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Self-Publishing Symposium 2008, Gloria Mallette, Karen E. Quinones Miller, Richard Jeanty, and more
Self-Publishing Symposium 2008, Gloria Mallette, Karen E. Quinones Miller, Richard Jeanty, and more Publishing & Craft
Karen E. Quinones Miller
Karen E. Quinones Miller 0000000050390888 Karen E. Quinones Miller, born in Harlem, experienced street life as a teen, joined the Navy at 22, and later became a journalist. She worked for The Philade...
Gloria Mallette
Gloria Mallette NONE Gloria Mallette is a renowned author who began her career self-publishing “Shades of Jade” which was later picked up by Random House and made several best-sellers lists. Her work...
Mayme Johnson and Karen E. Quinones Miller
Mayme Johnson and Karen E. Quinones Miller MULTIPLE "Mayme Johnson and Karen E. Quinones Miller are accomplished authors, known for their riveting storytelling. Johnson's real-life experiences inspir...
A Novelist’s Staying Power: Interview with Gloria Mallette
A Novelist’s Staying Power: Interview with Gloria Mallette DuEwa M. Frazier Interview I first met Gloria Mallette in 2000 at an author event at Zawadi Gifts in Brooklyn. Gloria ...
Richard Jeanty
Richard Jeanty NONE Richard Jeanty is a nationally bestselling author and the founder of RJ Publications, a leading independent publishing house focused on Black literature. As an author, Jeanty has...
Gloria Takes a Stand: How Gloria Steinem Listened, Wrote, and Changed the World
Gloria Takes a Stand: How Gloria Steinem Listened, Wrote, and Changed the World Jessica M. Rinker 9781681196763 Nonfiction Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Publishing Perfect for fans of I Dissent...
An Angry-Ass Black Woman
An Angry-Ass Black Woman Karen E. Quinones Miller 9781451607826 Fiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The autobiographical novel from the author of Uptown Dreams and Satin Doll Karen E. Quinone...
Karen Hunter
Karen Hunter NONE Karen Hunter, a distinguished radio host and former New York Daily News reporter, is renowned for her Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism and as the first African-American female news...
The Honey Well
The Honey Well Thumper Book Review I had never made a wish like this before. Believe me; I don't harbor any gender bending, transsexual fantasies. But, after reading Gloria Mallette’s lat...
Daaimah S. Poole
Daaimah S. Poole NONE Daaimah S. Poole, author of Yoyo Love, began writing to produce stories relatable to her own experiences. Despite balancing motherhood and work, she devoted time to her writing,...
Using What You Got: A Novel
Using What You Got: A Novel Karen E. Quinones Miller 9780743246149 Fiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. In Using What You Got, Karen E. Quinones Miller returns to her beloved Harlem to spi...
Allison Hobbs and Karen E. Quinones Miller
Allison Hobbs and Karen E. Quinones Miller MULTIPLE
Apologies That Never Came
Apologies That Never Came Pierre Alex Jeanty 9781524850647 Poetry Andrews McMeel Publishing Andrews McMeel Publishing Self-made poet and social media sensation Pierre Jeanty has triumphed once again w...
Pierre Alex Jeanty
Pierre Alex Jeanty NONE Pierre Alex Jeanty is a Haitian-American author and entrepreneur, known for sharing life experiences and wisdom through his poetic writings. He aims to inspire men to improve ...
Most Dangerous Gang in America: The NYPD
Most Dangerous Gang in America: The NYPD Richard Jeanty 9780976927792 Nonfiction RJ Publications RJ Publications Black men are increasingly being victimized by the police in New York and other major c...
If There Be Pain
If There Be Pain Gloria Mallette 9780758211590 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. From acclaimed author Gloria Mallette comes a story of a man living his wildest dreams and confronting his wo...
Karen Lynn Williams
Karen Lynn Williams 0000000063701972 Karen Lynn Williams, born in 1952, is a renowned author of over a dozen children's books, including the acclaimed 'GALIMOTO'. She's also a former Peace Corps volu...
Dethroned: The Dark Side of Money II
Dethroned: The Dark Side of Money II d. E. Rogers 9780970880871 Fiction REGI Books REGI Books It was an epic, fierce, fight which left many deaths in her path, and when the smoke cleared Gloria had lo...
The Honey Well
The Honey Well Gloria Mallette 9780758204684 Fiction Kensington Kensington Publishing Corp. Money has put Arnell Rayford’s mother, Esther, exactly where she’s always to be—-comfortably ensconced in t...
