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Robin Coste Lewis Acceptance Speech - 2015 National Book Awards
Robin Coste Lewis Acceptance Speech - 2015 National Book Awards Literary Events
Robin Coste Lewis
Robin Coste Lewis NONE Robin Coste Lewis, a Provost's Fellow at USC, Cave Canem fellow and LA Institute for Humanities fellow, is known for her wide-ranging poetry. With an MFA from NYU and MTS from ...
To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness
To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness Robin Coste Lewis 9781524732585 Poetry Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House A genre-bending exploration of poetry, photography, and human migration—an...
Archive of Desire: A Poem in Four Parts for C. P. Cavafy
Archive of Desire: A Poem in Four Parts for C. P. Cavafy Robin Coste Lewis 9781524732608 Poetry Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House The National Book Award, PEN/Voelcker Award, and NAACP Image...
Voyage of the Sable Venus: and Other Poems
Voyage of the Sable Venus: and Other Poems Robin Coste Lewis 9781101875438 Poetry Knopf Penguin Random House A stunning poetry debut: this meditation on the black female figure throughout time introdu...
W. Paul Coates Literarian Award Acceptance Speech from the 2024 National Book Awards
W. Paul Coates Literarian Award Acceptance Speech from the 2024 National Book Awards W. Paul Coates Article Watch a Video of Walter Mosleys’s Introduction and Paul Coates Acceptance Speech. ...
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...
Keep Going No Matter What: The Reginald F. Lewis Legacy: 20 Years Later
Keep Going No Matter What: The Reginald F. Lewis Legacy: 20 Years Later Ponchitta Pierce and Produced by Loida Lewis 9780988631816 Nonfiction Bookmark Publishing Bookmark Publishing Featuring intervie...
Rupert Lewis and and Maureen Warner-Lewis
Rupert Lewis and and Maureen Warner-Lewis MULTIPLE Rupert Lewis and Maureen Warner-Lewis are renowned authors specializing in Caribbean culture and history. Their work significantly contributes to li...
David Levering Lewis
David Levering Lewis 0000000121202232 David Levering Lewis is a Pulitzer Prize-winning professor and historian at New York University. He has written extensively on American civil rights history and ...
Reginald F. Lewis
Reginald F. Lewis 0000000082053675 Reginald F. Lewis (1942-1993) was an influential American businessman, known as the richest African-American in the 1980s with an estimated net worth of $400 millio...
The Vegucation of Robin: How Real Food Saved My Life
The Vegucation of Robin: How Real Food Saved My Life Robin Quivers 9781583334737 Nonfiction Avery Penguin Random House Howard Stern’s celebrated sidekick, Robin Quivers presents her vegan cookbook and...
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America Ellis Cose 9780062999719 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins An urgent examination of free speech in America—addressing “cancel culture,” “accep...
The Edna Lewis Cookbook
The Edna Lewis Cookbook Edna Lewis 9781604191066 Nonfiction Hunter Lewis Foundation Hunter Lewis Foundation The Edna Lewis Cookbook, Lewis’s first book, published in 1972, contains over 100 recipes, a...
Robin Roberts
Robin Roberts 0000000081478575 Robin Roberts, anchor of ABC's “Good Morning America,” is a three-time Emmy Award winner. A cum laude graduate in communications and standout basketball player from Sou...
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement (Reissue)
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement (Reissue) John Lewis and Michael D'Orso 9781476797717 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. An award-winning national bestseller, Walking w...
Death of the Willie Lynch Speech: Exposing the Myth
Death of the Willie Lynch Speech: Exposing the Myth Manu Ampim 9781574780574 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Finally, proof that the Willie Lynch Speech is a hoax! Supposedly giv...
The Speech: The Story behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream
The Speech: The Story behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream Kam Williams Book Review “A great speech is both timely and timeless. First and foremost, it must touch and move its immediate ...
The Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis the Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis
The Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis the Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis Kathleen Benson 9781620148549 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books This new entry in the innovative “Story” li...
Soft Spots
Soft Spots Leila Renee 9780063438378 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Raven Leilani’s Luster meets Halle Butler’s The New Me in Soft Spots, a darkly funny and off-kilter coming-of-age novel about a recen...
