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Tracee Lydia Garner at the 2019 Black Authors and Readers Rock
Tracee Lydia Garner at the 2019 Black Authors and Readers Rock Author Interviews
Tracee Lydia Garner
Tracee Lydia Garner NONE Tracee Lydia Garner is a best-selling, award-winning author from Virginia. Known for her engaging presentations, she writes inspirational fiction and nonfiction, teaching abo...
Tracee Lydia Garner
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Fatal Opposition
Fatal Opposition Tracee Lydia Garner 9780998109978 Fiction Tracee Lydia Garner Tracee Lydia Garner More than anything, she wants to be a part of something that feels right….Cashell Bruer has lived a s...
Deadly Affections
Deadly Affections Tracee Lydia Garner 9780998109916 Fiction Tracee Lydia Garner Tracee Lydia Garner A crime romance, mystery suspense, romance novel. Psychologist Leedra Henderson has a hidden motive ...
Love Unchosen
Love Unchosen Tracee Lydia Garner 9781434320711 Fiction AuthorHouse Author Solutions The Watts sisters have spent most of the lives focused on their careers-until big sister Geena launches her own des...
Right to Rock: The Black Rock Coalition and the Cultural Politics of Race
Right to Rock: The Black Rock Coalition and the Cultural Politics of Race Maureen Mahon 9780822333173 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books The original architects of rock...
The Loom
The Loom Shella Gillus 9780824948160 Fiction Guideposts Guideposts Lydia knew her fate. Like every other slave on the Maryland plantation, her life would end at the loom… Throughout the pre-Civil War...
Lydia Mba
Lydia Mba NONE Born in Madrid, Spain, Lydia Mba is a renowned illustrator known for her warm, colorful works. With a degree from ESDIP, she specializes in creating diverse stories featuring strong wo...
C. Michelle Atkins, Dannielle Brown, Amanda Garcia, Nisha, Lori Obayomi, Lisa McGovern, Stephanie Thomas, Tracee Upteen, and Elona Washington
C. Michelle Atkins, Dannielle Brown, Amanda Garcia, Nisha, Lori Obayomi, Lisa McGovern, Stephanie Thomas, Tracee Upteen, and Elona Washington MULTIPLE C. Michelle Atkins, Dannielle Brown, Amanda Garc...
Margaret Garner
Margaret Garner NONE Margaret Garner, a fugitive slave from Kentucky, killed one of her children rather than permit her to be returned to slavery. She drowned in a shipwreck as she was being ...
Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll
Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll Tonya Bolden 9780062994387 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins “A profile as bold and vivac...
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks (Paperback)
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks (Paperback) Jason Reynolds 9781481438292 Fiction Atheneum Simon & Schuster, Inc. UK Carnegie Medal winner A National Book Award Finalist Coretta Sco...
Earl Douglas, Jr.
Earl Douglas, Jr. MULTIPLE Earl Douglas, Jr. is a key figure in the music industry, renowned for his role with the Black Rock Coalition (BRC). As an executive director, he supports and promotes diver...
Another
Another Christian Robinson 9781534421677 Fiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 A New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2019 An NYPL Best Book ...
Rock ’Til You Drop: The Decline from Rebellion to Nostalgia
Rock ’Til You Drop: The Decline from Rebellion to Nostalgia John Strausbaugh 9781859846292 Nonfiction Verso Books Verso Books In the 1960s and early 70s rock and rebellion went arm in arm. This was th...
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2019): Life at a Crossroads
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2019): Life at a Crossroads Clarence V. Reynolds A21551758v11 Fiction Center for Black Literature Medgar Evers College This is the most current issue....
The Tradition
The Tradition Jericho Brown 9781556594861 Poetry Copper Canyon Press Copper Canyon Press “By some literary magic—no, it’s precision, and honesty—Brown manages to bestow upon even the most public of su...
A Mighty Long Way (Adapted for Young Readers): My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School
A Mighty Long Way (Adapted for Young Readers): My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School Carlotta Walls LaNier with Lisa Frazier Page 9780593486788 Nonfiction Yearling Penguin Random Ho...
