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Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady Accept Literarian Award for Outstanding Service
Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady Accept Literarian Award for Outstanding Service Author Interviews
Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady
Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady MULTIPLE Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady are co-founders of the Cave Canem Foundation, established in 1996 to support African American poets and address their unde...
Cornelius Eady
Cornelius Eady 0000000025783225 Cornelius Eady is a renowned poet and author of eight books, including award-winning “Victims of the Latest Dance Craze.” He co-founded the Cave Canem workshop for Afr...
Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade
Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady 9780472069248 Poetry University of Michigan Press University of Michigan Press Cave Canem has for the...
Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade
Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady 9780472099245 Poetry University of Michigan Press University of Michigan Press Cave Canem has for the...
Toi Derricotte
Toi Derricotte 0000000083980729 “My skin causes certain problems continuously, problems that open the issue of racism over and over like a wound.” Toi Derricotte is an award-winning poet a...
I: New and Selected Poems
I: New and Selected Poems Toi Derricotte 9780822966289 Poetry University of Pittsburgh Press University of Pittsburgh Press Winner, 2020 Frost Medal Finalist, 2019 National Book Award Honorable Ment...
Tender
Tender Toi Derricotte 9780822956402 Poetry University of Pittsburgh Press University of Pittsburgh Press Toi Derricotte’s fourth collection of poetry. Tender probes sexuality, spirituality, emotion, ...
Brutal Imagination: Poems
Brutal Imagination: Poems Cornelius Eady 9780399147203 Poetry G.P. Putnam’s Sons Penguin Random House Brutal Imagination is the work of a poet at the peak of his considerable powers. Its two central s...
Overtime
Overtime Connie Barrett 9780974013619 Fiction Morris Publishing Morris Publishing Four men, two women and one job add up to nothing but trouble in Connie Barrett’s sophomore fiction novel, Overt...
The Gathering of My Name
The Gathering of My Name Cornelius Eady 9780887481161 Poetry Carnegie-Mellon University Press Carnegie-Mellon University Press A collection of poetry by Cornelius Eady.
Antwan Eady
Antwan Eady NONE Antwan Eady, a dreamer turned author from Garnett, South Carolina, is a Clemson University graduate. Currently residing in Savannah, Georgia, he shares his dreams with the world thro...
I: New and Selected Poems
I: New and Selected Poems Toi Derricotte 9780822945666 Poetry University of Pittsburgh Press University of Pittsburgh Press In Derricotte’s own words: "How do you gain access to the power of parts of...
Natural Birth
Natural Birth Toi Derricotte 9781563411205 Poetry Firebrand Books Firebrand Books With insightful candour, Toi Derricote’s poem explores the ways in which her confusion about love and sex and longing ...
If I Was Your Girl (Ni-Ni Girl Chronicles)
If I Was Your Girl (Ni-Ni Girl Chronicles) Ni-Ni Simone 9780758228413 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. With a bootylicious body like Beyoncé and a face that would put any top model to ...
The Undertaker’s Daughter
The Undertaker’s Daughter Toi Derricotte 9780822962007 Poetry University of Pittsburgh Press University of Pittsburgh Press "This is a personal, moving work about child abuse, racial ’passing, ’ and w...
The Black Notebooks: An Interior Journey
The Black Notebooks: An Interior Journey Toi Derricotte 9780393319019 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. The Black Notebooks is the most profound document I have read on ra...
The Sexual Mountain and Black Women Writers: Adventures in Sex, Literature, and Real Life
The Sexual Mountain and Black Women Writers: Adventures in Sex, Literature, and Real Life Calvin C. Hernton 9780385418270 Nonfiction Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Penguin Random House The author of...
Sexual Mountain
Sexual Mountain Calvin C. Hernton 9780385239219 Nonfiction Doubleday Books Penguin Random House The author of Sex and Racism in America argues here that black men, who dominate the world of black lite...
Captivity
Captivity Toi Derricotte 9780822954224 Poetry University of Pittsburgh Press University of Pittsburgh Press What are the forces that cause us to strike out and harm each other? Captivity explores th...
