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Romance Slam Jam Convention
Romance Slam Jam Convention Virtual Now Romance Slam Jam is a VIRTUAL ROMANCE BOOK CONVENTION Originally held in a different city each year, the Romance Slam Jam convention is an annual book love...
Celeste O. Norfleet
Celeste O. Norfleet 0000000044260796 Celeste O. Norfleet is a bestselling author of over 20 acclaimed novels, winner of six Romance Slam Jam awards, and recipient of the BRAB 2016 Frances Ray Lifetim...
More Poetry!/Less Jam!
More Poetry!/Less Jam! Tara Betts Article More Poetry!/Less Jam! by Tara Betts Bruce George’s outgoing voicemail message at Phat Farm states "Don’t leave a message unless it&rsq...
AlTonya Washington
AlTonya Washington NONE AlTonya Washington is an award-winning romance novelist with 12 years of experience. She's won two Romantic Times Magazine Reviewer’s Choice Awards and the Romance Slam Jam EM...
Killing Poetry: Blackness and the Making of Slam and Spoken Word Communities
Killing Poetry: Blackness and the Making of Slam and Spoken Word Communities Javon Johnson 9780813580029 Poetry Rutgers University Press Rutgers University Press Winner of the 2019 Lilla A. Heston Awa...
Slam King Poetry Contest
Slam King Poetry Contest Slam King Poetry Contest SLAM KING POETRY CONTEST by Tehut-Nine T e h u t - N i n e The night was perfect...15 extremely talented poets came out, some ...
Slam!
Slam! Walter Dean Myers 9780545055741 Fiction Scholastic Paperbacks Scholastic Inc. An exciting, eye-catching repackage of acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers’ bestselling paperbacks, to coincide with ...
Sharina Harris
Sharina Harris NONE Sharina Harris, also known as Rina Gray, is a celebrated author of women's fiction and contemporary romance. With her background in digital marketing, she's a Romance Slam Jam nom...
Persona Non Grata
Persona Non Grata Christopher Michael 9780983350866 Poetry 310 Brown Street 310 Brown Street Persona Non Grata is the first full length collection of poetry and spoken word performance pieces from nat...
Niobia Bryant
Niobia Bryant 0000000033312351 Niobia Bryant is an award-winning author of over 30 romance and commercial fiction works. A two-time winner of RT Book Reviews’ Best African-American/Multicultural Roma...
Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention
Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention Calgary Canada The World Mystery Convention is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization which holds an annual convention in honor of Anthony Boucher, the disti...
It’s All About Love: Romance Readers Speak Out
It’s All About Love: Romance Readers Speak Out Gwendolyn Osborne Article Many Americans hold preconceived notions about romance fiction without having read one of these books. Their knowledg...
Slam Kicks: Basketball Sneakers That Changed the Game
Slam Kicks: Basketball Sneakers That Changed the Game Ben Osborne 9780789344458 Nonfiction Rizzoli International Publications Rizzoli International Publications With seventeen years of expertise as th...
Burning Down the House: Selected Poems from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe’s National Poetry Slam Champions
Burning Down the House: Selected Poems from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe’s National Poetry Slam Champions Roger Bonair-Agard, Stephen Colman, Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, Alix Olson and Lynne Procope 978188712...
William Evans
William Evans NONE William Evans, a renowned author, speaker, and MFA candidate, is a co-founder of Black Nerd Problems and creator of the Writing Wrongs Poetry Slam. He's a recipient of multiple gra...
Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam
Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera 9780609808405 Poetry Broadway Books Penguin Random House Bum Rush the Page is a groundbreaking collection, capturing the best new...
Jam, Too?
Jam, Too? JaNay Brown-Wood 9780593323762 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House Lustrous illustrations and a rhythmic text featuring a cumulative list of sounds bring to life the thrill of a...
Bing, Bop, Bam: Time to Jam!
Bing, Bop, Bam: Time to Jam! Valerie Bolling 9781419756313 Fiction Harry N. Abrams Harry N. Abrams A joyful, rhyming celebration of music and community, Bing, Bop, Bam: Time to Jam! is an upbeat...
Pet
Pet Akwaeke Emezi 9780525647072 Fiction Make Me a World Penguin Random House The highly-anticipated, genre-defying new novel by award-winning author Akwaeke Emezi that explores themes of identity and ...