Beloved
Beloved Toni Morrison 9781400033416 Fiction Vintage Books Penguin Random House Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as E...
“Who Will Write a Story for the Children of Eric Garner?”
“Who Will Write a Story for the Children of Eric Garner?” Troy Johnson Article AALBC Guest Post by Zetta Elliott “Who will write a story for the children of Eric Garner?” This question came to mi...
The Story of Lovers Rock
The Story of Lovers Rock Kam Williams loversrock1.jpg Film Review Nostalgic Documentary Celebrates Influential Black Brit Music Genre The Story of Lovers Rock [2011] Unrated Running t...
Genesis Begins Again
Genesis Begins Again Alicia D. Williams 9781481465809 Fiction Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. “Reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye—New York Times 2020 Winner of The...
How Divorce Became My Deliverance
How Divorce Became My Deliverance C. Michelle Atkins, Dannielle Brown, Amanda Garcia, Nisha, Lori Obayomi, Lisa McGovern, Stephanie Thomas, Tracee Upteen, and Elona Washington 9780692957868 Nonfiction...
Black Rock Volume 1
Black Rock Volume 1 Earl Douglas, Jr. 9781457995873 Nonfiction Blurb Blurb Photographer Earl Douglas has been a part of the Black Rock scene since 1988. A longtime supporter and current Executive Dire...
Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll
Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll Maureen Mahon 9781478011224 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books African American women have played a pivot...
So You Want to Be a Rock Star
So You Want to Be a Rock Star Audrey Vernick 9780802723253 Fiction Walker Childrens Walker and Co Want to learn to play air guitar? Wear the coolest rock-star clothes? Sign your autograph for tons of ...
The Power of One: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine (Golden Kite Honors)
The Power of One: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine (Golden Kite Honors) Dennis Brindell Fradin and Judith Bloom Fradin 9780618315567 Nonfiction Clarion Books HarperCollins The life of civil rights...
Cocoa Inferno: Tempting Lyrics of Blazing Mahogany Ecstasy (Rock & Fire Part II)
Cocoa Inferno: Tempting Lyrics of Blazing Mahogany Ecstasy (Rock & Fire Part II) Marc Lacy 9780990795346 Poetry AVO Publishing AVO Publishing, LLC Rock & Fire Part II – Cocoa Inferno (Tempting Lyrics ...
Black Girls Rock!: Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth.
Black Girls Rock!: Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth. Beverly Bond 9781501157929 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. From the award-winning entrepreneur, culture leader, and creator of the...
I Hope You Find What You’re Looking for
I Hope You Find What You’re Looking for Bsrat Mezghebe 9781324092490 Fiction Liveright Publishing Corporation W. W. Norton & Company Named one of the most anticipated books of 2026 by Apple Books, The...
The Hot Box
The Hot Box Zane 9780743499286 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. “Hot Box” is a baseball drill that can be played with three or more players and two to four bases. The players take turns bein...
Haikeem Stokes at the 2019 Black Authors and Readers Rock
Haikeem Stokes at the 2019 Black Authors and Readers Rock Author Interviews
2019 Black Authors and Readers Rock Sharon Conference Recap
2019 Black Authors and Readers Rock Sharon Conference Recap Literary Events
ROCK& |& SALT& |& STONE
ROCK& |& SALT& |& STONE Rosamond S. King 9781937658618 Poetry Nightboat Books Nightboat Books ROCK& |& SALT& |& STONE sprays life-preserving salt through the hard realities of rocks, stones, and rocks...
Rock and a Hard Place
Rock and a Hard Place Rock and a Hard Place Rock and a Hard Place https://www.rockandahardplacemag.com/
Rock and a Hard Place
Rock and a Hard Place Rock and a Hard Place Rock and a Hard Place https://www.rockandahardplacemag.com/
Rock the Boat: How to Use Conflict to Heal and Deepen Your Relationship
Rock the Boat: How to Use Conflict to Heal and Deepen Your Relationship Resmaa Menakem 9781616495794 Nonfiction Hazelden Publishing Hazelden Publishing An honest look at what really works to bring mor...
