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Praise Song for the Butterflies

by Tony Lindsay

Praise Song for the Butterflies Tony Lindsay Book Review An effective novelist can change reality with their fiction. Many writers see and experience things that are unjust, and they react. They writ...

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Strange Fruit

by Paige Turner

Strange Fruit Paige Turner Book Review "Anatomy of a Mind Blowing Song"  One of the most deeply satisfying and thought provoking books traces the anatomy of a rarely remember song from...

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Elizabeth’s Song

by Linda Watkins

Elizabeth’s Song Linda Watkins Book Review I am aware that surprises come in many forms, and in many ways. And I was glad when I discovered Elizabeth’s Song, by author, Michael Wenberg, and il...

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My Song: A Memoir by Harry Belafonte

by Robert Fleming

My Song: A Memoir by Harry Belafonte Robert Fleming Book Review My Song: A Memoir is the story of a blessed life, that of Harry Belafonte, the mythic musician, actor, humanitarian, and social activ...

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A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks

by Neoma Nwasike

A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks Neoma Nwasike Book Review Gwendolyn Brooks was a very influential African American poet who became the first Black writer to win a Pulitzer Prize award (Poetry). In the ch...

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Whippins

by Thumper

Whippins Thumper Book Review It’s times like these that I wish I were an editor. Whippins, Switches & Peach Cobbler, the first by Brian Egeston, is a novel that doesn’t quite make up ...

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Angel On My Shoulder

by Paige Turner

Angel On My Shoulder Paige Turner Book Review Angel on Her Shoulder, Devil in Her Mind Natalie Cole’s autobiography, Angel On My Shoulder is one of the years’ most eagerly anticipated bo...

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Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha

by Kam Williams

Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha Kam Williams confes4.jpg Film Review Melvin Van Peebles Stars in Semi-Autobiographical Vanity Pic   Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFoot...

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Brave at Heart

by Kirkus

Brave at Heart Kirkus Book Review “A professor emeritus reimagines Western notions of race, crime, and justice in this volume of essays. Not only has America failed to adequately say ‘...

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Gabriel’s Story

by Thumper

Gabriel’s Story Thumper Book Review Right now I’m scanning my slightly used memory attempting to determine the last time a debut novel moved me as much as Gabriel’s Story, the debu...

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The Prime Anniversary

by Brianna-Christine Alicea

The Prime Anniversary Brianna-Christine Alicea Book Review Jay Wright is an acclaimed poet, essayist, and playwright. Wright is the author of several collections of poetry, which include but are not ...

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Sincerely Speaking Spiritually

by Robert Fleming

Sincerely Speaking Spiritually Robert Fleming Book Review Like many successful self-help books, Sincerely Speaking Spiritually, celebrates verses of faith and inspiration in the Holy Word. Its author...

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I Love My People

by Robert Fleming

I Love My People Robert Fleming Book Review Lovingly crafted with an eye for substance and content, scholar Kim Singleton was determined with her new book, I Love My People. As a “race woman,&r...

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Men We Cherish

by Thumper

Men We Cherish Thumper Book Review African-American Women Praise The Men In Their Lives, Edited by Brooke Stephens is an anthology. A book filled with laughter, heartache, inspiration, comfort, heart...

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Behind those Books (press release)

by Troy Johnson

Behind those Books (press release) Troy Johnson images/behindthosebooks.jpg Film Review Behind Those Books: A Thought Provoking Documentary Tackling Societal Ills Through Literature Behind Th...

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21 Nights by Prince

by Thumper

21 Nights by Prince Thumper Book Review My number one is Aretha Franklin. Aretha Franklin is my favorite artist of all times. When I was 13 years old, her album, I Never Loved a Man, save...

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Animated Objects

by Patricia Mckinney

Animated Objects Patricia Mckinney Book Review I was very impressed with Animated Objects by Linda Addison.   It was written by a person who truly loves and enjoys the horror and fantasy  ...