Robin Roberts and Veronica Chambers
Robin Roberts and Veronica Chambers MULTIPLE Robin Roberts is a renowned television broadcaster and cancer survivor, known for her work on ABC's Good Morning America. Veronica Chambers is a prolific ...
Ozlem Sensoy and Robin Diangelo
Ozlem Sensoy and Robin Diangelo MULTIPLE Özlem Sensoy and Robin Diangelo are renowned authors and educators. They specialize in social justice issues, with a focus on race and privilege. Their work a...
Robin L. Smith and Courtney B. Vance
Robin L. Smith and Courtney B. Vance MULTIPLE "Robin L. Smith and Courtney B. Vance are renowned authors known for their compelling narratives. Smith's expertise lies in psychological thrillers while...
Robin Walker
Robin Walker 000000006356551X Robin Walker is a London-born author and editor known for his work on Black history and culture. He co-edited the influential Black Community Reports and authored books ...
Robin W. Pearson
Robin W. Pearson NONE Robin W. Pearson is a Southern-rooted author whose writing is inspired by her family history and faith. A Wake Forest University graduate and experienced editor, she's been a fi...
Robin DiAngelo
Robin DiAngelo 0000000043595922 DiAngelo Actively Supports Black-Owned Bookstores Robin DiAngelo, PhD, is a seasoned academic, author, and lecturer specializing in racial and social justice. She has o...
John Lewis
John Lewis 0000000114586629 Born to sharecroppers, John Robert Lewis became a key figure in the US Civil Rights Movement. As chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and a speaker at...
His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope Jon Meacham 9781984855022 Nonfiction Random House Penguin Random House An intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime U...
Ta-Nehisi Coates' Acceptance Speech - 2015 National Book Awards
Ta-Nehisi Coates' Acceptance Speech - 2015 National Book Awards Literary Events
John Lewis
John Lewis Denise Lewis Patrick 9781665907880 Nonfiction Simon Spotlight Simon & Schuster, Inc. Get to know John Lewis, social justice activist and politician, in this fascinating nonfiction Level 3 R...
Power List Best-Selling Books • Spring 2015
Power List Best-Selling Books • Spring 2015 Troy Johnson Article Multi-Title Authors Find Success on Spring 2015 Edition of the Power List of Best-Selling African-American Books May 22, 2015 ...
John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement Kathleen Benson 9781584302506 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books How does an Alabama sharecropper’s son grow up to help change his ...
Lewis Kelley
Lewis Kelley NONE Lewis Kelley, a dedicated family man and grandfather, is a former lieutenant of the Denver Fire Department and US Army veteran. He has two sons, a standup comedian and a musician/ac...
Voice to Voice: The Girls Write Now 2015 Anthology
Voice to Voice: The Girls Write Now 2015 Anthology Troy Johnson Article Voice to Voice: The Girls Write Now 2015 Anthology Paperback: 299 pages Publisher: Girls Write Now (2015) (May 19, 2015) Dim...
Edna Lewis
Edna Lewis 000000006657645X Edna Lewis, one of the greatest American chefs, revived Southern cooking almost single-handedly. Commemorated by a US Postal stamp, she was often referred to as “the Gra...
James W. Lewis
James W. Lewis NONE James W. Lewis, an award-winning novelist and freelance writer, is a managing partner at The Pantheon Collective publishing company. Known for his debut novel 'Sellout', he has re...
The Invisible Ache: Black Men Identifying Their Pain and Reclaiming Their Power
The Invisible Ache: Black Men Identifying Their Pain and Reclaiming Their Power Robin L. Smith and Courtney B. Vance 9781538725139 Nonfiction Balance Hachette Book Group A moving combination of memoir...
From the Heart: Eight Rules to Live By
From the Heart: Eight Rules to Live By Robin Roberts 9781401309589 Nonfiction Hyperion Books Hachette Book Group We often hear that success requires pushing the boundaries, coloring outside the lines,...
Robin L. Smith
Robin L. Smith 0000000052540907 Dr. Robin L. Smith is a licensed psychologist, famed NY Times bestselling author, and media personality, known for appearances on Oprah and Good Morning America. She h...
Q & A with Robin W. Pearson
Q & A with Robin W. Pearson Robin W. Pearson Interview Robin W. Pearson’s writing sprouts from her Southern roots, where she learned to sing “Jesus Loves Me,” how to make corn bread...