Rock Solid Media Group LLC dba Streetwise Publishing
Rock Solid Media Group LLC dba Streetwise Publishing Rock Solid Media Group LLC dba Streetwise Publishing Rock Solid Media Group LLC dba Streetwise Publishing
Spring Rock Publishing
Spring Rock Publishing Spring Rock Publishing Spring Rock Publishing
Solid Rock Book Publishing
Solid Rock Book Publishing Solid Rock Book Publishing Solid Rock Book Publishing
Red Rock Book Writers
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Red Rock Book Writers
Red Rock Book Writers Red Rock Book Writers Red Rock Book Writers
Rock Solid Media Group LLC dba Streetwise Publishing
Rock Solid Media Group LLC dba Streetwise Publishing Rock Solid Media Group LLC dba Streetwise Publishing Rock Solid Media Group LLC dba Streetwise Publishing
Solid Rock Book Publishing
Solid Rock Book Publishing Solid Rock Book Publishing Solid Rock Book Publishing
Spring Rock Publishing
Spring Rock Publishing Spring Rock Publishing Spring Rock Publishing
Common - The "Happy Feet Two" Interview [November 2011]
Common - The "Happy Feet Two" Interview [November 2011] Kam Williams Interview The Dreamer, The Believer Born Lonnie Rashid Lynn in Chicago on March 13, 1972, Common rose to prominence as one ...
In Canaan
In Canaan Shane McCrae 9780984488919 Poetry Rescue Press Rescue Press Poetry. African American Studies. In Shane McCrae’s In Canaan, he inhabits the personae of the escaped slave Margaret Garner, who,...
NoNieqa Ramos
NoNieqa Ramos NONE NoNieqa Ramos is an award-winning author and educator renowned for her books 'The Disturbed Girl’s Dictionary' and 'The Truth Is.' Her work has received acclaim from YALSA, Booklis...
Black Authors & Readers Rock
Black Authors & Readers Rock Harborside Hotel Oxon Hill Maryland BARR is a two day literary conference that offers readers the opportunity to meet and mingle with new, emerging and nationally recogniz...
Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl: Essays
Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl: Essays Amena Brown 9798217044689 Nonfiction Tiny Reparations Books Penguin Random House An irresistible delight, this hilarious and heartwarming essay collec...
Carlotta’s Special Dress: How a Walk to School Changed Civil Rights History
Carlotta’s Special Dress: How a Walk to School Changed Civil Rights History Carlotta Walls LaNier with Lisa Frazier Page 9780316572545 Nonfiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Gr...
We Were Here: A History of Black People and Alternative Music
We Were Here: A History of Black People and Alternative Music Stephanie Phillips 9780306832758 Nonfiction Da Capo Press Perseus Books Group A long-overdue corrective to the history of rock ’n’ roll an...
Alma and How She Got Her Name
Alma and How She Got Her Name Juana Martinez-Neal 9780763693558 Fiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press ★ 2019 Caldecott Honor ★ 2019 Ezra Jack Keats Award Writer Honor ★ 2019 NC...
Ama Codjoe
Ama Codjoe NONE Award-winning author, recognized by Cave Canem, Saltonstall, Jerome, and Robert Rauschenberg Foundations. Recipient of 2017 Rona Jaffe Writer’s Award, 2018 Loraine Williams Poetry Pri...
Olatunde Osinaike
Olatunde Osinaike NONE Olatunde Osinaike is a Nigerian American poet and software developer from Chicago. He won the 2019 Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize and is the author of Tender Headed, a 2022 Natio...
Earl Douglas, Jr talks on Black Rock Volume 1 and The Black Rock Coalition
Earl Douglas, Jr talks on Black Rock Volume 1 and The Black Rock Coalition Author Interviews
The Chitlin’ Circuit: And The Road To Rock &rsquoN&rsquo Roll
The Chitlin’ Circuit: And The Road To Rock &rsquoN&rsquo Roll Preston Lauterbach 9780393076523 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Chosen by The Wall Street Journal as one o...
A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School
A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School Carlotta Walls LaNier with Lisa Frazier Page 9780345511010 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House A searing and emoti...
Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem
Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem bell hooks 9780743456067 Nonfiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. In Rock My Soul, world-renowned scholar and visionary bell hooks takes an ...
Young Goonz: Welcome to Far Rock
Young Goonz: Welcome to Far Rock Reality Way 9780985673482 Fiction Good2go Publishing Good2go Publishing Welcome to Far Rock where opportunity never knocks. Meet Foe a member of the Young Goons. The p...
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...
Warriors Don’t Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Central High
Warriors Don’t Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Central High Melba Pattillo Beals 9780671866396 Nonfiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. In this essentia...
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 9780807049396 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Young Adult Honor Boo...
LL Cool J
LL Cool J 0000000368571427 LL Cool J is a multi-talented figure: a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Grammy-winning Hip-Hop artist, honored actor, best-selling author, philanthropist and CEO of Rock...
Caramel Flava: The Eroticanoir.com Anthology
Caramel Flava: The Eroticanoir.com Anthology Zane 9780743297271 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Zane, the queen of erotic fiction and publisher of Strebor Books, an imprint of Atria Books/S...
April Ryan
April Ryan 0000000437119582 April Ryan is a White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks since the Clinton era and a CNN political analyst. She has been featured in numerous renowned p...
Breanna J. McDaniel
Breanna J. McDaniel NONE Breanna J. McDaniel is a children's literature author and scholar, holding an MA from Simmons University and currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Cambridge. Her rese...
Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll
Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll Charnelle Pinkney Barlow 9780593571064 Nonfiction Doubleday Books for Young Read...
The Chitlin’ Circuit and the Road to Rock 'n’ Roll
The Chitlin’ Circuit and the Road to Rock 'n’ Roll Robert Fleming Book Review It’s a shame that nothing substantial has been written about that sacred Black entertainment network of the ...
The Music Moguls Who Bled Millions from a Black Legend
The Music Moguls Who Bled Millions from a Black Legend Reclamation Project Article Originally Published by the NOI Research Group The recent death of the great Rock & Roll pioneer Chuck Berr...
Is the Bitch Dead, Or What?: The Ritz Harper Chronicles Book 2
Is the Bitch Dead, Or What?: The Ritz Harper Chronicles Book 2 Wendy Williams and Karen Hunter 9780767924870 Fiction Broadway Books Penguin Random House DJ Ritz Harper used every trick in the book to ...
This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality
This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy 9781681198521 Nonfiction Bloomsbury Publishing Bloomsbury Publishing Recipient of a Robert ...
Huey P. Newton
Huey P. Newton 000000010924806X Huey P. Newton, born February 17, 1942, was a key figure in the US civil rights and Black Power movements. A co-founder of the Black Panther Party, he championed self-...
New-Generation African Poets (TATU): A Chapbook Box Set
New-Generation African Poets (TATU): A Chapbook Box Set Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani 9781617754517 Poetry Akashic Books Akashic Books The box set is an annual project started in 2014 to ensure the cont...
Steve Cannon
Steve Cannon 0000000363821597 Steve Cannon (1935-2019) was a key figure in the Black Arts Movement and a prominent Black writer from New Orleans. He moved to NYC in 1962, where he engaged in literary...
Surge
Surge Jay Bernard 9781784742614 Poetry Chatto & Windus Penguin Random House *Shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award 2019* *Shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2019* *Shortlisted for Forward Prize f...
Esi Edugyan
Esi Edugyan 0000000073726743 Canadian author Esi Edugyan, renowned for acclaimed novels like 'Half-Blood Blues' and 'Washington Black', has earned prestigious recognition, including the Scotiabank Gi...
100 Bestselling Authors, New Books, and More: October 2016 eNewsletter
100 Bestselling Authors, New Books, and More: October 2016 eNewsletter Troy Johnson Article Our Top 100, All-time, Bestselling Authors We are excited to present our regularly updated list of our top...
William Loren Katz
William Loren Katz 0000000115886981 Bill Katz (1927-2019) was a prolific author and lecturer, known for his contributions to African American history. A graduate of Syracuse University and New York U...