Jam On The Vine: A Novel
Jam On The Vine: A Novel LaShonda Katrice Barnett 9780802123343 Fiction Grove Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. A new American classic: a dynamic tale of triumph against the odds and the compelling story of ...
Def Jam, Inc. : Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the Extraordinary Story of the World’s Most Influential Hip-Hop Label
Def Jam, Inc. : Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the Extraordinary Story of the World’s Most Influential Hip-Hop Label Stacy Gueraseva 9780345468048 Nonfiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random Hous...
MIM’s Christmas Jam
MIM’s Christmas Jam Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney 9780152019181 Fiction Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt The best part of Christmas is the whole family savoring Mim’s belly...
Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons 0000000115647139 Russell Simmons is a multifaceted entrepreneur, author, and producer, widely known as the Chair and CEO of Rush Communications and co-founder of Def Jam Recordings. H...
Russell Simmons - The "Success through Stillness" Interview - March 2014
Russell Simmons - The "Success through Stillness" Interview - March 2014 Kam Williams Interview Rap Mogul Reaps Benefits from Meditation Regimen Photo Credit David Shankbone Master entrepren...
Harmony Evans
Harmony Evans NONE Harmony Evans, an award-winning Harlequin Romance author based in NYC, is known for her acclaimed debut and is a double-finalist in the 2012 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Awards...
The Defeat of Black Power: Civil Rights and the National Black Political Convention of 1972
The Defeat of Black Power: Civil Rights and the National Black Political Convention of 1972 Leonard N. Moore 9780807169032 Nonfiction LSU Press Louisiana State University Press For three days in 1972 ...
Michelle Obama Addresses Convention
Michelle Obama Addresses Convention Kam Williams Interview Michelle Obama Addresses Convention: Heartfelt Speech Turns Undecided's Fears into Tears by Lloyd Willi...
Genesis Press Inc.
Genesis Press Inc. Loading Genesis Press Inc. is the home of Indigo Romance, the nation's leading line of African-American romance novels. Genesis is a pioneer in publishing diverse lines of ro...
Deborah Fletcher Mello
Deborah Fletcher Mello 0000000036839925 Deborah Fletcher Mello is a multi-faceted author and Renaissance woman with diverse career experience. Her debut novel earned her a Best New Author nomination,...
Sylvia Hubbard
Sylvia Hubbard NONE Sylvia Hubbard, a Detroit native and single mother, is a prolific romance author with over 40 books to her name. She founded the Motown Writers Network and co-created The Essence ...
Kayla Perrin
Kayla Perrin NONE Kayla Perrin, a USA TODAY and Essence bestselling author, is known for her mainstream and romance novels. Her first novel, Again, My Love, made it on Ingram's Top 50 Most Requested ...
Genesis Press Inc.
Genesis Press Inc. Troy Johnson Article Genesis Press Inc. is the home of Indigo Romance, the nation's leading line of African-American romance novels. Genesis is a pioneer in publishing dive...
I Write On Walls Because I Never Got A Happy Meal
I Write On Walls Because I Never Got A Happy Meal Brandon Harrison 9780998427065 Poetry 310 Brown Street 310 Brown Street “I Write on Walls Because I Never Got a Happy Meal” is the first full length c...
Barbara Fant
Barbara Fant 0000000114483152 Barbara Fant is an acclaimed poet who has been writing and performing for over fifteen years. She has competed in nine National Poetry Slam competitions and placed 8th ...
Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam On Broadway ... And More
Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam On Broadway ... And More Danny Simmons 9780743476225 Poetry Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. This upbeat, one-of-a-kind collection brings the Def poets - as featured i...
Tara Betts
Tara Betts NONE Tara Betts, a celebrated author and poet, is known for her educational efforts in arts programs and her work with GirlSpeak. She has been featured on HBO's Def Poetry Jam and the Blac...
Raising Hell: The Reign, Ruin, and Redemption of Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay
Raising Hell: The Reign, Ruin, and Redemption of Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay Ronin Ro 9780060781972 Nonfiction Harper Paperbacks HarperCollins The year is 1978. Saturday Night Fever is breaking box ...
Sierra Kay
Sierra Kay 0000000461326725 Sierra Kay is an award-winning author with a love for the written word. Encouraged by her mother to read widely, she has a fondness for everything from classical literatur...
Denise Bolds
Denise Bolds NONE Denise Bolds, a Harlem-born single mother, author, and community activist, uses her platform to empower underserved women and children. Known for her book on raising black sons and ...
