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Tony Medina
Tony Medina 0000000111019127 Tony Medina (Photo: WideVision Photography) was born in the South Bronx, raised in the Throgs Neck Housing Projects, and currently lives in the Washington, D...
Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera
Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera MULTIPLE "Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera are renowned authors known for their significant contribution in the literature field. Their works reflect deep societa...
Tony Medina, Samiya Bashir, and Quraysh Ali Lansana
Tony Medina, Samiya Bashir, and Quraysh Ali Lansana MULTIPLE Tony Medina, Samiya Bashir, and Quraysh Ali Lansana are renowned authors, recognized for their significant contributions to literature. Th...
Death, With Occasional Smiling
Death, With Occasional Smiling Tony Medina 9781945023262 Poetry Indolent Books Indolent Books Read a Review of Death, With Occasional Smiling at Mosaic Magazine. The electrifying body of poems in ...
Broke Baroque
Broke Baroque Tony Medina 9780988476356 Fiction 2Leaf Press 2Leaf Press BROKE BAROQUE is the third in a series of Broke Books by award-winning poet, Tony Medina. With razor sharp scatological whimsy,...
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy Tony Medina 9780998799940 Fiction Penny Candy Books Penny Candy Books Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy by Tony Medina offers a fresh perspective of young...
My Old Man Was Always On The Lam
My Old Man Was Always On The Lam Tony Medina 9781935520368 Poetry NYQ Books NYQ Books Poetry. African American Studies. MY OLD MAN WAS ALWAYS ON THE LAM is a blues memoir in verse. With brutal honesty...
The President Looks Like Me & Other Poems
The President Looks Like Me & Other Poems Tony Medina 9781933491943 Poetry Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. The election of Barack Obama, the first African-American President of the United States, ma...
An Onion Of Wars
An Onion Of Wars Tony Medina 9780883783306 Poetry Third World Press Third World Press Tony Medina’s latest collection of poetry is satirical and surprising commentary on contemporary issues facing you...
Follow-Up Letters to Santa From Kids Who Never Got a Response
Follow-Up Letters to Santa From Kids Who Never Got a Response Tony Medina 9780940975750 Fiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. Every Christmas, millions of children wait impatiently for the arrival...
Sermons from the Smell of a Carcass Condemned to Begging
Sermons from the Smell of a Carcass Condemned to Begging Tony Medina 9780965473828 Poetry Long Shot Productions Long Shot Productions Poetry. Sermons from the Smell of a Carcass Condemned to Begging i...
I Am Alfonso Jones
I Am Alfonso Jones Tony Medina 9781620142639 Fiction Tu Books Lee & Low Books Alfonso Jones can’t wait to play the role of Hamlet in his school’s hip-hop rendition of the classic Shakespearean play. H...
Broke On Ice
Broke On Ice Tony Medina 9780984621217 Poetry Aquarius Press/Willow Books Aquarius Press/Willow Books Poetry. African American Studies. BROKE ON ICE is a nonlinear narrative in verse in the voice of a...
I And I Bob Marley
I And I Bob Marley Tony Medina 9781600602573 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books Born in the Jamaican countryside in 1945, Bob Marley seemed special from birth. The curious, intuitive boy had a...
Christmas Makes Me Think
Christmas Makes Me Think Tony Medina 9781600603457 Fiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books A young African American boy reflects on the spirit of Christmas and thinks of ways he can share what he has ...
Love to Langston
Love to Langston Tony Medina 9781584302834 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books This inspiring biography on Langston Hughes celebrates his life through poetry.
Committed To Breathing
Committed To Breathing Tony Medina 9780883782477 Poetry Third World Press Third World Press Emerging with a varied political sensibility, this book explodes the bourgeois self-indulgence of American c...
No Noose Is Good Noose
No Noose Is Good Noose Tony Medina 9780863161094 Poetry Writers and Readers Publishing Writers & Readers Publishing
Tony Medina Recommends The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
Tony Medina Recommends The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes Author Interviews To learn more visit https://aalbc.it/lhpoetry Here, Dr. Tony Medina, Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Howard...
Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam
Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera 9780609808405 Poetry Broadway Books Penguin Random House Bum Rush the Page is a groundbreaking collection, capturing the best new...
1st Annual African Voices Literary Awards Honors Tony Medina
1st Annual African Voices Literary Awards Honors Tony Medina Literary Events Learn More about Tony Medina: https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Tony+Medina Poet, professor and activist Dr....
Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Black Literature and Art
Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Black Literature and Art Tony Medina, Samiya Bashir, and Quraysh Ali Lansana 9780883782392 Nonfiction Third World Press Third World Press ""...
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2013): Impact Beyond Boundaries
Killens Review of Arts & Letters (Fall& /& Winter 2013): Impact Beyond Boundaries Clarence V. Reynolds 21551758v4 Fiction Center for Black Literature Medgar Evers College Fall& /& Winter 2013 “Impact ...
The Sight of the 360 Event
The Sight of the 360 Event Troy Johnson Article I never did identify all the folks in the photos below (Troy's note: 1/24/2026) , Toni Asante Lightfoot, Kalamu ya Salaam, , , wad...
Terrance McKnight introduces Troy Johnson of AALBC.com
Terrance McKnight introduces Troy Johnson of AALBC.com Author Interviews Terrance McKnight, WQXR weekday evening host, served as the MC of the 1st Annual African Voices Literary Awards Honoring Poet T...
The Sights of the 360° A Revolution of Black Poets Event
The Sights of the 360° A Revolution of Black Poets Event The Sights of the 360° A Revolution of Black Poets Event 2026 Note: This is a file I never quite finished ;-) , Toni Asante Lightfoot,...
NBWC Biennial Symposium
NBWC Biennial Symposium Medgar Evers College Brooklyn New York In 2025, honoring Tony Medina and Rita Williams-Garcia for their contributions to Black Young Adult & Middle Grade Literature. The Bienn...
Journey: Poems
Journey: Poems Wade Hudson 9780883784174 Poetry Third World Press Third World Press Journey is a collection of poems that offers a reflective look at various periods and experiences of Wade Hudson’s l...
Encounters with James Baldwin: Celebrating 100 Years
Encounters with James Baldwin: Celebrating 100 Years Kadija Sesay and Cheryl Robson 9781913641412 Nonfiction Aurora Metro Books Aurora Metro Publications Encounters with James Baldwin celebrates the c...
360° A Revolution of Black Poets
360° A Revolution of Black Poets Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander 9780739415856 Poetry BlackWords BlackWords At poetry slams, in coffee houses and cafes, on spoken word CDs, and even featured in H...
Kysha N. Brown
Kysha N. Brown NONE A college classmate and friend of Kysha Brown Robinson’s once said of her first impression of Brown: "I remember seeing this little girl sitting at the front of the ro...
Role Call
Role Call Rondall Brasher Book Review I encounter many literary anthologies that try to appease my appetite for new talent. But most of them fall short of their mark, and few of these collections ar...
More Poetry!/Less Jam!
More Poetry!/Less Jam! Tara Betts Article More Poetry!/Less Jam! by Tara Betts Bruce George’s outgoing voicemail message at Phat Farm states "Don’t leave a message unless it&rsq...
Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose
Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose MULTIPLE Tony and Yvonne Rose are the producers of the 2006 African American Pavilion and run Amber Communications Group, Inc. together. Tony Rose and Yvonne Rose P...
Cody Ziglar, John Ridley, Anthony Piper, and Paco Medina
Cody Ziglar, John Ridley, Anthony Piper, and Paco Medina MULTIPLE "Cody Ziglar, John Ridley, Anthony Piper, and Paco Medina are renowned authors and creatives, each contributing significantly to thei...
5 Books for the Holidays! - Spotlight - December 17, 2017
5 Books for the Holidays! - Spotlight - December 17, 2017 Troy Johnson Article “The Spotlight” a New Video Feature on AALBC.com. Your browser does not support HTML5 video. The Books highlight...
5 Great New and Upcoming Books December 17, 2017 #ReadingBlack
5 Great New and Upcoming Books December 17, 2017 #ReadingBlack Poetry & Spoken Word Here are a few terrific books to add to your holiday shopping list. Spread the WORD #readingblack To keep videos li...
