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Appearances: A Novel
Appearances: A Novel K. Reshay 9781545192825 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Maya seems to have the perfect life. She is a successful real estate agent. She has a handsome fiancé, ...
Two Appearances After the Resurrection
Two Appearances After the Resurrection Shane McCrae 9781632431721 Poetry Omnidawn Omnidawn McCrae’s latest collection considers the nature of perception and experiments with form and punctuation. T...
K. Reshay Talks about her series Appearances
K. Reshay Talks about her series Appearances Author Interviews K. Reshay tells us about her series Appearances during the 2018 Mississippi State Book Festival, at the Jackson State Capital. Learn Mor...
Darcel Turner
Darcel Turner NONE Darcel Turner, a New York native, is an accomplished author known for her novel, “Dana Dances on Paper.” She has attended various colleges, transcribed for The 4th National Black W...
K. Reshay
K. Reshay NONE K. Reshay is a versatile author, poet, and playwright, known for her thought-provoking book series 'Appearances'. She is the Founder of Me Time Book Club, aimed at promoting literacy a...
Appearances Too Mask Off
Appearances Too Mask Off K. Reshay 9781977710390 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC With her wedding only weeks away, Maya has to come up with a plan to get rid of Ty and Ricky before it’s t...
Appearances Too
Appearances Too K. Reshay 9781977710031 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC The best word to describe Toni and Maya’s relationship is “frenemies.” Although Maya has always outwardly acted sup...
Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person
Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person Shonda Rhimes 9781476777122 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. In this poignant, hilarious, and deeply intimat...
Appearances
Appearances Gloria Oden 9780935086348 Poetry Saru Press Saru Press The sweetest insanity is love. This is a love story: Gloria Oden, now 80, her life, her loves, and the rediscovery of love. The young...
Cassandra Mack
Cassandra Mack NONE Cassandra Mack, founder of Strategies for Empowered Living Inc., is an author and life coach. Known for her blogs, books and radio appearances, she offers practical tools for succ...
Charles Barkley
Charles Barkley 0000000083304069 Ex-pro basketball player, Charles Barkley, now an NBA analyst for TNT’s Inside the NBA, boasts 11 All-Star Game appearances, All-Star MVP, 1993's league MVP, and is n...
Keyshawn Johnson
Keyshawn Johnson NONE Keyshawn Johnson, a former first overall NFL pick and Super Bowl winner, enjoyed a successful 11-season career with the Jets, Buccaneers, and Cowboys. Now, he co-hosts an ESPN r...
Guy Sims
Guy Sims NONE Guy A. Sims is an acclaimed author known for his early publications on Kwanzaa, his collection of American Tall Tales, and his novel, Living Just A Little. He's also the head writer for...
The Rules of Fortune
The Rules of Fortune Danielle Prescod 9781662520129 Fiction Mindy’s Book Studio Amazon Publishing “A gripping novel about power, money, and secrets.” —Mindy Kaling A daughter’s investigation into h...
Don’t Blame The Devil
Don’t Blame The Devil Pat G’Orge Walker 9780758235435 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Hang on to your seat as Pat G’Orge-Walker spins a side-splitting novel of sin and salvation, hearta...
The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat
The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat Edward Kelsey Moore 9780307959928 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House Meet Odette, Clarice, and Barbara Jean in the New York Times best-selling novel … Earl’s...
A Love of My Own: A Novel
A Love of My Own: A Novel E. Lynn Harris 9780385492706 Fiction Doubleday Penguin Random House Friendship. Love. Family. Bestselling author E. Lynn Harris is back with another new tale that embraces h...
Everybody’s Protest Novel: Essays
Everybody’s Protest Novel: Essays James Baldwin 9780807016947 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press “I am completely indebted to Jimmy Baldwin’s prose. It liberated me as a writer.”—Toni Morrison Th...
N. K. Jemisin
N. K. Jemisin 0000000107503776 Jemisin, in 2018, Became the Only Writer to Win 3 Best Novel Hugo Awards in Consecutive Years (note) Nora K. Jemisin, born in 1972, is a renowned speculative fiction aut...
The Last King
The Last King Thumper Book Review Now is a time of rejoicing. Nichelle Tramble has finally released her much anticipated second novel, The Last King: A Maceo Redfield novel. I have been...
Devil’s Dream: A Novel about Nathan Bedford Forrest by Madison
Devil’s Dream: A Novel about Nathan Bedford Forrest by Madison Thumper Book Review It is safe to say, I began this book in complete and total ignorance. I had not read any of Madison Smartt Bell&rs...
