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Terry reads from her next book August 1st 2008 (Getting To Happy)
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Terry Wells-Jones
Terry Wells-Jones NONE Terry Wells-Jones, a graduate from the University of Wisconsin, is a retired businesswoman and one of the first Black models of the 1960s. She broke barriers as the first woman...
Terry McMillan
Terry McMillan 000000011827688X Terry McMillan, born in 1951, is a celebrated author and screenwriter known for her novels, four of which have been adapted into films. She fell in love with books as ...
Lucy Terry
Lucy Terry NONE Lucy Terry Prince, born in West Africa (1730-1821), was a poet, storyteller, and activist known for being the first African American woman to compose a poem. Kidnapped and sold into s...
Reflections! (paperback): Looking in the Mirror
Reflections! (paperback): Looking in the Mirror Terry Wells-Jones 9781639374526 Nonfiction Dorrance Publishing Dorrance Publishing “This was the first time the newspaper had featured a Black (Negr...
Reflections!: Looking in the Mirror
Reflections!: Looking in the Mirror Terry Wells-Jones 9781639374243 Nonfiction Dorrance Publishing Dorrance Publishing “This was the first time the newspaper had featured a Black (Negro) model and...
Terry DeRon
Terry DeRon NONE Terry DeRon, a dynamic writer with a unique writing style, served in the US Army before obtaining a Television/Film production degree from Southern University. He used his military b...
Terry Crews - The “Blended” Interview (2014)
Terry Crews - The “Blended” Interview (2014) Kam Williams Interview Terry Crews - The “Blended” Interview Since retiring from the NFL, Terry Crews has traded in his helmet and cleats to purs...
Terry O’Neal
Terry O’Neal 0000000046143681 Terry O’Neal is a self-published author. Writing has been a wonderful experience for her. It brings out her inner deepest thoughts and feelings. Terry believes that ...
August Snow (An August Snow Novel)
August Snow (An August Snow Novel) Stephen Mack Jones 9781616957186 Fiction Soho Crime Soho Crime Winner of the Hammett PrizeFrom the wealthy suburbs to the remains of Detroit’s bankrupt factory distr...
Terry Crews - “The Expendables” Interview
Terry Crews - “The Expendables” Interview Kam Williams Interview Hailing from Flint, Michigan, Terry Crews has not only one of the most recognizable faces around, but maybe one of the mo...
Terry E. Hill
Terry E. Hill NONE Terry E. Hill, a renowned author compared to E. Lynn Harris and Eric Jerome Dickey, has a rich background in social services, spanning over 15 years. A native of Southern Californi...
AALBC.com eNewsletter - August 1st 2012 - #193
AALBC.com eNewsletter - August 1st 2012 - #193 Troy Johnson Article Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle Help AALBC.com support our...
Terry L. Wroten
Terry L. Wroten NONE Terry L. Wroten, a former Four-Trey Gangsta Crips member, transformed his life to serve the community he once terrorized. Now residing in Los Angeles, he's focusing on his next n...
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It&rsqupo;s OK if You’re Clueless: and 23 More Tips for the College Bound
It&rsqupo;s OK if You’re Clueless: and 23 More Tips for the College Bound Terry McMillan 9780670032983 Fiction Viking Books Penguin Random House When her son Solomon graduated from high school, Terry ...
Chris L. Terry
Chris L. Terry NONE Chris L. Terry was born in 1979 to an African American father and an Irish American mother. He has an MA in English from Virginia Commonwealth University and a creative writing M...
K’wan, J.M. Benjamin, Terry L. Wroten, Randy Thompson, and J-Rod Nider
K’wan, J.M. Benjamin, Terry L. Wroten, Randy Thompson, and J-Rod Nider MULTIPLE K'wan, J.M. Benjamin, Terry L. Wroten, Randy Thompson, and J-Rod Nider are accomplished authors, each bringing unique s...
Brandon M. Terry
Brandon M. Terry NONE Brandon M. Terry is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University and the co-director of the Institute on Policing, Incarceration, and Publi...
Lives Laid Away (An August Snow Novel)
Lives Laid Away (An August Snow Novel) Stephen Mack Jones 9781616959593 Fiction Soho Crime Soho Crime Detroit ex-cop August Snow takes up vigilante justice when his beloved neighborhood of Mexicantown...
The Wedding Date
The Wedding Date Jasmine Guillory 9780399587665 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House One of… • Entertainment Weekly’s “12 Romances for V-Day” • Cosmopolitan’s “2018 Anticipated Read...
August Wilson
August Wilson 0000000368634467 August Wilson (1945-2005), two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning African American playwright, is renowned for his Pittsburgh Cycle, a series of 10 plays each set in a unique ...