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Michael Jackson

by Kam Williams

Michael Jackson Kam Williams Book Review ’I have admired and adored Michael Jackson from the first time I heard his name and listened to his music. I have never been more fasc...

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Better Than Alright: Finding Peace

by Kam Williams

Better Than Alright: Finding Peace Kam Williams Book Review “I can’t believe someone found my journey interesting enough to want to put it in a book…Being on display as an artist...

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The Speech: The Story behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream

by Kam Williams

The Speech: The Story behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream Kam Williams Book Review “A great speech is both timely and timeless. First and foremost, it must touch and move its immediate ...

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Ostinato Vamps: Poems

by Rondall Brasher

Ostinato Vamps: Poems Rondall Brasher Book Review For those who are not familiar with Wanda Coleman, she is the award-winning author of Bathwater Wine and Mercurochrome.  She also gained c...

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Eye of the Hurricane: My Path from Darkness to Freedom

by Kam Williams

Eye of the Hurricane: My Path from Darkness to Freedom Kam Williams Book Review "You may have heard of me, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, as having been a professional prizefighter. That, alon...

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Nicki Minaj: The Woman Who Stole the World An Unauthorized Biography

by Kam Williams

Nicki Minaj: The Woman Who Stole the World An Unauthorized Biography Kam Williams Book Review “This is the story of Onika Tanya Maraj, born on December 8, 1982 in St. James, a suburb of Trini...

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Dark Midnight When I Rise

by Paige Turner

Dark Midnight When I Rise Paige Turner Book Review The history of blacks in America remains a vast uncharted territory. While the contributions of mainstream cultures have been duly recorded, the e...

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Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown’s First Superstar

by Robert Fleming

Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown’s First Superstar Robert Fleming Book Review One of the most captivating personalities on the Motown roster during its glory days, singer Mary Wells was a f...

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Black Swan

by Rondall Brasher

Black Swan Rondall Brasher Book Review When Poetry Takes Wing Black Swan by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon was published in 2002. This lapse of time annoys me because I somehow missed this rare "lot...

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Dona Julia

by Rondall Brasher

Dona Julia Rondall Brasher Book Review Do’a Julia and Other Selected Poems" by Alberto O. Cappas is written with tremendous amount of pride. It is a book that comes from the heart of a man...

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A House Is Not a Home

by Thumper

A House Is Not a Home Thumper Book Review The song says it’s hard to say goodbye’humph, not when the guests have overstayed their welcome it Ain't. At that time, saying goodbye is th...

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Bittersweet

by Thumper

Bittersweet Thumper Book Review Bittersweet, the debut novel by Freddie Lee Johnson, lll, proves the old adage that you can’t always judge a book by its cover. As I picked up Bittersweet from t...

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Player Haters

by Thumper

Player Haters Thumper Book Review No one writes drama like Carl Weber. I don’t know how he does it. He keeps throwing out books that I swallow whole with no salt or pepper while having a croo...

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Shackling Water

by Thumper

Shackling Water Thumper Book Review I awoke and discovered myself in the middle of an improvisational jazz solo of great intensity, dexterity, color and depth. I knew not the melody, the song, the st...

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Stagolee Shot Billy

by Thumper

Stagolee Shot Billy Thumper Book Review It was because of my mother’s and aunt Janice’s love of 60’s soul music that I first encountered and fell in love with Wilson Pickett singin...

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God’s Will and Other Lies: Stories

by Camille-Yvette Welsch

God’s Will and Other Lies: Stories Camille-Yvette Welsch Book Review “[T]here was so much hurt and pain and fear and sorrow … that I needed more than one kind of song to sing,” says...

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The Roots of Rap

by Neoma Nwasike

The Roots of Rap Neoma Nwasike Book Review Hip-Hop is a culture that has spanned generations and has become worldwide. It found its humble beginnings in some of the roughest trenches, deep in the Bro...