Novel Writing Workshops
Novel Writing Workshops Troy Johnson Article Novel Writing Workshop AALBC.com's Novel Writing Workshop (8 Sessions Online) Enjoy a writing workshop from the convenience of your own home! Get ...
Shark Teeth
Shark Teeth Sherri Winston 9781547608508 Fiction Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Publishing From National Book Award longlisted author Sherri Winston comes an important middle grade novel about a...
An Untamed State
An Untamed State Roxane Gay 9780802122513 Fiction Grove Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. Roxane Gay is a powerful new literary voice whose short stories and essays have already earned her an enthusiastic au...
Chameleon
Chameleon Charles R. Smith Jr. 9780763630850 Fiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press In his first novel, the Coretta Scott King Author Honor winner evokes the bittersweet summer of transition for an...
Double Dippin’
Double Dippin’ Nicole Garrett 9780981860800 Fiction Writers Pen Writers Pen Five lives collide on an explosive, nonstop rollercoaster ride through life-altering territory. A year ago, none of them cou...
Anika Malone
Anika Malone NONE Anika Malone, author of the acclaimed “10 Minutes Past Too Late”, is celebrated as a fresh voice in contemporary fiction. She has participated in notable book events across the Unit...
Mychea
Mychea NONE Mychea, a Washington, DC native, is a published author and playwright signed to Good 2 Go Publishing. Known for her fiction novels such as 'My Boyfriend’s Wife', 'He Loves Me', and 'Covet...
Shadows of the Blues
Shadows of the Blues Emanuel Carpenter Book Review In Whitney J. Leblanc’s sequel to "Blues in the Wind," readers are introduced to the lives of the Ferguson and Broussard familie...
The Hairdresser of Harare: A Novel (Modern African Writing Series)
The Hairdresser of Harare: A Novel (Modern African Writing Series) Tendai Huchu 9780821421635 Fiction Ohio University Press Ohio University Press “Hairdresser was a perfect end of summer read; my book...
A Cupboard Full of Coats: A Novel
A Cupboard Full of Coats: A Novel Yvvette Edwards 9780062183736 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins “[A] gorgeously lyrical debut novel….Engrossing and human to the core, Edwards’s novel wrings the heart in...
The Novel
The Novel Nawal El Saadawi 9781566567329 Fiction Interlink Books Interlink Pub Group Inc “The novel caused tremendous outrage.” So begins Nawal El Saadawi’s tenth novel. And indeed, when the famous Eg...
New Essays on Invisible Man
New Essays on Invisible Man Robert G. O’Meally 9780521313698 Nonfiction Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press Published less than fifty years ago, Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man shares ...
Claude McKay
Claude McKay 0000000108625951 Festus Claudius McKay, a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, was born in Jamaica and authored influential works including the poem “If We Must Die” and novel “Home to ...
Donna Drew Sawyer
Donna Drew Sawyer NONE Donna Drew Sawyer, author of Provenance, has a rich background in arts administration, advertising, and public relations. A New Yorker with over three decades of experience in ...
justin a. reynolds
justin a. reynolds NONE Justin A. Reynolds is an acclaimed author renowned for his debut YA novel, “Opposite of Always,” and second novel “Early Departures.” His work includes a Marvel graphic novel ...
Sassy
Sassy Thumper Book Review Gloria Mallette is one of my favorite authors. I became a major fan after I read one her earlier novel, Shades of Jade. Over the years she remained o...
Novel Writing Workshops
Novel Writing Workshops Loading Novel Writing Workshop AALBC.com's Novel Writing Workshop (8 Sessions Online) Enjoy a writing workshop from the convenience of your own home! Get the help you need to b...
A Deal at Dawn
A Deal at Dawn Vanessa Riley 9781420154870 Fiction Zebra Kensington Publishing Corp. The risks have never been more personal—or more dangerous—in this powerful Regency romance, as a resilient viscount...
God Don’t Make No Mistakes
God Don’t Make No Mistakes Mary Monroe 9781496756282 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. The New Edition of a Modern Classic by New York Times Bestselling and Award-Winning Author Mary Monroe! ...
Only for the Holidays
Only for the Holidays Abiola Bello 9781641297547 Fiction Soho Teen Soho Press The Love Hypothesis meets The Holiday in this fake dating YA romance about a city girl and country boy’s lives colliding a...