JaNay Brown-Wood
JaNay Brown-Wood NONE JaNay Brown-Wood is a celebrated children's author and educator, known for her award-winning book, “Imani's Moon.” She teaches as an ECE professor at American River College and ...
Getting to Happy
Getting to Happy Terry McMillan 9780451233349 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry McMillan’s exuberant return to the four unforgettable heroines of Wa...
Getting To Happy
Getting To Happy Terry McMillan 9780670022045 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House An exuberant return to the four unforgettable heroines of Waiting to Exhale—the novel that changed African American fi...
Vegan Soul Kitchen: Fresh, Healthy, and Creative African-American Cuisine
Vegan Soul Kitchen: Fresh, Healthy, and Creative African-American Cuisine Bryant Terry 9780738212289 Nonfiction Da Capo Press Perseus Books Group The mere mention of soul food brings thoughts of greas...
Terry Teachout
Terry Teachout 0000000029005543 Terry Teachout, born on February 6, 1956, is a multi-talented individual known for his work as a critic, biographer, librettist, author, playwright, and blogger. Terry...
Bryant Terry
Bryant Terry 0000000036406863 Bryant Terry, NAACP Image and James Beard Award-winning chef and author of Afro-Vegan and Vegetable Kingdom, is celebrated for his contributions towards a sustainable fo...
Terry J. Stokes
Terry J. Stokes NONE Terry J. Stokes is an associate pastor and author with degrees from Yale and Princeton Seminary. He writes on prayer practices, contributes to Episcopal publications, and is an e...
Terry Alford
Terry Alford 0000000058885607 Terry Alford is an award-winning author and historian specializing in American history, race relations, and the Civil War era. He earned a Ph.D. in history from Mississ...
August Frost
August Frost Monique Roffey 9780871138699 Fiction Atlantic Monthly Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. A sparkling first novel, August Frost is a story of transformation and self-discovery from a writer of tre...
And Then He Sang a Lullaby
And Then He Sang a Lullaby Ani Kayode 9780802160751 Fiction Roxane Gay Books Grove Atlantic, Inc. The inaugural title from Roxane Gay Books, And Then He Sang a Lullaby is a searingly honest and resona...
Brixton Stories and Happy Birthday, Mister Deka D: The Short and Happy Life of Ossic Jones
Brixton Stories and Happy Birthday, Mister Deka D: The Short and Happy Life of Ossic Jones Biyi Bandele 9780413771810 Fiction Berg 3Pl Berg Publishers Two plays by one of Britain’s most prolific young...
Happy: Simple Steps to Get the Most Out of Life
Happy: Simple Steps to Get the Most Out of Life Ian K. Smith 9780312606350 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers Happiness isn’t the too-brief rush that comes from getting something you’v...
Who Asked You?
Who Asked You? Terry McMillan 9780670785698 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House Family ties are tested and transformed in the new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author of Waiting to Exhale an...
Caribbean Reads Publishing
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NEW Reads Publications
NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications
Caribbean Reads Publishing
Caribbean Reads Publishing Caribbean Reads Publishing Caribbean Reads Publishing
NEW Reads Publications
NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications NEW Reads Publications
I Almost Forgot about You
I Almost Forgot about You Terry McMillan 9781101902592 Fiction Crown Publishing Group Penguin Random House Original Hardcover Published June 7, 2016 #1 AALBC.com bestselling author, Terry McMillan is...
Black Food
Black Food Robert Fleming Book Review Black food, aka Soul food, is celebrated all over the world for its delicious ingredients, tangy flavors, homegrown recipes, and traditional richness. This book,...
Feed Your Mind: A Story of August Wilson
Feed Your Mind: A Story of August Wilson Jen Bryant 9781419736537 Nonfiction Abrams Books for Young Readers Abrams A celebration of August Wilson’s journey from a child in Pittsburgh to one of America...
Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora
Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora Bryant Terry 9781984859723 Nonfiction 4 Color Books Penguin Random House A beautiful, rich, and groundbreaking book exploring Bla...
Inside the Fall
Inside the Fall Terry E. Hill 9780963914729 Fiction ReGeJe Press ReGeJe Press Inside the Fall caused Barnes & Noble Booksellers to do a double take. Barnes & Noble took a second look at the thrilling...
The Shirt Off His Back: A Novel (Strivers Row)
The Shirt Off His Back: A Novel (Strivers Row) Parry Brown 9780345491244 Fiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House After a brief relationship in college, Catherine and Terry found themselves t...
Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement
Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement Brandon M. Terry 9780674271289 Nonfiction Belknap Press Harvard University Press A landmark reinterpretation of the civil ...
Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remix
Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remix Bryant Terry 9781607745310 Nonfiction Ten Speed Press Penguin Random House African, Caribbean, and southern food are all known and...