Distant Lover
Distant Lover Gloria Mallette 9780758204714 Fiction Kensington Kensington Publishing Corp. For thirty-seven-year-old Tandi Crawford, the past is a double-edged sword. On one side is the agonizing myst...
I’m Telling
I’m Telling Thumper Book Review For those who are curious as to whether Karen E. Quinones Miller successfully evades the mythical writers’ "sophomore slump" with her latest novel, I&...
Karen Hunter Publishing
Karen Hunter Publishing Simon & Schuster, Inc. KKR & Co. Inc. Pocket Launches Karen Hunter Imprint By Felicia Pride – Publishers Weekly, 10/8/2007 7:11:00 AM This month, bestselling aut...
Richard the Great
Richard the Great Carol Denise Mitchell 9781974596584 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC It is the most touching novel ever written! It will send families home to their loved ones. Carol Den...
The Collected Poems of E. Ethelbert Miller
The Collected Poems of E. Ethelbert Miller E. Ethelbert Miller 9780996139021 Poetry Aquarius Press/Willow Books Aquarius Press/Willow Books “The volume itself and the poems chosen for its publication ...
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 0000000115887079 Gloria J. Browne-Marshall is a civil rights attorney, writer, playwright, and Constitutional Law professor at John Jay College (CUNY). She previously taught...
Between Sisters
Between Sisters Adwoa Badoe 9780888999962 Fiction Groundwood Books Anansi Press The future looks bleak indeed for 16-year-old Gloria. Living in a poor area of Accra, she dreams of becoming a dressmake...
Q&A with Gloria Rolando on her film Reshipment Recalls Little-Known Chapter of Haitian-Cuban History
Q&A with Gloria Rolando on her film Reshipment Recalls Little-Known Chapter of Haitian-Cuban History Kam Williams Interview Gloria Rolando’s Documentary Film, Reshipment, Recalls a Little-Known Chapt...
Ida B.
Ida B. Karen E. Quinones Miller 9780991052370 Fiction Oshun Publishing Company, Inc. Oshun Publishing Company, Inc. VISIT THE IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT TOWER, a subsided apartment building in Harlem that t...
Harlem Godfather: The Rap On My Husband, Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson
Harlem Godfather: The Rap On My Husband, Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson Mayme Johnson and Karen E. Quinones Miller 9780967602837 Nonfiction Oshun Publishing Company, Inc. Oshun Publishing Company, Inc. ...
Karen English
Karen English NONE Karen English, renowned for her children's books, is a multiple award-winning author recognized for addressing racial injustice. Raised in 1960s Los Angeles, she began writing at a...
NBWC Biennial Symposium
NBWC Biennial Symposium Medgar Evers College Brooklyn New York In 2025, honoring Tony Medina and Rita Williams-Garcia for their contributions to Black Young Adult & Middle Grade Literature. The Bienn...
Satin Doll: A Novel
Satin Doll: A Novel Karen E. Quinones Miller Excerpt Bang! The sound was loud, but not quite jarring enough to register instant recognition in her reefer-dulled brain. It could have been a fire...
Passin’
Passin’ Karen E. Quinones Miller 9780446696050 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group Shanika Ann Jenkins is the pride of her African-American family; smart, beautiful, and born with blu...
Hittin’ It Out The Park
Hittin’ It Out The Park Allison Hobbs and Karen E. Quinones Miller 9781593096106 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Secrets abound in this scintillating, drama-fuelled novel about a love tri...
Satin Doll: A Novel
Satin Doll: A Novel Karen E. Quinones Miller 9780743214346 Fiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. Until that fateful moment when she was shot and left for dead, Regina Harris was living la vi...
Uptown Dreams
Uptown Dreams Karen E. Quinones Miller 9780743296083 Fiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. Twenty-five-year-old Brenda Carver is a writer and a welfare mother of four children; Rosa Rivera i...
Satin Nights
Satin Nights Karen E. Quinones Miller 9780446578448 Fiction Warner Books Hachette Book Group Regina Harris has been through it all, orphaned at 13 and forced to use street wits to survive. Now living ...
Uptown Dreams: A Novel
Uptown Dreams: A Novel Karen E. Quinones Miller 9780743260022 Fiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. Twenty-five-year-old Brenda Carver is a writer and a welfare mother of four children; Rosa...
I’m Telling: A Novel
I’m Telling: A Novel Karen E. Quinones Miller 9780743214353 Fiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. Eleven-year-old Faith Freeman has a secret: She saw her stepfather molesting her twin sister...
If There Be Pain
If There Be Pain Jayne Cubbage Book Review On the surface it appears that Gloria Mallette has designed her latest novel, If There Be Pain to read like a chronicle of the life of Kyle Lawson, a selfi...