Surviving Paris: A Memoir of Healing in the City of Light
Surviving Paris: A Memoir of Healing in the City of Light Robin Allison Davis 9780063353138 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins A deeply personal account of a young Black woman who set out to shake up he...
Everybody’s Got Something
Everybody’s Got Something Robin Roberts and Veronica Chambers 9781455578450 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group "Regardless of how much money you have, your race, where you li...
Sports Injuries: Stay Safe And (Get in the Game! with Robin Roberts)
Sports Injuries: Stay Safe And (Get in the Game! with Robin Roberts) Robin Roberts 9780761314493 Nonfiction Millbrook Press Lerner Publishing Group Book by Roberts, Robin
Which Sport Is Right For You? (Get in the Game! with Robin Roberts)
Which Sport Is Right For You? (Get in the Game! with Robin Roberts) Robin Roberts 9780761314752 Nonfiction Millbrook Press Lerner Publishing Group Book by Roberts, Robin
Robin Bernstein
Robin Bernstein 0000000055442771 Robin Bernstein is a Harvard professor specializing in American History, African Studies, and Gender Studies. She authored award-winning book “Racial Innocence” and “...
Hood Tales, Volume 1: Maid for You and Robin the Hood
Hood Tales, Volume 1: Maid for You and Robin the Hood C. N. Phillips 9781622866199 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Rising Urban Books star C. N. Phillips delivers modern fairytales wit...
Robin D. G. Kelley
Robin D. G. Kelley 0000000109206628 Robin D. G. Kelley is a History professor at UCLA and author of notable books like Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination and Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Commun...
Brittney Cooper, Susana M. Morris, and Robin M. Boylorn
Brittney Cooper, Susana M. Morris, and Robin M. Boylorn MULTIPLE "Brittney Cooper, Susana M. Morris, and Robin M. Boylorn are renowned authors known for their significant contributions to literature ...
Robin Page
Robin Page 0000000078589629 Robin Page, a Cincinnati native, is a UCLA and UC Irvine educated author residing in Los Angeles. Her debut novel, Small Silent Things, reflects her experiences as a displ...
Colin Kaepernick, Robin D. G. Kelley, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Colin Kaepernick, Robin D. G. Kelley, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor MULTIPLE Colin Kaepernick, Robin D. G. Kelley, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Rhonda Wells-Wilbon and Robin D. Stone
Rhonda Wells-Wilbon and Robin D. Stone MULTIPLE Dr. Rhonda Wells-Wilbon and Robin D. Stone
March Book One
March Book One John Lewis and Andrew Aydin 9781603093002 Nonfiction Top Shelf Productions Top Shelf Productions Congressman John Lewis is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights m...
Reginald F. Lewis Before Tlc Beatrice: The Young Man Before The Billion-Dollar Empire
Reginald F. Lewis Before Tlc Beatrice: The Young Man Before The Billion-Dollar Empire Lin Hart 9780985347925 Nonfiction LHA Publishing Company LHA Publishing Company As the man behind the unprecedente...
The Dancing Mind: Speech Upon Acceptance of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished C Ontribution to American Letters
The Dancing Mind: Speech Upon Acceptance of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished C Ontribution to American Letters Toni Morrison 9780375400322 Nonfiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin...
Because of You, John Lewis
Because of You, John Lewis Andrea Davis Pinkney 9781338759082 Nonfiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. An inspiring story of a friendship between Congressman John Lewis and 10-year-old activist Tyb...
Why Should White Guys Have All The Fun?: How Reginald Lewis Created A Billion-Dollar Business Empire
Why Should White Guys Have All The Fun?: How Reginald Lewis Created A Billion-Dollar Business Empire Reginald F. Lewis and Blair S. Walker 9781574780369 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Pr...
Loida Lewis
Loida Lewis 000000008483319X Loida Nicolas Lewis is a Filipino-American CEO, immigration lawyer, and philanthropist. As the current chairperson of TLC Beatrice, she oversees diverse business sectors....
Nominee Shares Her Experience at the 2015 NAACP Image Awards Ceremony for Outstanding Literary Work
Nominee Shares Her Experience at the 2015 NAACP Image Awards Ceremony for Outstanding Literary Work Gwen Richardson Article African-American authors rarely receive national recognition for their work...