Prince of the Palisades
Prince of the Palisades Julian Winters 9780593624425 Fiction Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Young Royals meets Red, White, and Royal Blue in this heart-pumping romance by award-wi...
Worthy
Worthy Jada Pinkett Smith 9780063320680 Nonfiction Dey Street Books HarperCollins A gripping, at times painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir from global superstar and creator of the Re...
Black Panther: A Cultural Exploration
Black Panther: A Cultural Exploration Ytasha L. Womack 9780760375617 Nonfiction Becker & Mayer The Quarto Group Take an engrossing deep dive into the cultural influences of Black Panther, from the dev...
Murder in Westminster: A Riveting Regency Historical Mystery
Murder in Westminster: A Riveting Regency Historical Mystery Vanessa Riley 9781496738691 Fiction Kensington Publishing Corporation Kensington Publishing Corp. Perfect for readers looking for a darker ...
The Gem Connection (A C. J. Cavanagh Mystery)
The Gem Connection (A C. J. Cavanagh Mystery) Michael R. Lane 9780971645363 Fiction Bare Bones Press Bare Bones Press Clinton Windell is brutally murdered in his Southwest Hills mansion and robbed of ...
This Is Tap: Savion Glover Finds His Funk
This Is Tap: Savion Glover Finds His Funk Selene Castrovilla 9780823438631 Nonfiction Holiday House Holiday House A bouncing picture book biography of the tap dancer behind the Happy Feet penguin, ill...
A Boy and His Mirror
A Boy and His Mirror Marchánt Davis 9780593110553 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House Debut author and actor Marchánt Davis joins forces with the bestselling illustrator Keturah A....
Stand Up!: 10 Mighty Women Who Made a Change
Stand Up!: 10 Mighty Women Who Made a Change Brittney Cooper 9781338763850 Nonfiction Orchard Books Orchard Books From the New York Times, bestselling author of Eloquent Rage comes a powerful, groundb...
Game: An Autobiography
Game: An Autobiography Grant Hill 9780593297407 Nonfiction Penguin Press Penguin Random House The full, frank story of a remarkable life’s journey—to the pinnacle of success as a basketball player, ic...
Payback Is a Mutha
Payback Is a Mutha Wahida Clark 9781496732910 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. This hot, gritty first installment in Wahida Clark’s iconic New York Times and USA Today bestselling Payback se...
I’m So (Not) Over You
I’m So (Not) Over You Kosoko Jackson 9780593334447 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House One of… Essence’s New Books We Can’t Wait To Read In 2022 Oprah Daily’s Most Anticipated Romance Novels of...
Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country
Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country Atinuke 9781536205374 Nonfiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press Discover the exhilarating diversity of the African continent in storyteller Atinuke’s kale...
Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography
Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography Donald Bogle 9780063079328 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Available once again, the definitive biography of the pioneering Black performer—the first nominated for a Be...
Overcomer: Defeating Anxiety & Abuse
Overcomer: Defeating Anxiety & Abuse Toni Collier 9780578920535 Nonfiction iDisciple Publishing iDisciple Publishing For far too long, women have been held back from their hope. Anxiety has made us ...
You’ve Got To Be HUNGRY: The GREATNESS Within to Win
You’ve Got To Be HUNGRY: The GREATNESS Within to Win Les Brown 9781732745025 Nonfiction Brown Family Publishing Brown Family Publishing As one of the world’s most renowned motivational speakers, Les B...
More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work That Uncovers Your True Beauty
More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work That Uncovers Your True Beauty Erica Campbell 9781501188664 Nonfiction Howard Books Howard Books Grammy-winning gospel singer, television star, and radio host Cam...
When You Learn the Alphabet
When You Learn the Alphabet Kendra Allen 9781609386290 Nonfiction University of Iowa Press University of Iowa Press “Kendra Allen’s When You Learn the Alphabet is a roaring meditation on what black da...
The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir
The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir Jenifer Lewis 9780062410412 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins From her more than three hundred appearances for film and television, stage and cabaret, performing...
Memphis Literary Arts Festival
Memphis Literary Arts Festival Edge District of downtown Memphis Memphis Tennessee 2018 marks the 1st annual festival with appearances by more than twenty authors and artists including Kiese Laymon, E...
Princess Kamala and the Marriage Contract
Princess Kamala and the Marriage Contract Barbara Solomon 9781545630563 Fiction Xulon Press Xulon Press Barbara, a retired Professor from the Borough of Manhattan Community College located in New York...
Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House
Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House Donna L. Brazile 9780316478519 Nonfiction Hachette Hachette Book Group "This book is a triumph."—Walter...
Just Another Hero, 3 (Paperback)
Just Another Hero, 3 (Paperback) Sharon M. Draper 9781481490306 Fiction Atheneum Simon & Schuster, Inc. Jericho, November, Arielle, and their friends must step up big time to prevent a deadly school t...
NeoSoul Poetry: The Anthology
NeoSoul Poetry: The Anthology Christopher Michael 9780998427027 Poetry 310 Brown Street 310 Brown Street The home of words and passion. Neo-Soul Lounge is one of the hottest poetry slams in the nation...
One Turn Around the Sun
One Turn Around the Sun Tim Seibles 9780990322184 Poetry Etruscan Press Etruscan Press One Turn Around the Sun is a panorama of poems that attempts to define the first appearances of life’s twilight. ...
Hamilton: The Revolution
Hamilton: The Revolution Lin-Manuel Miranda 9781455539741 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Eleven Tony Awards, including Best Musica...
The Eagle That Would Not Fly
The Eagle That Would Not Fly Barbara Solomon 9781498470179 Nonfiction Xulon Press Xulon Press The story of Lumba, "The Eagle That Would Not Fly" is told through a series of unfortunate events that dis...
Fatuma’s New Cloth
Fatuma’s New Cloth Leslie Bulion 9781511897884 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Join young Fatuma in a joyful visit to an East African market where she finds the secret to perfect chai, an...
Princess Kamala and The Attack of King Timaeus
Princess Kamala and The Attack of King Timaeus Barbara Solomon 9781498420723 Nonfiction Xulon Press Xulon Press Princess Kamala’s favorite story was the attack of King Timaeus. As the story unfolds, P...
Dear Father: Breaking The Cycle Of Pain
Dear Father: Breaking The Cycle Of Pain J. Ivy 9781582705088 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Hip-hop’s favorite poet and Grammy Award–winning artist J. Ivy bares his soul in this inspira...
Society Wives
Society Wives Renee Daniel Flagler 9781625175069 Fiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Meet the Days, Howards, Madison, and Lees. Four wealthy couples obsessed with keeping up appearances. Pears...
Clarence Page - The “Culture Worrier” Interview
Clarence Page - The “Culture Worrier” Interview Kam Williams Interview Clarence Page is a nationally-syndicated columnist and member of the Chicago Tribune editorial board. Besides those duties...
Cosby: His Life and Times
Cosby: His Life and Times Kam Williams Book Review “[Bill] Cosby grew up in a Philadelphia housing project, the son of an alcoholic, largely absent father and a loving but overworked mother&...
The Frog Who Could Not Jump
The Frog Who Could Not Jump Barbara Solomon 9781628716634 Nonfiction Xulon Press Xulon Press This book is dedicated to my 6 year old Grandson. I want o give a message to young children that no matter ...
The Girl Who Wanted to Become a Princess
The Girl Who Wanted to Become a Princess Barbara Solomon 9781628393545 Nonfiction Xulon Press Xulon Press This book was originally written for my granddaughter Kamala. But the message is for anyone wh...
Mixed Like Me
Mixed Like Me Gina Golliday-Cabell 9781469983165 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC With the prevalence of blended racial and cultural differences in our society, children of various ethnic ...
Shaq Uncut: My Story
Shaq Uncut: My Story Shaquille O’Neal 9781455504404 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group Superman. Diesel. The Big Aristotle. Shaq Fu. The Big Daddy. The Big Shaqtus. Wilt Chamberne...
God Don’t Make No Mistakes
God Don’t Make No Mistakes Mary Monroe 9780758238634 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. In the sparkling conclusion to Mary Monroe’s bestselling God series, two forever friends face their bigg...
You Are Free: Stories
You Are Free: Stories Danzy Senna 9781594485077 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House From the bestselling author of Caucasia, riveting, unexpected stories about identity under the influence of...
God Is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu…: God Dwells with Us, in Us, Around Us, as Us
God Is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu…: God Dwells with Us, in Us, Around Us, as Us Carlton Pearson 9781416584445 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The author of The Gospel of I...
Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence (Revised)
Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence (Revised) Geoffrey Canada 9780807044612 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press A candid and riveting memoir from the founder of Harlem Children’s Zon...
Diary Of A Stalker
Diary Of A Stalker Electa Rome Parks 9781601621993 Fiction Urban Renaissance Urban Renaissance Never judge a book by its cover… Xavier Preston is tall, dark, and handsome, and the problem is that he ...