Prince and Me: His #1 Fan: My Minneapolis Memories
Prince and Me: His #1 Fan: My Minneapolis Memories Andrea Foy Excerpt NEW YEAR’S EVE, PART 1 I spent New Year’s Eve 1992 in Minneapolis with friends I met from the Controversy Fan Clu...
Pat Simmons
Pat Simmons 0000000055458378 Pat Simmons, a seasoned author with 10 years of experience and 30+ titles to her name, is a passionate genealogy sleuth who often casts her ancestors in her novels. She h...
An Earl, the Girl, and a Toddler: A Remarkable and Groundbreaking Multi-Cultural Regency Romance Novel
An Earl, the Girl, and a Toddler: A Remarkable and Groundbreaking Multi-Cultural Regency Romance Novel Vanessa Riley 9781420152258 Fiction Zebra Kensington Publishing Corp. An OMag.com & Bibliolifesty...
Gwynne Forster
Gwynne Forster NONE Gwynne Forster (1922-2015) was a renowned and award-winning author, known for her romance and general fiction novels. Her work, featured in Black Expressions Magazine, earned her ...
Sharon C. Cooper
Sharon C. Cooper NONE Sharon C. Cooper is an award-winning, bestselling author of contemporary and romantic suspense novels. She's known for her love of romance, rainy days, and peanut butter and jel...
Sheryl Lister
Sheryl Lister NONE Sheryl Lister is an established author specializing in contemporary, inspirational romance and romantic suspense since 2009. Living in California, she's a dedicated wife, mother, a...
Kimani Press
Kimani Press Loading This Summer Sizzles With the Launch Of Kimani Romance�! Bestselling Authors Pen Sophisticated and Sexy Novels for the World's Only African-American Romance Series. N...
Right Where I Left You
Right Where I Left You Julian Winters 9780593206478 Fiction Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House “Some books are downright fun, and Right Where I Left You is one … Winters sends a quiet...
Grand Slammin 1999
Grand Slammin 1999 Grand Slammin 1999 From the People who brought you 360? A Revolution of Black Poets We’re taking the poetry from the page to the Stage. On June 12th, BlackWords presents ...
Swish!: The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters
Swish!: The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters Suzanne Slade 9780316481670 Nonfiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group The true story of the high-fly...
The Poet X
The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo 9780062662804 Fiction HarperTeen HarperCollins A National Book Award Longlist title! Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this ast...
Intermission
Intermission Tracie Morris 9781887128308 Poetry Soft Skull Press Soft Skull Press Tracie Morris has held Championship Titles in both the Nuyorican Grand Slam and the National Haiku Slam. Across th...
Paul Beatty
Paul Beatty 0000000084014450 Paul Beatty, born 1962, the first American to win the Man Booker Prize in 2016 for his novel “The Sellout.” An LA native and graduate of Brooklyn College and Boston Unive...
muMs the schemer
muMs the schemer NONE Craig Grant, known as muMs the Schemer, is a poet and actor from the Bronx, New York. He rose to fame in the documentary SlamNation and through his role as “Poet” in HBO's Oz. H...
Saul Williams
Saul Williams 0000000055187280 Saul Williams, hailed as the “Bob Marley of American poets” is a celebrated poet, actor, and spoken-word artist. Known for his vibrant and fearless writing, Williams ha...
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...
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe 0000000087759773 Arthur Ashe, born in 1943, was the first and only African-American male tennis player to win the U.S. Open, Wimbledon, and the Australian Open, with three Grand Slam titl...
Ted Joans
Ted Joans 0000000081560413 “Jazz is my religion.” Theodore “Ted” Joans was an acclaimed jazz poet, surrealist, trumpeter, and painter, known for his avant-garde work and criticism of compe...
Danez Smith
Danez Smith 0000000529080232 Danez Smith is an award-winning poet from St. Paul, Minnesota. Known for his works such as [insert] boy, his poetry explores themes of race, class, sexuality, faith, and ...
Daisy Copelin
Daisy Copelin NONE Daisy Copelin, a graduate of Nyack College and self-made author, uses her personal experiences of overcoming adversity to inspire young people through her writings. She founded the...
Oyinkan Braithwaite
Oyinkan Braithwaite 0000000472215924 Oyinkan Braithwaite, a Kingston University graduate in Creative Writing and Law, has worked in Nigerian publishing and children's entertainment. Now a freelance w...