Her. Vol. 3
Her. Vol. 3 Pierre Alex Jeanty 9781524880644 Poetry Andrews McMeel Publishing Andrews McMeel Publishing Self-made poet and social media sensation Pierre Alex Jeanty provides the final piece to his stu...
Promises to Keep
Promises to Keep Thumper Book Review Your beloved son is murdered and your family slowly begins falling apart. How do you hold it all together, your family, yourself and find the murderer of your s...
Heal. Grow. Love. (Carla DuPont)
Heal. Grow. Love. (Carla DuPont) Pierre Alex Jeanty 9781949191158 Poetry Jeanius Publishing Jeanius Publishing Written with love and soul, "Heal. Grow. Love." is a collection of poetry and prose penne...
E. Ethelbert Miller
E. Ethelbert Miller 0000000083478974 E. Ethelbert Miller is a writer and literary activist. He was born in 1950 and grew up in New York City. A graduate of Howard University, he was one of the...
Laura Patrice: What’s done in the dark, shall come to the light (Dark Secrets- Novella) (Volume 1)
Laura Patrice: What’s done in the dark, shall come to the light (Dark Secrets- Novella) (Volume 1) Johanna Sparrow 9781518652752 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Is it me or do certain ...
MVP Reloaded
MVP Reloaded Jihad Shaheed Uhuru 9780970610263 Fiction Envisions Publishing, LLC Envisions Publishing, LLC Its been five years since Karen Parker killed her father and brother. Not a day has passed th...
Karen E. Osborne
Karen E. Osborne NONE Karen E. Osborne, adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University and board member of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, is a renowned author, consultant, and coac...
Karen Walrond
Karen Walrond NONE Karen Walrond is a lawyer, leadership coach, activist, and senior director for Brené Brown Education and Research Group. She's a Certified Dare To Lead™ Facilitator, photographe...
Karen’s Prize: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #10)
Karen’s Prize: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #10) Shauna J. Grant 9781546110071 Fiction Graphix Scholastic Inc. Another graphic novel in this fun series spin-off of The Baby-sitters Club...
Karen Baicker
Karen Baicker NONE Karen Baicker is a publisher at Scholastic, developing programs for communities in need. She has served as Director of Community Affairs and Editorial Director of Professional Deve...
Gloria Naylor
Gloria Naylor 0000000117658077 Gloria Naylor, a prize-winning author, known for her novels like 'The Women of Brewster Place', 'Linden Hills', and 'Mama Day', also wrote essays, screenplays, and stag...
Gloria Naylor Discusses Her Novel The Men of Brewster Place on Barnesandnoble.com
Gloria Naylor Discusses Her Novel The Men of Brewster Place on Barnesandnoble.com Gloria Naylor Article Moderator: Welcome, Gloria Naylor! Thank you for taking the time to join us online this evening...
What I Should’ve Texted
What I Should’ve Texted Pierre Alex Jeanty 9781524880651 Poetry Andrews McMeel Publishing Andrews McMeel Publishing What I Should’ve Texted is a collection of words that have been buried. A spill of h...
What’s Done In The Dark
What’s Done In The Dark Gloria Mallette 9780758211576 Fiction Kensington Kensington Publishing Corp. From the moment Celeste Dawson was born, her big sister, Katrina, had it in for her. And as much as...
When We Practice To Deceive
When We Practice To Deceive Gloria Mallette 9780870678653 Fiction Holloway House Kensington Publishing Corp. Mass Market Paperback
Living, Breathing Lies
Living, Breathing Lies Gloria Mallette 9780967878928 Fiction Gemini Press Gemini Press Breathe a lie, live a lie. That’s what Nadirah Lewis learns when she uncovers the stunning lie she was forced to ...
Promises to Keep: A Novel (Strivers Row)
Promises to Keep: A Novel (Strivers Row) Gloria Mallette 9780375757440 Fiction Villard Villard New from the author of the national bestseller Shades of Jade: a story about the tragic loss of a son, th...
Sassy
Sassy Gloria Mallette 9780967878935 Fiction Gemini Press Gemini Press A successful romance novelist, Sassy is a woman looking to fulfill her own fantasy. When the man of her dreams step right out of t...
Shades of Jade: A Novel (Strivers Row)
Shades of Jade: A Novel (Strivers Row) Gloria Mallette 9780375757433 Fiction Villard Villard Terrance. Louis. Wayne. Eric. Marissa had been warned: One of these days you’re gonna mess with the wrong w...