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...
Family Pictures: Poems And Photographs Celebrating Family
Family Pictures: Poems And Photographs Celebrating Family Kwame Alexander 9781888018424 Poetry Candlewick Press Candlewick Press Family Pictures, edited by Kwame Alexander, is a celebration of the par...
PerSOULnalities: Poems for Every Kind of Man
PerSOULnalities: Poems for Every Kind of Man Heather Covington 9781414022024 Poetry Disilgold Disilgold The sequel to Heather Covington’s PerSOULnalities poetry book series is back, but this time it’s...
The Words Don't Fit In My Mouth
The Words Don't Fit In My Mouth jessica Care moore 9780965830805 Poetry Moore Black Press Moore Black Press The Words Don’t Fit In My Mouth has become a classic book among fans of the new movement of...
The Sight of the 360 Event
The Sight of the 360 Event Loading Under Construction , Toni Asante Lightfoot, Kalamu ya Salaam, , , wadud, Tracie Morris Sharif Simmons - Jessica Care Moore Tony...
Sheree Renée Thomas
Sheree Renée Thomas 0000000019174343 Sheree R. Thomas is a multi-talented writer, editor, publisher, educator, and visual artist. She co-publishes the literary journal Anansi and founded Wanganegress...
Skip Hill
Skip Hill NONE Skip Hill is a renowned mixed-media visual artist with works in collections globally. He illustrated “Opal’s Greenwood Oasis” and contributed to “13 Ways of Looking at a Black Boy.” He...
Jacqueline Jones LaMon
Jacqueline Jones LaMon Kam Williams Interview Jaci LaMon JaciWrites@aol.com Jacqueline Jones LaMon is a poet and writer. Her work has appeared in various publications inclu...
How the Boogeyman Became a Poet
How the Boogeyman Became a Poet Tony Keith Jr. 9780063296008 Nonfiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins Odyssey Award for Audiobook Excellence Winner Poet, writer, and hip-hop educator Tony Keith Jr...
Tony Rose
Tony Rose 000000005879297X AALBC Mourns the Passing of Tony Rose Tony Rose (October 11, 1950 – May 27, 2025) was the Publisher and CEO of Amber Communications Group, Inc. the nation’s large...
Tony Brown
Tony Brown 0000000109292618 Tony Brown, born April 11, 1933, is a renowned journalist, academician, entrepreneur, and author. He is best known for his commentary on the long-running PBS series, Tony ...
Tony Keith Jr.
Tony Keith Jr. NONE Tony Keith Jr. is a Black American gay poet, spoken word artist, and hip-hop educational leader. Tony also CEO of Ed Emcee Academy and lives with his husband, Harry Christian III,...
NAACP Image Award Winner, Tony Rose pens, “America the Black Point of View”
NAACP Image Award Winner, Tony Rose pens, “America the Black Point of View” Troy Johnson Article An Autobiographical History Book by, NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Literature, Tony Rose ...
Black Lies, White Lies: The Truth According to Tony Brown
Black Lies, White Lies: The Truth According to Tony Brown Tony Brown 9780688151317 Nonfiction William Morrow Paperbacks HarperCollins PBS television commentator and syndicated radio talk-show host Ton...
The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently
The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently Tony Dungy 9781414338040 Nonfiction Tyndale Momentum Tyndale House “Your only job is to help your players be better.” That...
Tony Ginyard
Tony Ginyard NONE Tony Ginyard is a former US Air Force Law Enforcement Specialist from Philadelphia. He has lived in Europe, California, Texas, and New Jersey, and now resides in South Philadelphia ...
Tony Platt and Paul Takagi
Tony Platt and Paul Takagi MULTIPLE Tony Platt and Paul Takagi are renowned authors known for their significant contributions in the field of social sciences. Their work primarily focuses on social j...
Tony Hillery
Tony Hillery NONE Tony Hillery, founder and executive director of Harlem Grown, began his journey in 2011, transforming a vacant lot in Harlem into a thriving urban farm. He is based in New York and ...