Victims of the Latest Dance Craze
Victims of the Latest Dance Craze Cornelius Eady 9780887482540 Poetry Carnegie-Mellon University Press Carnegie-Mellon University Press Victims of the Latest Dance Craze was the 1985 Lamont Poetry Sel...
Neighborhood Register
Neighborhood Register Marcus Jackson 9781933880259 Poetry CavanKerry Press CavanKerry Press "A poet whose voice and message we trust…a singular and significant voice. You will not forget this neighbor...
Cave Canem's 10th Anniversary
Cave Canem's 10th Anniversary Kam Williams Interview Poetry Unleashed - Cave Canem's 10th Anniversary by Rondall Brasher My awakening was Cave Canem's 10th Anniversary celebration he...
A Lucent Fire: New and Selected Poems
A Lucent Fire: New and Selected Poems Patricia Spears Jones 9781935210696 Poetry White Pine Press White Pine Press Jackson Poetry Prize Winner Speaks Your browser does not support the audio e...
The Autobiography of a Jukebox
The Autobiography of a Jukebox Cornelius Eady 9780887484704 Poetry Carnegie-Mellon University Press Carnegie-Mellon University Press Reissuing as a Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporaries selection, Th...
Nigel and the Moon
Nigel and the Moon Antwan Eady 9780063056282 Fiction Katherine Tegen Books HarperCollins From debut author Antwan Eady and artist Gracey Zhang comes a glowing tale about the young dreaming big. A perf...
Reading Tony Martin Matters
Reading Tony Martin Matters Rhone Fraser Article In my interview with Paul Coates about his 2024 Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, he made the point that the works of Tony Martin sh...
Fanatically Relentless Customer Service: The Insiders Guide: How to Rescue Your Customers from a World of Crappy Service
Fanatically Relentless Customer Service: The Insiders Guide: How to Rescue Your Customers from a World of Crappy Service Calvin Stovall Jr. 9781934690031 Nonfiction Tasora Books Tasora Books Remember ...
University of Pittsburgh Press
University of Pittsburgh Press Troy Johnson Article http://www.pitt.edu/~press Title: Captivity Author: Toi Derricotte Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Date Published:...
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. ...
Maya Angelou's Literarian Award Acceptance Speech - 20 Nov 2013
Maya Angelou's Literarian Award Acceptance Speech - 20 Nov 2013 Author Interviews
The Black Tulip
The Black Tulip Alexandre Dumas 9780140448924 Fiction Penguin Classics Penguin Random House Cornelius von Baerle lives only to cultivate the elusive black tulip and win a magnificent prize for its cre...
John Woman
John Woman Walter Mosley 9780802128416 Fiction Atlantic Monthly Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. A convention-defying novel by bestselling writer Walter Mosley, John Woman recounts the transformation of an ...
Nanette Mellage, Cornelius Van Wright, and Ying-Hwa Hu
Nanette Mellage, Cornelius Van Wright, and Ying-Hwa Hu MULTIPLE
Tina Andrews
Tina Andrews 0000000003084191 Tina Andrews, an award-winning writer, producer and director, is known for her book “Sally Hemings An American Scandal”, which won the NAACP Image Award and the Memphis ...
2007 Outstanding Alumni Award from Syracuse University
2007 Outstanding Alumni Award from Syracuse University Troy Johnson Article It has been almost 30 years since I first set foot on the Syracuse University Campus during, what I believe was, the 1st Em...
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...
Watch Your Language: Visual and Literary Reflections on a Century of American Poetry
Watch Your Language: Visual and Literary Reflections on a Century of American Poetry Terrance Hayes 9780143137733 Nonfiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House From the National Book Award–winning aut...
Gathering Table
Gathering Table Antwan Eady 9780593480601 Fiction Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House The author of Nigel and the Moon delivers a joyful picture book about how a Southern fami...
The Last Stand
The Last Stand Antwan Eady 9780593480571 Fiction Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House The author of Nigel and the Moon, delivers a tender intergenerational story inspired by hi...
Beyond the Frontier: African American Poetry for the 21st Century
Beyond the Frontier: African American Poetry for the 21st Century E. Ethelbert Miller 9781574780178 Poetry Black Classic Press Black Classic Press This anthology begins with the memory of landscapes...