How I Found Love Behind the Catcher’s Mask: Poems
How I Found Love Behind the Catcher’s Mask: Poems E. Ethelbert Miller 9781947951594 Poetry City Point Press City Point Press One can watch many baseball games before seeing a triple play. With this bo...
Fathering Words: The Making Of An African American Writer
Fathering Words: The Making Of An African American Writer E. Ethelbert Miller 9781574780567 Poetry Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Moving beyond the loss of both his father and brother, E.Ethe...
David Miller
David Miller 0000000081542995 David C. Miller, a Baltimore author and Ph.D. candidate, is renowned for his work, “Dare to Be King,” a 52-week curriculum teaching young African American males survival...
Richard Prince
Richard Prince 0000000081682656 Richard Prince, a veteran journalist and recipient of the Ida B. Wells Award, is known for his news column on diversity issues, “Richard Prince's Journal-isms”, and fo...
AALBC.com Workshops for Writers
AALBC.com Workshops for Writers Troy Johnson Article Self-Publishing Workshop Saturday, December 6th 2008 - Harlem, New York Postponed until March 2009 Co-sponsored with ...
Pimpin’ Ken and Karen Hunter
Pimpin’ Ken and Karen Hunter MULTIPLE Pimpin' and Karen Hunter are authors renowned for their insightful writings. Their work resonates with readers, offering enlightening perspectives on various sub...
Mason Betha and Karen Hunter
Mason Betha and Karen Hunter MULTIPLE "Mason Betha and Karen Hunter are renowned authors, known for their influential works across different genres. Betha is a former rapper turned preacher and Hunte...
Wendy Williams and Karen Hunter
Wendy Williams and Karen Hunter MULTIPLE Wendy Williams and Karen Hunter are renowned authors known for their insightful and captivating writing. Their works encompass various genres, reflecting thei...
La La Anthony and Karen Hunter
La La Anthony and Karen Hunter MULTIPLE La La Anthony and Karen Hunter are acclaimed authors known for their diverse works. Anthony is a renowned TV personality and actress, while Hunter is a Pulitze...
Donda West and Karen Hunter
Donda West and Karen Hunter MULTIPLE Donda West and Karen Hunter are accomplished authors known for their insightful writings. Their work reflects their diverse experiences and perspectives, making t...
Jonathan Plummer and Karen Hunter
Jonathan Plummer and Karen Hunter MULTIPLE Jonathan Plummer and Karen Hunter are renowned authors known for their engaging writing style. Plummer made waves in the literary world with his candid narr...
Naleighna Kai and Karen D. Bradley
Naleighna Kai and Karen D. Bradley MULTIPLE Karen D. Bradley and Naleighna Kai are acclaimed authors known for their engaging writing style. Their works often explore themes of love, relationships, a...
Karen Grigsby Bates
Karen Grigsby Bates NONE Karen Grigsby Bates is an LA-based NPR News correspondent, known for her work on All Things Considered and The Tavis Smiley Show. She has significantly expanded the show's co...
Karen H. St. Hilaire
Karen H. St. Hilaire NONE Karen H. St. Hilaire is a visionary strategist with over 20 years in personal development and consulting. As the CEO of Kadence LLC, she leverages her expertise to effect so...
Felicia Pride, Debbie Rigaud, and Karen Valentin
Felicia Pride, Debbie Rigaud, and Karen Valentin MULTIPLE Felicia Pride, Debbie Rigaud, and Karen Valentin are renowned authors known for their significant contributions to literature. Their works en...
Time For Revenge 2: The Black Revolution
Time For Revenge 2: The Black Revolution Richard Jeanty 9781939284044 Fiction RJ Publications RJ Publications A tragic injustice strikes during what should have been a moment of peace, forever alterin...
Patricia Bell-Scott, Gloria T. Hull, and Barbara Smith
Patricia Bell-Scott, Gloria T. Hull, and Barbara Smith MULTIPLE Patricia Bell-Scott, Gloria T. Hull, and Barbara Smith are renowned authors, known for their influential work in literature and social ...
Gloria Oden
Gloria Oden 0000000382838642 Gloria Catherine Oden (1923-2011) was a renowned poet, editor, and English professor from New York. A Pulitzer Prize nominee for her poetry collection 'Resurrections', sh...
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu NONE Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, born in 1977, is a Zimbabwean writer, filmmaker, and academic with a PhD from Stanford. She has published research on Saartjie Baartman and made the ...
Gloria Wade-Gayles
Gloria Wade-Gayles 0000000080941716 Gloria Wade Gayles, Ph.D., is an esteemed scholar, literary critic, and essayist. She was honored as the Eminent Scholar's Chair at Spelman College in 2000 for Ind...