Game Recognize Game - A Novel
Game Recognize Game - A Novel Terry DeRon 9780615307060 Fiction Terry DeRon Terry DeRon Game Recognize Game is a dynamic story highlighting the games and deceptions men and women use on one another wh...
August 2018 eNewsletter Recommended Reads, Videos, and More
August 2018 eNewsletter Recommended Reads, Videos, and More Troy Johnson Article Videos from the National Book Club Conference I attended the 2018 National Book Club Conference August 3rd and 4th....
What Happened to the Best African American Literary Magazines?
What Happened to the Best African American Literary Magazines? Troy Johnson Article I'm a collector. My family calls it hoarding. While I'm a big proponent of electronic books, I still love to sur...
State of the Black Union 2008
State of the Black Union 2008 Kam Williams Article Obama’s Conspicuous Absence Overshadows Annual Gathering State of the Black Union 2008 by Kam Williams Senator Barack Obama...
Looking for Happy
Looking for Happy Judy Allen Dodson Book Review “Some days, Happy is Hard to Find” as we set out on a quest in this heartfelt and hopeful picture book, Looking For Happy, which follows a ...
Avidly Reads Passages
Avidly Reads Passages Michelle D. Commander 9781479806171 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press “What is the value of Black life in America?” In Avidly Reads Pa...
Prayers for the People: Things We Didn’t Know We Could Say to God
Prayers for the People: Things We Didn’t Know We Could Say to God Terry J. Stokes 9780593239438 Nonfiction Convergent Books Penguin Random House A collection of timely, stirring, and witty prayers tha...
Getting Up and Getting On
Getting Up and Getting On Idrissa Uqdah Book Review Time Can Help Heal Wounds Second time novelist MBridges is back with another Betty Jean title; Getting Up and Getting On. Th...
Gem of the Ocean (1900s Century Cycle)
Gem of the Ocean (1900s Century Cycle) August Wilson 9781559362801 Fiction Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group “No one except perhaps Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams has ai...
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August House Publishers August House Publishers August House Publishers
The Rib King
The Rib King Ladee Hubbard 9780062979063 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins "Ladee Hubbard’s voice is a welcome original." —Mary GaitskillUpstairs, Downstairs meets Parasite: The acclaimed author of The Ta...
Wicker King
Wicker King K. Ancrum 9781250101556 Fiction Square Fish Macmillan Publishers The Wicker King is a psychological young adult thriller that follows two friends struggling as one spirals into madness. ...
Jitney (1970s Century Cycle)
Jitney (1970s Century Cycle) August Wilson 9781468314496 Fiction The Overlook Press The Overlook Press Rereleased in time for its first Broadway run, Jitney is the seventh in Wilson’s 10-play cycle ...
August Wilson Century Cycle
August Wilson Century Cycle August Wilson 9781559363075 Fiction Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle (10 plays covering 10 decades) 1900s - ...
John H. Bracey Jr., August Meier, and Elliott Rudwick
John H. Bracey Jr., August Meier, and Elliott Rudwick MULTIPLE John Bracey Jr., August Meier, and Elliott Rudwick are renowned authors known for their significant contributions in literature. Their ...
Terry Mcmillan: The Unauthorized Biography
Terry Mcmillan: The Unauthorized Biography Diane Patrick 9780312267858 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Novelist Terry McMillan is widely considered to be the preeminent voice of y...
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
How Stella Got Her Groove Back Terry McMillan 9780451209146 Fiction NAL NAL Stella Payne is forty-two, divorced, a high-powered investment analyst, mother of eleven-year-old Quincy- and she does it al...
If I Survive You
If I Survive You Jonathan Escoffery 9780374605988 Fiction MCD Macmillan Publishers "If I Survive You is a collection of connected short stories that reads like a novel, that reads like real life, that...
The Interruption of Everything
The Interruption of Everything Terry McMillan 9780670031443 Fiction Viking Books Penguin Random House "Being a lifetime wife and mother has afforded me the luxury of having multiple and even simultane...
Lucy Terry Prince, Singer Of History: A Brief Biography
Lucy Terry Prince, Singer Of History: A Brief Biography David R. Proper 9781882374021 Nonfiction Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assn./Historic Deerfield Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assn./Historic Deerfield D...
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell M.T. Pope, Tina Brooks Mckinney, Brenda Hampton, and Terry E. Hill 9781601623386 Fiction Urban Renaissance Urban Renaissance Private Kyle Sullivan is a happily married m...
It Was the Way She Said It: Short Stories, Essays, and Wisdom
It Was the Way She Said It: Short Stories, Essays, and Wisdom Terry McMillan 9780593357149 Fiction Ballantine Books Penguin Random House From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How Stella Got...