Henrietta Mays Smith
Henrietta Mays Smith 0000000066593663 Dr. Henrietta M. Smith, Ph.D, is a distinguished scholar and editor with a background in English, History, and Library Science. She's known for her editorial wor...
Video Distribution Service (http://videobookpromo.com)
Video Distribution Service (http://videobookpromo.com) Troy Johnson Article Video Distribution Service videobookpromo.com You've done the hard part; spending time and money creating your book tra...
Home Girls, 40th Anniversary Edition: A Black Feminist Anthology
Home Girls, 40th Anniversary Edition: A Black Feminist Anthology Barbara Smith 9781978838994 Nonfiction Rutgers University Press Rutgers University Press Home Girls, the pioneering anthology of Black ...
African American Writers: Portraits and Visions
African American Writers: Portraits and Visions Lynda Koolish 9781578062584 Nonfiction University Press of Mississippi University Press of Mississippi Ai Will Alexander Robe...
Ploughshares Spring 1997: Poems and Stories
Ploughshares Spring 1997: Poems and Stories Yusef Komunyakaa 9780933277199 Poetry Ploughshares Books Emerson College Contributors to this issue include: Tony Ardizzone, William Baer, James Bertolino, ...
Overtime
Overtime Connie Barrett Excerpt Chapter One:With one foot lodged in her house shoe, Toi searched in vain for the other, all the while fighting the urge to roll back into the warm covers that invi...
The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South (Cave Canem Anthology)
The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South (Cave Canem Anthology) Nikky Finney 9780820329260 Poetry University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press The South: to render all that it means to an Af...
Resisting Arrest poems to stretch the sky
Resisting Arrest poems to stretch the sky Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, Marilyn Nelson, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komunyakaa, Afaa Michael Weaver, and Rita Dove 9780936481098 Poetry Ja...
Blues Poems
Blues Poems Kevin Young 9780375414589 Poetry Everyman’s Library Everyman’s Library Born in African American work songs, field hollers, and the powerful legacy of the spirituals, the blues traveled the...
David Covin
David Covin 0000000084071877 David Covin was a Professor Emeritus of Government and Ethnic Studies at CSU Sacramento and Past President of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. He wa...
Dwayne Alexander Smith on Winning the 2015 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Debut Author
Dwayne Alexander Smith on Winning the 2015 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Debut Author Dwayne Alexander Smith Article When I reached the podium, after the applause had faded, the fir...
J. Drew Lanham
J. Drew Lanham NONE J. Drew Lanham is a distinguished author, poet, and professor of Wildlife Ecology. Known for his books 'Sparrow Envy' and 'The Home Place', he's recognized with a MacArthur Grant ...
Murambi, The Book of Bones (Global African Voices)
Murambi, The Book of Bones (Global African Voices) Boubacar Boris Diop 9780253023421 Fiction Indiana University Press Indiana University Press In April of 1994, nearly a million Rwandans were killed i...
The Wedding Gift
The Wedding Gift Marlen Suyapa Bodden 9781250029027 Fiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers In 1852, when prestigious Alabama plantation owner Cornelius Allen gives his daughter Clarissa’s han...
Coming Home: A True Story of Josh Gibson, Baseball’s Greatest Home Run Hitter
Coming Home: A True Story of Josh Gibson, Baseball’s Greatest Home Run Hitter Nanette Mellage, Cornelius Van Wright, and Ying-Hwa Hu 9780816770090 Nonfiction Troll Communications Troll Communications ...
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...
Mountain Chef: How One Man Lost His Groceries, Changed His Plans, and Helped Cook Up the National Park Service
Mountain Chef: How One Man Lost His Groceries, Changed His Plans, and Helped Cook Up the National Park Service Annette Bay Pimentel 9781580897112 Nonfiction Charlesbridge Charlesbridge The true story ...
Dramatists Play Service
Dramatists Play Service Dramatists Play Service Dramatists Play Service
Dramatists Play Service
Dramatists Play Service Dramatists Play Service Dramatists Play Service
The Piano Lesson (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1936)
The Piano Lesson (Pittsburgh Cycle set in 1936) August Wilson 9780573704741 Fiction Samuel French Inc Samuel French Inc Winner! 1990 Pulitzer Prize for DramaWinner! 1990 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding ...