Victoria Scott-Miller
Victoria Scott-Miller NONE Victoria Scott-Miller is an acclaimed entrepreneur, author, and owner of North Carolina's first black-owned children's bookstore. She's notable for creating 'The Museum Liv...
Time For Revenge: The Black Revolution
Time For Revenge: The Black Revolution Richard Jeanty 9781939284037 Fiction RJ Publications RJ Publications When Kane Black decided to take his wife, Candace, and their twin boys to the park for a bre...
Bedroom Bandit
Bedroom Bandit Richard Jeanty 9780978637361 Fiction RJ Publications RJ Publications It may not be Histeria Lane, but these desperate housewives are fed up with their neglecting husbands. Their sexual ...
Where the Black Designers Are: A Life in Advocacy
Where the Black Designers Are: A Life in Advocacy Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller 9781797225722 Nonfiction PA Press Princeton Architectural Press Celebrated designer, writer, activist, and educator Cheryl D. ...
Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller
Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller NONE Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller, born in 1952, is a prominent advocate for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the graphic design industry. An American BIPOC communications desig...
May Miller
May Miller 0000000066423568 May Miller was born on January 26, 1899, in Washington, D.C. Her father, Kelly Miller, was a well-known scholar, professor, and sociologist at Howard University, and thei...
We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope
We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older 9781668095959 Fiction Saga Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. Winner of the Lo...
Richard Wesley
Richard Wesley 0000000078408226 Richard Wesley, born in 1945, is a celebrated playwright, screenwriter, and associate professor of Playwriting and Screenwriting. He graduated from Howard University i...
Awop Bop Aloo Mop: Little Richard: A Life of Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll…and Religion
Awop Bop Aloo Mop: Little Richard: A Life of Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll…and Religion Tina Andrews 9780998226064 Nonfiction The Malibu Press The Malibu Press As much music history as biography, “A Wop Bop...
Shades of Jade
Shades of Jade Thumper Book Review I was debating on whether I should start this review by writing All Hail The New Queen. Why not? I'll only live once, so, All Hail The New Queen of AA mystery...
Distant Lover
Distant Lover Thumper Book Review "Ooooo, she makes me SICK!! She does this to me every time!" I heard this from my good friend Steve right after I said hello when I answered the phone. A...
Runagate Multimedia
Runagate Multimedia Runagate Multimedia Runagate Multimedia Runagate Multimedia kalamu or Kysha Brown 504-581-2963 Send email to: Runagate@aol.com Many thousands rise and go ma...
Runagate Multimedia
Runagate Multimedia Runagate Multimedia Runagate Multimedia Runagate Multimedia kalamu or Kysha Brown 504-581-2963 Send email to: Runagate@aol.com Many thousands rise and go ma...
Karen Good Marable
Karen Good Marable NONE Karen Good Marable, a Texas-born writer, is known for her essays and music journalism. Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, Oxford American, and more. She now resides...
Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Cafe Society to Hollywood to HUAC
Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Cafe Society to Hollywood to HUAC Karen Chilton 9780472034475 Nonfiction University of Michigan Press University of Michigan Press "“Karen C...
Patrik Henry Bass and Karen Pugh
Patrik Henry Bass and Karen Pugh MULTIPLE Patrik Henry Bass and Karen Pugh are renowned authors, recognized for their significant contributions to literature and their diverse range of published work...
Karen Simpson
Karen Simpson 0000000120853527 Karen Simpson is a passionate writer and historian with a Master's in Historic Preservation. She designs exhibits focusing on cultural diversity and racial reconciliati...
Karen Chilton
Karen Chilton NONE Karen Chilton is a NY-based actor, writer, and acclaimed voice-over artist. Known for narrating numerous audiobooks like 'Running to Fall', she's won three AudioFile Earphones Awar...
S.L. Jennings, Naleighna Kai, J.D. Mason, Shakir Rashaan, London St. Charles, Sierra Kay, Karen D. Bradley, Anita L. Roseboro, and MarZé Scott
S.L. Jennings, Naleighna Kai, J.D. Mason, Shakir Rashaan, London St. Charles, Sierra Kay, Karen D. Bradley, Anita L. Roseboro, and MarZé Scott MULTIPLE "S.L. Jennings, Naleighna Kai, J.D. Mason, Shak...
Karen Eubanks Jackson
Karen Eubanks Jackson NONE Karen Eubanks Jackson, a 27-year, four-time breast cancer survivor, is the founder and CEO of Sisters Network Inc., the only nationwide African American breast cancer survi...