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Palmares

by Robert Fleming

Palmares Robert Fleming Book Review No less than the esteemed late novelist Toni Morrison, the chief editorial gatekeeper of Random House, was stunned by the narrative power of Gayl Jones’ firs...

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Black Food

by Robert Fleming

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,...

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Toni Morrison’s Spiritual Vision: Faith, Folktales, and Feminism in Her Life and Literature

by Robert Fleming

Toni Morrison’s Spiritual Vision: Faith, Folktales, and Feminism in Her Life and Literature Robert Fleming Book Review When literary icon Toni Morrison died in August, 2019, world literature lost a r...

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Blood on the Dance Floor

by Andrew Byrd

Blood on the Dance Floor Andrew Byrd Book Review Analyzing the creative process of a legendary performer like Michael Jackson is daunting. Still, Glenda R. Taylor takes the challenge head-on as she d...

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A Memory of Fictions (or) Just Tiddy-Boom

by Robert Fleming

A Memory of Fictions (or) Just Tiddy-Boom Robert Fleming Book Review So many books written by gay, Black men do not explore the inner emotional terrain of their character. That is why this vast, dram...

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Echoes of Cabrini-Green: Letters to my Mother

by Eryka Parker

Echoes of Cabrini-Green: Letters to my Mother Eryka Parker Book Review In Echoes of Cabrini-Green, Rudolph Elliot Willis writes letters to his late mother, narrating the events of his childhood leadi...

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Orange Mint and Honey

by Idrissa Uqdah

Orange Mint and Honey Idrissa Uqdah Book Review A Daughter’s Song. Much has been written about mother/daughter relationships in African American literature. It seems to be a very ...

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The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates

by Thumper

The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates Thumper Book Review In an effort to expand my reading to non-fiction titles, as well as the fact that the book is small in size, I read The Beauti...

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Too Beautiful To Die

by Thumper

Too Beautiful To Die Thumper Book Review It had been a long while since I read a suspense/mystery novel’too long. I had a stroke of good fortune when the most recent mystery book I read was To...

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Logic

by Thumper

Logic Thumper Book Review I was caught unaware. I was not forewarned or prepared for Olympia Vernon’s beyond marvelous second novel Logic. I knew Vernon was a capable writer after reading her...

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Notorious

by Kam Williams

Notorious Kam Williams jamal_17.jpg Film Review Warts-and-All Bio-Pic Recounts Rise and Fall of Biggie Smalls Notorious Rated R for nudity, drug use, graphic sexuality, ethnic slurs and p...

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College Road Trip

by Kam Williams

College Road Trip Kam Williams raven-27.jpg Film Review Raven-Symone’ and Martin Lawrence Co-Star in Coming-of-Age Comedy College Road Trip Rated G Running time: 83 minutes Studio:...

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Daddy Day Camp

by Kam Williams

Daddy Day Camp Kam Williams daddy_52.jpg Film Review   Daddy Day Camp Click to order via Amazon Rated PG for bodily humor and mild epithets. Running time: 93 minutes Studio: Sony Pic...

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The Dark Knight

by Kam Williams

The Dark Knight Kam Williams the_da9.jpg Film Review The Joker and Batman Match Wits and Muscle in Heath Ledger’s Swan Song   The Dark Knight Rated PG-13 for mena...

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GhettoPhysics

by Kam Williams

GhettoPhysics Kam Williams images/ghettophysics.jpg Film Review Radical Fringe Flick Breaks World Down to Pimp and Hos GhettoPhysics: Will the Real Pimps and Hos Please Stand Up! Rated R for...

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Idlewilde

by Kam Williams

Idlewilde Kam Williams idlewi20.jpg Film Review Musical Set at Southern Speakeasy Released on DVD Idlewild Click to order via Amazon R for profanity, ethnic slurs, nudity, sexuality and violence. R...

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