Taye Diggs
Taye Diggs 0000000040750720 Taye Diggs, an award-winning actor recognized by the NAACP and Screen Actors Guild, is known for his performances in film (The Best Man Holiday, Chicago), stage (Rent, Wic...
National Book Awards Honors IBPA Members’ Impact
National Book Awards Honors IBPA Members’ Impact Troy Johnson Article This article was originally published in the April 2025 issue of the IBPA Independent magazine, the magazine for members of the I...
Agyei Tyehimba
Agyei Tyehimba NONE Agyei Tyehimba, born in Harlem, is a prominent figure in academic and social activism. His diverse pursuits range from being an editor, a motivational speaker, a teacher to an aut...
Black Betty
Black Betty Walter Mosley 9780743451789 Fiction Pocket Books Pocket Books The New York Times Book Review ended its rave for White Butterfly, the most recent novel in Walter Mosley’s acclaimed mystery ...
Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage 0000000080050112 Congrats to Lynn Nottage: Winner 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Lynn Nottage, a distinguished playwright and lecturer, is celebrated for her outstanding plays and awarded ...
W. Paul Coates
W. Paul Coates 0000000029319323 Coates Wins the 2024 Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation W. Paul Coates, founder of Black Classic Press, specializes in republishing significant work...
Ronald Gauthier
Ronald Gauthier NONE Ronald M. Gauthier, a former social service counselor, adult education instructor, and library manager, is a novelist whose works are shaped by his love for New Orleans and his p...
George E. Curry
George E. Curry 0000000109873981 George E. Curry (1947-2016) was a renowned journalist and editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service. He also served as editor of E...
Toni Ann Johnson
Toni Ann Johnson NONE Toni Ann Johnson is an award-winning author recognized for her linked story collection 'Light Skin Gone to Waste', which won the 2021 Flannery O'Connor Award and was nominated f...
Nikesha Elise Williams
Nikesha Elise Williams NONE Nikesha Elise Williams is a two-time Emmy award–winning producer, an award–winning author, and producer and host of the Black & Published podcast. Her lat...
★ Award Winning Titles, Book Reviews and More - April Newsletter
★ Award Winning Titles, Book Reviews and More - April Newsletter Troy Johnson Article NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Literary Work This year the NAACP celebrates the 50th anniversary of ...
Vanessa Davis Griggs
Vanessa Davis Griggs NONE Vanessa Davis Griggs, also known as “God’s Cheerleader,” is an award-winning author and motivational speaker who left a corporate career to start her own company, Free To So...
Brittney Brackett
Brittney Brackett NONE Brittney Brackett is a multifaceted professional with over 17 years of experience in acting, voice talent, and authoring children's books. She is the Operations Manager at b dy...
Adrian Matejka
Adrian Matejka 0000000037525872 Adrian Matejka is a Germany-born, Indiana-based author and educator. A graduate of Indiana University and Southern Illinois University Carbondale, he has penned award-...
Marvin V. Arnett
Marvin V. Arnett NONE Marvin V. Arnett, a retired Federal Manager from Detroit, had a successful career receiving numerous awards for job performances and cost-cutting suggestions. She served as Nati...
Miriam Ma’sat Ka ReMonges
Miriam Ma’sat Ka ReMonges NONE Miriam Ma’sat Ka ReMonges (1950-2006) was a prominent professor of Social Work and African American Studies at California State University. She held a Ph.D. from Temple...
Rose Brock
Rose Brock 0000000107888362 Rose Brock, a professor at Sam Houston State University, is renowned for inspiring youth to love books. In addition to her career as a librarian and educator, she co-found...
Kimberla Lawson Roby
Kimberla Lawson Roby 0000000063897135 Kimberla’s Thoughts on Concluding Her Reverend Curtis Black Series, After 15 Books Kimberla Lawson Roby is a New York Times Bestselling Author of 24 novels,...
Jeff Chang
Jeff Chang 0000000367675451 Jeff Chang, renowned cultural critic and author of award-winning books such as 'Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation' and 'Who We Be: The Colorizatio...
