem NY December 9th 2011 at the Hue-man Book Store & Cafe

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Annette Gordon-Reed, 2010 MacArthur Fellow and legal scholar on Thomas Jefferson

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Annette Gordon-Reed, 2010 MacArthur Fellow and legal scholar on Thomas Jefferson Author Interviews Learn More about Annette Gordon-Reed: https://aalbc.it/annettegr This is an excerpt from historian A...

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The Kindergarten Shuffle - Trailer (AALBC.com Screening 9/23/10)

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The Kindergarten Shuffle - Trailer (AALBC.com Screening 9/23/10) Author Interviews Visit https://aalbc.it/kinshuff to learn more the screening The Kindergarten Shuffle follows parents Julia and Seth ...

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Victor LaValle reads from his novel Big Machine

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Victor LaValle reads from his novel Big Machine Book Spotlights For more information visit https://aalbc.com/authors/victordlavalle.htm Victor LaValle reads from his novel Big Machine. The reading to...

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6th Annual African American Pavilion at BEA

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6th Annual African American Pavilion at BEA Author Interviews Highlights from the 6th Annual African American Pavilion at Book Expo America. Filmed by AALBC.com on May 30th at the Jacob Javits Conven...

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Dripping Ink - Photo Exhibit - Opens AALBC.com Studio Spring 2009

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Dripping Ink - Photo Exhibit - Opens AALBC.com Studio Spring 2009 Author Interviews More Info: https://aalbc.com/event-coverage/Dripping-Ink-Exhibit Dripping Ink: Light Like a Feather, Heavy as Lead ...

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Felicia Pride celebrates publication of her book The Message

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Felicia Pride celebrates publication of her book The Message Book Spotlights For more information https://aalbc.com/authors/felicia_pride.htm Felicia Pride celebrates publication of her new book The ...

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