Gabriel Bump
Gabriel Bump 0000000495871676 Gabriel Bump is an award-winning author featured in Slam Magazine, Huffington Post, and more. He received the 2016 Deborah Slosberg Memorial Award for Fiction and holds ...
Maxine Beneba Clarke
Maxine Beneba Clarke NONE Maxine Beneba Clarke, an Afro-Caribbean author and slam poet, wrote The Patchwork Bike and When We Say Black Lives Matter, aimed at explaining the concept of Black Lives Mat...
Venus Williams
Venus Williams 0000000114587007 Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) became a professional tennis player at the remarkable age of fourteen, immediately making waves in the sport by defeat...
aja monet
aja monet 0000000370068724 aja monet is a surrealist blues poet, storyteller, and organizer born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She won the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam poetry award title i...
Baby Dunks-A-Lot The Day the Basketballs Stopped Bouncing
Baby Dunks-A-Lot The Day the Basketballs Stopped Bouncing Jayson Tatum and Sam Apple 9781419771477 Fiction Abrams Books for Young Readers Abrams NBA champion Jayson Tatum’s all-star Baby Dunks-a-Lot i...
Baby Dunks-a-Lot
Baby Dunks-a-Lot Jayson Tatum and Sam Apple 9781419771460 Fiction Abrams Books for Young Readers Abrams NBA champion Jayson Tatum makes his picture book debut with a hilarious story about a baby who b...
All The Pretty Roses: A Tale of Bittersweet Love and Betrayal
All The Pretty Roses: A Tale of Bittersweet Love and Betrayal Sarah J. Heidelberg 9781545164273 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC All the Pretty Roses is set in a Southern University with a...
Bury My Clothes
Bury My Clothes Roger Bonair-Agard 9781608462698 Poetry Haymarket Books Haymarket Books Bury My Clothes, a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award for poetry, is a meditation on violence, race, and...
Blood Dazzler
Blood Dazzler Patricia Smith 9781566892186 Poetry Coffee House Press Coffee House Press In minute-by-minute detail, Patricia Smith tracks Hurricane Katrina as it transforms into a full-blown mistress ...
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks Crystal Wilkinson 9780593236512 Nonfiction Clarkson Potter Penguin Random House A lyrical culinary j...
Rasheeda the Zombie Killer
Rasheeda the Zombie Killer Jeff Carroll 9780982008768 Fiction Hip Hop Comix N Flix Hip Hop Comix N Flix When a deranged rap artist produces a song, which he calls the Death Jam, it turns all who hear ...
Do You!: 12 Laws To Access The Power In You To Achieve Happiness And Success
Do You!: 12 Laws To Access The Power In You To Achieve Happiness And Success Russell Simmons and Chris Morrow 9781592403684 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House Since rising out of the New York City...
Life And Def: Sex, Drugs, Money, + God
Life And Def: Sex, Drugs, Money, + God Russell Simmons 9780609807156 Nonfiction Three Rivers Press Three Rivers Press Russell Simmons, the original and eternal hip-hop mogul, is one of the most innova...
Cortney Gee
Cortney Gee NONE Cortney Gee, a comedian from Cleveland, Ohio, has performed on HBO's Def Jam, BET's ComicView, and The Jamie Foxx Show. Known for touring globally and bringing laughter to audiences,...
Danny Simmons
Danny Simmons 000000011447538X AALBC Mourns the Passing of Danny Simmons Daniel “Danny” Simmons is a globally recognized abstract-expressionist painter with works in prominent establishments like the ...
jessica Care moore
jessica Care moore 0000000043767122 jessica Care moore is an internationally renowned poet/ publisher/ activist/ rock star/ playwright and actor. She is a five-time Showtime at the Apollo winn...
LaShonda Katrice Barnett
LaShonda Katrice Barnett 0000000384767200 LaShonda Katrice Barnett is a renowned author and educator, known for her trilogy of plays and debut novel, “Jam on the Vine.” Twice nominated for the Pushca...
Gabriel Tolliver and Reggie Osse
Gabriel Tolliver and Reggie Osse MULTIPLE Reggie Ossé, a former entertainment lawyer at Def Jam Records, is experienced in recording, publishing, and management agreements. He later retired and auth...
Heru Ptah
Heru Ptah NONE Heru Ptah is a multifaceted writer, known for his work as a poet, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He's appeared on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, CNN, and has a novel published by MTV B...