Steven Van Patten
Steven Van Patten NONE Steven Van Patten, a Brooklyn-born author, is renowned for his Brookwater's Curse trilogy and Killer Genius series. His short fiction contributions include horror anthologies a...
Daddy’s Little Girls
Daddy’s Little Girls Kam Williams daddy’15.jpg Film Review Frigid Attorney Melts for Amorous Auto Mechanic in Charming, if Predictable, Romantic Comedy Daddy’s Little Girls Film Re...
Theory
Theory Dionne Brand 9780735274235 Fiction Knopf Canada Penguin Random House SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 OCM BOCAS PRIZE FOR CARIBBEAN LITERATURE (all genres)WINNER IN THE FICTION CATEGORY: 2019 OCM BOCAS...
Jackie Sibblies Drury
Jackie Sibblies Drury NONE Jackie Sibblies Drury is a Brooklyn-based playwright, known for plays including 'We Are Proud to Present...' and 'Really'. Her work has been showcased by prominent institut...
Elijah E. Cummings
Elijah E. Cummings NONE Elijah E. Cummings (1951-2019) was a dedicated public servant and congressman representing Maryland's 7th District. Born and raised in Baltimore, he studied at Howard Universi...
Ran Walker
Ran Walker NONE Ran Walker, award-winning author of 30 books and 2019 Indie Author of the Year, teaches creative writing at Hampton University. He lives in Virginia with his family. Connect with him ...
Cheslie Kryst
Cheslie Kryst NONE Cheslie Kryst was and attorney, former Miss USA. and News Correspondent. She died by suicide and her story was told in the award-winning book, By the Time You Read This: The Space...
Bestselling Books, Book Reviews, & More - May 2019 Newsletter
Bestselling Books, Book Reviews, & More - May 2019 Newsletter Troy Johnson Article New Daughters of Africa by Margaret Busby is the magnificent follow-up to the original, celebrated anthology, u...
Amena Brown
Amena Brown NONE Amena Brown is a writer, spoken word poet, and performing artist whose work blends storytelling, poetry, and humor. She is the author of five spoken word albums and two nonfiction b...
The Lost Etheridge: Uncollected Poems of Etheridge Knight
The Lost Etheridge: Uncollected Poems of Etheridge Knight Etheridge Knight 9781735017280 Poetry Kinchafoonee Creek Press Kinchafoonee Creek Pressv This volume, with a foreword by Yusef Komunyakaa, col...
Punk Rock Karaoke
Punk Rock Karaoke Bianca Xunise 9780593464502 Fiction Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A debut young adult graphic novel from Ignatz Award-winning and nationally syndicated cartooni...
March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine
March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine Melba Pattillo Beals 9781328882127 Nonfiction HMH Books for Young Readers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt From the legendary civil rights activist...
The Pet Rock Ransom: A Graphic Novel
The Pet Rock Ransom: A Graphic Novel Akeem S. Roberts 9798217115143 Fiction Kokila Penguin Random House An eight-year-old boy solves mysteries with the ghost of his former class pet—a naked mole rat—i...
Chuck D
Chuck D 0000000368402543 Chuck D, born Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, is a renowned hip-hop artist, social activist, and multimedia producer. Best known as the leader of Public Enemy, he has significantl...
Top Five
Top Five Kam Williams Top-Five-Movie-Poster.jpg Film Review Top Five In Theaters: Dec 12, 2014 Wide R (for strong sexual content, nudity, crude humor, language throughout and some drug use) Run...
Generations In Black And White: Photographs From The James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection
Generations In Black And White: Photographs From The James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection Carl Van Vechten 9780820315584 Nonfiction University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press What mak...
Evan Ross - The "Gardens of the Night" Interview
Evan Ross - The "Gardens of the Night" Interview Kam Williams Interview Evan Olaf Ross was born in Greenwich, Connecticut on August 26, 1988 to pop diva Diana Ross and N...
Kiran H. J. Dellimore
Kiran H. J. Dellimore NONE Kiran Dellimore, a scientist, inventor, and author based in Utrecht, has authored three books on diverse topics. A keen runner, squash player, and rock climber, he is curre...