The Good Braider
The Good Braider Terry Farish 9781477816288 Fiction Skyscape Amazon Publishing In spare free verse laced with unforgettable images, Viola’s strikingly original voice sings out the story of her family’...
Hunter Hayes
Hunter Hayes 0000000356472077 Author Hunter Hayes returns to the literary scene after a hiatus. Known for his critically-acclaimed novels, Shoes On the Otha' Foot and A Pair Like No Otha', Hayes is n...
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
A Day Late and a Dollar Short Terry McMillan 9780451211088 Fiction NAL NAL Much-heralded and long awaited, Terry McMillan’s tour-de-force novel introduces the Price family-matriarch Viola, her sometim...
Rosalyn McMillan
Rosalyn McMillan NONE Rosalyn McMillan (1953-2017) was a prolific author from Michigan who penned six popular novels. She lived in Memphis, Tennessee with her husband and enjoyed knitting and fishing...
Black Card
Black Card Chris L. Terry 9781646220199 Fiction Catapult Catapult In this NPR Best Book of the Year, a mixed-race punk rock musician must face the real dangers of being Black in America in this “wise ...
Vegetable Kingdom
Vegetable Kingdom Bryant Terry 9780399581045 Nonfiction Ten Speed Press Penguin Random House NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER • “Phenomenal … transforms the kitchen into a site for creating global culinary en...
Committee
Committee Terry E. Hill 9781622867226 Fiction Urban Renaissance Urban Renaissance The Committee is a beguiling tale that twirls Illuminati conspiracy, New Orleans voodoo, American politics and a subpl...
Blacktrospective 2008 - Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema
Blacktrospective 2008 - Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/the_se11.jpg Film Review Kam's Annual Assessment of the Best (and...
Jesus and the Abolitionists: How Anarchist Christianity Empowers the People
Jesus and the Abolitionists: How Anarchist Christianity Empowers the People Terry J. Stokes 9798889830818 Nonfiction Broadleaf Books 1517 Media Isn't anarchy just chaos? How could it possibly rela...
Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington
Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington Terry Teachout 9781592407491 Nonfiction Avery Penguin Random House A major new biography of Duke Ellington from the acclaimed author of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong ...
Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong Terry Teachout 9780547386379 Nonfiction Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Louis Armstrong is widely known as the greatest jazz musician of the twentieth century. ...
The Massacre
The Massacre K’wan, J.M. Benjamin, Terry L. Wroten, Randy Thompson, and J-Rod Nider 9780982492031 Fiction A New Quality Publishing A New Quality Publishing Gang Related by Terry L. Wroten Vice Vers...
Terry McMillan Speaks out on the ill of the publishing industry
Terry McMillan Speaks out on the ill of the publishing industry Troy Johnson Article The following link points to a letter, written by Terry McMillan, on the ills of the publishing industry. The let...
Mama
Mama Terry McMillan 9780451216717 Fiction NAL NAL The explosive novel that introduced #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry McMillan-now in a new trade edition.
Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing
Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing E. Lynn Harris and Marita Golden 9780767910415 Fiction Broadway Books Penguin Random House A literary rent party to benefit the Hurston/Wright Founda...
When Divas Laugh: The Diva Squad Poetry Collective
When Divas Laugh: The Diva Squad Poetry Collective Ienett Nefertiti Allen, Linda Joy Burke, and Jaki Terry 9781580730310 Poetry Black Classic Press Black Classic Press This mesmerizing collection of v...
Breaking Ice: An Anthology Of Contemporary African-American Fiction
Breaking Ice: An Anthology Of Contemporary African-American Fiction Terry McMillan 9780140116977 Nonfiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House A striking collection of works from authors both establis...
M.T. Pope, Tina Brooks Mckinney, Brenda Hampton, and Terry E. Hill
M.T. Pope, Tina Brooks Mckinney, Brenda Hampton, and Terry E. Hill MULTIPLE
Supreme Understanding, C&rsquo,Bs Alife Allah, Dick Gregory, Supa Nova Slom, Wise Intelligent, Scott Whitaker, Afya Ibomu, Stic.Man, Bryant Terry and Vernellia Randall
Supreme Understanding, C&rsquo,Bs Alife Allah, Dick Gregory, Supa Nova Slom, Wise Intelligent, Scott Whitaker, Afya Ibomu, Stic.Man, Bryant Terry and Vernellia Randall MULTIPLE
Ienett Nefertiti Allen, Linda Joy Burke, and Jaki Terry
Ienett Nefertiti Allen, Linda Joy Burke, and Jaki Terry MULTIPLE
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...
Edward Kelsey Moore Reads From His Novel, The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues
Edward Kelsey Moore Reads From His Novel, The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues Book Spotlights