Sarah Lewis
Sarah Lewis 0000000434612603 Sarah Lewis is the founder of Vision & Justice and the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities and Associate Professor of African and African American Studies ...
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America Ellis Cose 9780062999726 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Named one of Newsweek’s 25 Must-Read Fall Fiction and Nonfiction Books to Escape th...
The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’S Dream
The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’S Dream Gary Younge 9781608463220 Nonfiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DELIVERED his powerful I Have a Dream” spe...
James McBride: Acceptance Speech 2013 National Book Awards
James McBride: Acceptance Speech 2013 National Book Awards Literary Events
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...
Cicely Lewis
Cicely Lewis NONE Cicely Lewis, a Georgia-based school librarian, is passionate about fostering reading habits. She initiated the Read Woke challenge in 2017, addressing social issues and literature ...
Nate Powell
Nate Powell 0000000078269174 Nate Powell, born in 1978, is a New York Times best-selling graphic novelist known for “March,” the autobiography of John Lewis. A self-publisher from age 14, Powell's aw...
Edmonia Lewis: Wildfire in Marble
Edmonia Lewis: Wildfire in Marble Rinna Evelyn Wolfe 9780382397134 Nonfiction Silver Burdett Pr Silver Burdett Pr Edmonia Lewis endured prejudice throughout her life from those who saw her as a savag...
Joan Wright Lewis
Joan Wright Lewis NONE Jamaican-born author Joan Wright Lewis, now a US citizen, is known for her works that inspire youth and young adults to embrace self-love, pursue dreams, and foster genuine fri...
Vip: Lewis Latimer: Engineering Wizard
Vip: Lewis Latimer: Engineering Wizard Denise Lewis Patrick 9780062978073 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Get ready to light up the world with Lewis Latimer in this exciting middle grade nonfic...
Loida Lewis and Blair S. Walker
Loida Lewis and Blair S. Walker MULTIPLE Loida Lewis and Blair S. Walker are renowned authors known for their impactful literature. Lewis's works focus on business, while Walker excels in mystery and...
Rudolph Lewis
Rudolph Lewis NONE Rudolph Lewis is an author and the Editor and Founder of ChickenBones: A Journal one of the webs most importsant and oldest websites Rudolph Lewis (born 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland...
My Story, My Song - Mother-Daughter Reflections On Life And Faith
My Story, My Song - Mother-Daughter Reflections On Life And Faith Lucimarian Roberts, Robin Roberts, and Missy Buchanan 9780835811071 Fiction Upper Room Upper Room Publishers Weekly * Good Morning Am...
Freedom of Speech: Mightier Than the Sword
Freedom of Speech: Mightier Than the Sword David K. Shipler 9780307947611 Nonfiction Vintage Penguin Random House A provocative, timely assessment of the state of free speech in America With his be...
The Rise And Fall Of Black Wall Street: The Seven Key Empowerment Principles
The Rise And Fall Of Black Wall Street: The Seven Key Empowerment Principles Robin Walker 9781499363920 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Did you know that African Americans in Oklahoma ...
What Does It Mean to Be White?; Developing White Racial Literacy
What Does It Mean to Be White?; Developing White Racial Literacy Robin DiAngelo 9781433111150 Nonfiction Peter Lang Publishing Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. “Rarely will one find an analysis of whitenes...
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...
Everything, Everything
Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon 9780553496642 Fiction Delacorte Press Penguin Random House Madeline Whittier is allergic to the outside world. So allergic, in fact, that she has never left the hous...
Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh
Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh Robin Givhan 9780593444122 Nonfiction Crown Penguin Random House “An illuminating … biography and cultural history” (– The New York Times)...
Robin Allison Davis
Robin Allison Davis NONE Robin Allison Davis is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, writer, and producer based in Paris and born and raised in the Washington, DC, area. After a ten-year television car...
Robin D. Stone
Robin D. Stone NONE Robin D. Stone, MA, LMHC-D, CPT, is a psychotherapist, poetry therapist, wellness coach, and longtime journalist. In her Manhattan private practice, Stone works primarily with Bl...
Robin Givhan
Robin Givhan 0000000034232441 Robin Givhan (born September 11, 1964) is The Washington Post’s senior critic-at-large, writing about politics, race, and the arts. Previously, she covered the fashi...