Marcus Mosiah Garvey and Tony Martin
Marcus Mosiah Garvey and Tony Martin MULTIPLE Marcus Mosiah Garvey, a prominent political leader, and Tony Martin, a distinguished historian, are renowned for their significant contributions in advoc...
The Black Arts Movement’s Attack on W.E.B. Du Bois’ Theory of Double Consciousness
The Black Arts Movement’s Attack on W.E.B. Du Bois’ Theory of Double Consciousness Tony Lindsay Article Tony Lindsay There have been two major Black literary movements in American history: The...
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...
Shot Clock
Shot Clock Caron Butler and justin a. reynolds 9780063069602 Fiction Katherine Tegen Books HarperCollins Former NBA All-Star Caron Butler and acclaimed author Justin A. Reynolds tip off the first book...
Uncommon Marriage: What We’ve Learned about Lasting Love and Overcoming Life’s Obstacles Together
Uncommon Marriage: What We’ve Learned about Lasting Love and Overcoming Life’s Obstacles Together Tony Dungy 9781414383705 Nonfiction Tyndale Momentum Tyndale House The New York Times bestseller now i...
You Can Be a Friend
You Can Be a Friend Tony Dungy 9781416997719 Fiction Little Simon Simon & Schuster, Inc. A new children’s book written by parents extraordinaire Tony and Lauren Dungy! You Can Be a Friend is the first...
Move Over Girl
Move Over Girl Brian Peterson 9780966458701 Fiction Chance22 Pub Chance22 Pub Move Over Girl is the story of college junior, Tony Norris, a self-admitted borderline "player" still aching from deciding...
Mat Johnson, Tony Akins and Dan Green
Mat Johnson, Tony Akins and Dan Green MULTIPLE Mat Johnson, Tony Akins, and Dan Green are renowned authors and artists, each contributing significantly to the world of literature and graphic arts, cr...
Nicolas Finet and Tony Lourenco
Nicolas Finet and Tony Lourenco MULTIPLE Nicolas Finet and Tony Lourenco are renowned authors known for their insightful works. Finet, a digital strategist, excels in SEO and web analytics. Lourenco,...
Tony Neal
Tony Neal NONE Tony Neal is a graphic artist and illustrator from South Leicestershire, England. His passion for art and illustration has led him to a blooming career in children’s book illustration...
Tony Lindsay
Tony Lindsay NONE Tony Lindsay, an accomplished author known for novels like One Dead Preacher and Urban Affair, also contributes to various anthologies, online platforms, and magazines. He's an adju...
Tony Dungy
Tony Dungy 0000000036530143 Tony Dungy, the first African American coach to lead the Indianapolis Colts to a Super Bowl victory, has an impressive coaching history with multiple teams. Prior to coach...
Tony Martin
Tony Martin 0000000064030680 Professor Tony Martin, born in Trinidad and Tobago (1942-2013), was a revered historian and author, known as the leading expert on Marcus Garvey. Alongside teaching Afric...
Cold Medina: A Novel of Suspense
Cold Medina: A Novel of Suspense Gary Hardwick 9780525939191 Fiction Dutton Books Penguin Random House Tracking a white serial killer of African-American gang members in downtown Detroit, detective T...
To A More Positive Purpose: Critical Responses to the Scholarship of Tony Martin
To A More Positive Purpose: Critical Responses to the Scholarship of Tony Martin Rhone Fraser 9798322108108 Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published Now in the twenty-first century, ...
Forever Yours: The Unpublished Works: Lyrics and Poems of Tony Rose 1966 - 2016
Forever Yours: The Unpublished Works: Lyrics and Poems of Tony Rose 1966 - 2016 Tony Rose 9781937269883 Poetry Amber Communications Group Amber Communications Group When I was thirteen I saw the Bea...
America The Black Point Of View
America The Black Point Of View Tony Rose 9781937269500 Nonfiction Amber Books Amber Communications Group America The Black Point Of View - An Investigation And Study Of The White People Of America An...