Nancy Redd
Nancy Redd 0000000058871109 Nancy Redd is an acclaimed host and bestselling author recognized by NYT, USA Today, and NAACP. A Harvard graduate, she is lauded for her literary work and digital journal...
Trisha R. Thomas
Trisha R. Thomas 0000000019527831 Trisha R. Thomas, an award-winning author of literary fiction and former Language Arts teacher, is recognized for her outstanding work by the NAACP and the Black Wri...
Anika Noni Rose - Half of a Yellow Sun - Interview
Anika Noni Rose - Half of a Yellow Sun - Interview Kam Williams Interview Anika Noni Rose The “Half of a Yellow Sun” Interview Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose currently stars alongside Denz...
Sheila Brooks and Clint C. Wilson II
Sheila Brooks and Clint C. Wilson II MULTIPLE Sheila Brooks, CEO of SRB Communications, leads a DC-based, award-winning ad and marketing agency specializing in multicultural markets. Clint C. Wilson ...
Howard Dodson
Howard Dodson 0000000116160701 Howard Dodson is a renowned American scholar specializing in African-American history and culture. His notable roles include director of the Schomburg Center (1984-2011...
Lenzy Hancock
Lenzy Hancock NONE Lenzy Leroy-Hancock is a proud father of four children who serve as his primary inspiration to strive for greatness. A retired Department of Defense employee and a veteran of the ...
Michaela Coel
Michaela Coel 0000000434604582 Michaela Coel, a Ghanaian-British actress, screenwriter, director, and producer, is renowned for her BAFTA-winning roles in “Chewing Gum” and “I May Destroy You.” She m...
Let Me Be Real with You: Inspiring Lessons on Living a Life of Service
Let Me Be Real with You: Inspiring Lessons on Living a Life of Service Arshay Cooper 9780063426566 Nonfiction HarperOne HarperCollins From the celebrated athlete and award-winning author, an inspirati...
Kim Chakanetsa
Kim Chakanetsa 0000000511632457 Kim Chakanetsa is an acclaimed Zimbabwean journalist with BBC World Service after stints at CNN and Associated Press. She hosts “The Conversation,” a show uniting wome...
E.J. Josey
E.J. Josey NONE E.J. Josey was a distinguished professor at the University of Pittsburgh and an influential figure in international librarianship, recognized with numerous awards. He served as presid...
Black Betty (Mask Noir)
Black Betty (Mask Noir) Walter Mosley 9781852423803 Fiction Serpent’s Tail Serpent’s Tail Five years have passed since the White Butterfly Affair, there’s a Kennedy in the White House and Martin Luthe...
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...
Cedric the Entertainer
Cedric the Entertainer 0000000003147391 Cedric Kyles, known as Cedric the Entertainer, is a renowned actor and comedian with over 30 years experience in stage, film, and TV. He starred and produced t...
Pamela Ayo Yetunde
Pamela Ayo Yetunde 0000000046727185 Pamela Ayo Yetunde, ThD, is a pastoral counselor, educator, and author celebrated for her work, including the award-winning book 'Black and Buddhist'. She founded ...
Introducing Bestselling Author Nina Foxx
Introducing Bestselling Author Nina Foxx Troy Johnson Article Editor’s Note: (Foxx received a nomination for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work)! Nina Foxx is an award-winn...
Clifford V. Johnson
Clifford V. Johnson 0000000108556351 Clifford V. Johnson received the American Association of Physics Teachers 2018 Klopsteg Memorial Award for outstanding communication of the excitement of contempo...
Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Guy LeCharles Gonzalez NONE Guy LeCharles Gonzalez is a publishing professional and poetry enthusiast with a diverse background, including service in the US Army and political campaigns. A firm belie...
Tommie Thomas
Tommie Thomas NONE Tommie Lee Thomas, a determined individual of Cherokee Indian and African descent, overcame poverty and adversity to become a retired employee of Ford Motor Company, the City of De...
From Enslavement to Belovedness: for the Dignity of my People
From Enslavement to Belovedness: for the Dignity of my People Adelaide L. Sanford 9780883784242 Nonfiction Third World Press Third World Press In this transcendent memoir, grounded in fond reminiscenc...