Georgia Woodbine
Georgia Woodbine NONE Georgia Woodbine is an accomplished author of several books on personal development and success, with over 15 years of entrepreneurial business success. She has extensive experi...
Staceyann Chin
Staceyann Chin 0000000040460475 Staceyann Chin is a multifaceted poet, actor, and artist known for her memoir “The Other Side of Paradise” and her performances in Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam. Feat...
The 1st National Black Book Festival Houston Texas
The 1st National Black Book Festival Houston Texas Literary Events The National Black Book Festival (NBBF) is an annual event, sponsored jointly by Cushcity.com, the world's largest African-American r...
Black Romance Book Fest
Black Romance Book Fest JW Marriott Buckhead Atlanta Georgia The Black Romance Book Fest aims to amplify and honor the diverse narratives of Black love in romance literature. This event is a vibrant p...
Bombshell Romance
Bombshell Romance Bombshell Romance Bombshell Romance, LLC
Bombshell Romance
Bombshell Romance Bombshell Romance, LLC Bombshell Romance
The Yahoo Boys: Love, Deception, and the Real Lives of Nigeria’s Romance Scammers
The Yahoo Boys: Love, Deception, and the Real Lives of Nigeria’s Romance Scammers Carlos Barragán 9780374609306 Nonfiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Macmillan Publishers A New York Times Most Anticipa...
Follow Your Heart
Follow Your Heart Brenda Jackson 9781335250988 Fiction HQN Harlequin Enterprises Limited "Jackson is a master at writing."—Publishers Weekly "Brenda Jackson writes romance that sizzles and characters ...
Heart’s Kiss: Issue 10, August-September 2018: Featuring L. Penelope
Heart’s Kiss: Issue 10, August-September 2018: Featuring L. Penelope L. Penelope 9781612424187 Fiction Heart’s Nest Press Heart’s Nest Press A Magazine Celebrating Romance: Issue 10: August-September ...
Introducing Delaney Diamond, USA Today Bestselling Author
Introducing Delaney Diamond, USA Today Bestselling Author Troy Johnson Article Delaney Diamond is the USA Today Bestselling Author of sweet, sensual, passionate romance novels and is the manager ...
Rochelle Alers
Rochelle Alers 0000000057307055 Rochelle Alers has been hailed by readers and booksellers alike as one of today’s most prolific African American authors of romance and women’s fiction. With more ...
Walter Zacharius
Walter Zacharius NONE Walter Zacharius (1923-2011) was a WWII veteran and a noted philanthropist. He co-founded Kensington Publishing in 1974, expanding the romance genre and supporting diverse reade...
Alice Wootson
Alice Wootson NONE Alice Greenhowe Wootson is a retired teacher and acclaimed author of thirteen novels, including romance and romantic suspense. A prize-winning poet, member of various writers' asso...
Lauren Lacey
Lauren Lacey NONE Lauren Lacey, an indie Romance author and digital strategist, has optimized global brands including PwC. She's the former marketing lead for Mastercard and AMEX gift cards, and a Fo...
Deanna Grey
Deanna Grey NONE Deanna Grey is a romance author known for writing New Adult stories centered on Black women, including sapphic romance and contemporary love stories. Her work often explores ambitio...
Kimani Press
Kimani Press Troy Johnson Article This Summer Sizzles With the Launch Of Kimani Romance�! Bestselling Authors Pen Sophisticated and Sexy Novels for the World's Only African-American Roman...
National Book Festival
National Book Festival Walter E. Washington Convention Center Washington, DC District of Columbia Mark your calendars for the 18th Library of Congress National Book Festival, Saturday, Sept. 1, at the...
2007 NAACP Author Pavilion
2007 NAACP Author Pavilion 2007 NAACP Author Pavilion THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. For the first time, the NAACP will sponsor ...
Hustle & Grind Urban Literary Convention
Hustle & Grind Urban Literary Convention Detriot Michigan If you’ve never attended one of our events you’re in store for something special. Whether it be book signings, movie theater buyo...
East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention
East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention Temple University Student and Faculty Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania
The Oxford Handbook of Children’s Rights Law
The Oxford Handbook of Children’s Rights Law Jonathan Todres and Shani M. King 9780190097608 Nonfiction Oxford University Press, USA Oxford University Press Children’s rights law is a relatively young...