Best African American Fiction 2010
Best African American Fiction 2010 Dorothy Sterling and Chris Abani 9780553385359 Fiction One World Penguin Random House Bursting with energy and innovation, the second volume in the annual anthology ...
Can You Hear Me Now?: The Inspiration, Wisdom, And Insight Of Michael Eric Dyson
Can You Hear Me Now?: The Inspiration, Wisdom, And Insight Of Michael Eric Dyson Michael Eric Dyson 9780465018833 Nonfiction Basic Civitas Books Perseus Books Over the last 20 years, Michael Eric Dyso...
Lesson Learned: It Is What It Is (Situations & Circumstances)
Lesson Learned: It Is What It Is (Situations & Circumstances) Portia Cosby 9780982301319 Fiction Distinct Publishing Distinct Publishing ALEXIS JAMES has three goals: stay focused, stay calm, and stay...
Payback Is A Mutha
Payback Is A Mutha Wahida Clark 9780758212542 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. In this gritty urban drama, New York Times bestselling author Wahida Clark tells the story of a woman who think...
Don’t Blame It on Rio: The Real Deal Behind Why Men Go to Brazil for Sex
Don’t Blame It on Rio: The Real Deal Behind Why Men Go to Brazil for Sex Karen Hunter 9780446178068 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group There is a not-so-new, not-so-secret destina...
God’s Gym: Stories
God’s Gym: Stories John Edgar Wideman 9780618711994 Nonfiction Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt In God’s Gym, the celebrated author John Edgar Wideman offers stories that pulse with emotional e...
Payback Is A Mutha
Payback Is A Mutha Wahida Clark 9780758212535 Fiction Kensington Kensington Publishing Corp. In her hot, gritty new urban drama, Essence ® bestselling author Wahida Clark tells the story of a woman wh...
Long Train to the Redeeming Sin: Stories about African Women
Long Train to the Redeeming Sin: Stories about African Women Kola Boof 9780971201903 Fiction Door of Kush Door of Kush "In the book of the women…they are dark and light, wide and shapely, thin as reed...
A Pride of African Tales
A Pride of African Tales Donna L. Washington 9780060249298 Nonfiction Albert Whitman & Company Albert Whitman & Company This treasure trove of lavishly illustrated stories comes from different regions...
Chaka! Through the Fire
Chaka! Through the Fire Chaka Khan and Tonya Bolden 9781579548261 Nonfiction Rodale Books Rodale Books Rolling Stone compared it to melted caramel, and Miles Davis compared it to his horn. Chaka Khan’...
Tales from the Heart: True Stories from My Childhood
Tales from the Heart: True Stories from My Childhood Maryse Conde 9781569472644 Fiction Soho Press Soho Press Maryse was the eighth child in her family, an unexpected one. Her father, a civil servant,...
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...
Speaking Truth To Power: Essays On Race, Resistance, And Radicalism
Speaking Truth To Power: Essays On Race, Resistance, And Radicalism Manning Marable 9780813388281 Nonfiction Westview Press Westview Press Through public appearances, radio and television interviews, ...
Rebel for the Hell of It: The Life of Tupac Shakur
Rebel for the Hell of It: The Life of Tupac Shakur Armond White 9781560251224 Nonfiction Da Capo Press Perseus Books Group Tupac Shakur has been deified as a Renaissance man in gansta rap. Paralleling...
The All-American Skin Game, Or Decoy Of Race: The Long And The Short Of It, 1990-1994
The All-American Skin Game, Or Decoy Of Race: The Long And The Short Of It, 1990-1994 Stanley Crouch 9780679776604 Nonfiction Vintage Penguin Random House In this brilliantly acerbic collection of ess...
The Return of Simple
The Return of Simple Langston Hughes 9780809015825 Fiction Hill and Wang Macmillan Publishers Jesse B. Simple, Simple to his fans, made weekly appearances beginning in 1943 in Langston Hughes’ column ...
Denene Millner and Mitzi Miller
Denene Millner and Mitzi Miller MULTIPLE Denene Millner is a highly acclaimed author, journalist, and TV host. She has penned over 30 books, including a New York Times bestseller. Millner also runs a...
Omarosa Manigault Newman
Omarosa Manigault Newman NONE Omarosa Manigault Newman is an American reality TV personality, writer, and former political aide to President Trump. Known for her appearances on 'The Apprentice', she ...