March Book Two
March Book Two John Lewis and Andrew Aydin 9781603094009 Nonfiction Top Shelf Productions Top Shelf Productions Don’t miss the long-awaited sequel to the #1 bestseller March: Book One! Congressman ...
Kwame Nkrumah’s Midnight Speech for Independence
Kwame Nkrumah’s Midnight Speech for Independence Useni Eugene Perkins 9780940975866 Nonfiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. On a humid March night in 1957, Kwame Nkrumah made history. While thous...
Mdw Dtr: Divine Speech: A Historiographical Reflection of African Deep Thought from the Time of the Pharaohs to the Present Paperback
Mdw Dtr: Divine Speech: A Historiographical Reflection of African Deep Thought from the Time of the Pharaohs to the Present Paperback Jacob Carruthers 9780907015949 Nonfiction Karnak House Karnak Hous...
L.A. Lewis
L.A. Lewis NONE Bestselling author L.A. Lewis from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is known for her Dirty Little Secrets series. She's a contributing writer for Motherhood Diaries and a member of M-LAS writi...
The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom, and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights
The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom, and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights William P. Jones 9780393082852 Fiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. A brilliant history that go...
Professor Chazelle Advocates Christian Social Activism in Keynote Speech Delivered at Medieval Studies Conference
Professor Chazelle Advocates Christian Social Activism in Keynote Speech Delivered at Medieval Studies Conference Kam Williams Interview Professor Chazelle Advocates Christian Social Activism...
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...
Jenifer Lewis
Jenifer Lewis 0000000114741342 “The Mother of Black Hollywood” Jenifer Lewis, renowned Hollywood actress, has starred in over 300 films and TV shows including ABC's Black-ish. She has als...
Black Women Lead the Way Promoting Black Culture through Books
Black Women Lead the Way Promoting Black Culture through Books Troy Johnson Article “Where a woman rules, streams run uphill.” —Ethiopian proverb AALBC.com’s Bestselling Books - January to February ...
Top 40 Books Read by African Americans
Top 40 Books Read by African Americans Troy Johnson Article Power List Best-Selling Books • Winter 2015 NAACP Image Award Literary Nominees Well Represented on Winter Edition of the Power List of ...
Carry on: Reflections for a New Generation
Carry on: Reflections for a New Generation John Lewis 9781538707128 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group A brilliant and empowering collection of final reflections and words of wisd...
Heidi R. Lewis
Heidi R. Lewis NONE Dr. Heidi R. Lewis is an Associate Professor and Director of the Feminist & Gender Studies Program at Colorado College. Specializing in Feminist Theory, Hip Hop Culture, and Criti...
Look Younger When You’re Older: (No Botox, No Surgery)
Look Younger When You’re Older: (No Botox, No Surgery) Loida Lewis 9798217089147 Nonfiction Storehouse Voices Penguin Random House Advice and wisdom from entrepreneur, bestselling author, and business...
Unstoppable John: How John Lewis Got His Library Card—And Helped Change History
Unstoppable John: How John Lewis Got His Library Card—And Helped Change History Pat Zietlow Miller 9780593524909 Nonfiction Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A poignant picture book ...
John Lewis: A Life
John Lewis: A Life David Greenberg 9781982142995 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. A comprehensive, authoritative biography of Civil Rights icon John Lewis, “the conscience of the Con...
Across That Bridge
Across That Bridge John Lewis 9780316510936 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group "The most important lesson I have learned in the fifty years I have spent working toward the bu...
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Rowan Ricardo Phillips 0000000077578485 Rowan Ricardo Phillips, an acclaimed poet and author, is recognized for books like Heaven and The Ground. Winner of the 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship, his work ha...
Preaching to the Chickens
Preaching to the Chickens Jabari Asim 9780399168567 Nonfiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House Critically acclaimed author Jabari Asim and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator E. B. Lewis gi...
The Gift of Southern Cooking: Recipes and Revelations from Two Great American Cooks: A Cookbook
The Gift of Southern Cooking: Recipes and Revelations from Two Great American Cooks: A Cookbook Edna Lewis 9780375400353 Nonfiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House Edna Lewis—acclaimed aut...
John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
John Lewis and Andrew Aydin MULTIPLE Nate Powell, John Lewis, and Andrew Aydin are an acclaimed trio of authors, known for their significant contributions to literature. (l to r) Nate Powell, John Le...