The Missing Cupcake Mystery (Tony and Lauren Dungy Ready-to-Reads)
The Missing Cupcake Mystery (Tony and Lauren Dungy Ready-to-Reads) Tony Dungy 9781442454637 Fiction Simon Spotlight Simon & Schuster, Inc. The Dungy kids learn that honesty is the best policy—even whe...
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons - A Dialogue With America’s Young Leaders
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons - A Dialogue With America’s Young Leaders Barack Obama and Gregory Reed 9781937269388 Nonfiction Amber Books Amber Communications Group Obama Talks Back: "provides...
Uncommon Manhood: Secrets to What It Means to Be a Man
Uncommon Manhood: Secrets to What It Means to Be a Man Tony Dungy 9781414367071 Nonfiction Tyndale Momentum Tyndale House Too often we define a man’s success by what he has rather than who he is. But ...
You Can Do It!
You Can Do It! Tony Dungy 9781416954613 Fiction Little Simon Simon & Schuster, Inc. Tony Dungy’s little brother, Linden, is a third grader who is having a bad day at school. Linden is the youngest of ...
Seduction
Seduction Geneva Holliday 9780767927468 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House In Geneva Holliday’s latest novel of lust and revenge, Seduction works both ways.Mildred Johnson is the last woman on earth t...
Crime and Social Justice
Crime and Social Justice Tony Platt and Paul Takagi 9780333282618 Nonfiction Palgrave Macmillan Macmillan Publishers This book presents a collection of some of the best articles from the first ten iss...
Literary Garveyism: Garvey, Black Arts and the Harlem Renaissance
Literary Garveyism: Garvey, Black Arts and the Harlem Renaissance Tony Martin 9780912469010 Nonfiction The Majority Press Black Classic Press "Martin performs a valuable service….[Garvey’s literary co...
What If…? Miles Morales
What If…? Miles Morales Cody Ziglar, John Ridley, Anthony Piper, and Paco Medina 9781302946036 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics What if Miles Morales had never been bitten by a genetically enhanced spider...
Gary Hardwick
Gary Hardwick NONE Gary Hardwick, also known as A.A. Clifford, is a renowned author, screenwriter, director, and TV producer. Known for novels like Cold Medina, his work has been optioned for films b...
Touchdown in Brazil
Touchdown in Brazil Omar Tyree 9781496762894 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Amid the landmark NFL game in the electric city of São Paulo, Brazil, three very different family men cross path...
Amber Books
Amber Books Amber Communications Group Amber Communications Group, Inc. Tony and his wife Yvonne Rose of Amber Communications Group, Inc Amber Communications Group, Inc. is devoted to ...
Colossus Books
Colossus Books Amber Communications Group, Inc. Amber Communications Group, Inc. Tony and his wife Yvonne Rose of Amber Communications Group, Inc Amber Communications Group, Inc. is de...
Quality Press
Quality Press Amber Communications Group, Inc. Amber Communications Group, Inc. Tony and his wife Yvonne Rose of Amber Communications Group, Inc Amber Communications Group, Inc. is dev...
Amber Communications Group
Amber Communications Group Amber Communications Group, Inc. Amber Books Amber Communications Group Tony and his wife Yvonne Rose of Amber Communications Group, Inc Amber Communications...
Amber Communications Group, Inc.
Amber Communications Group, Inc. Amber Communications Group, Inc. Colossus Books Quality Press Tony and his wife Yvonne Rose of Amber Communications Group, Inc Amber Communications Gro...
Knucklehead: Poems
Knucklehead: Poems Tony Keith Jr. 9780063296053 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins dear Knucklehead, perhaps you are like me: always figuring out if your soul and your skin are thick enough to ...
Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood
Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood Tony Hillery 9781534402317 Nonfiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Discover the incredible true story of Harlem Grown, a lush ga...
Block Party 666: Mark of the Beast Volume 1
Block Party 666: Mark of the Beast Volume 1 Al-Saadiq Banks 9780997187182 Fiction True 2 Life Publications True 2 Life Publications It’s a Block Party reunion and Attorney Tony Austin is the glue, as ...
Block Party 666: Mark of the Beast Volume 2
Block Party 666: Mark of the Beast Volume 2 Al-Saadiq Banks 9780997187199 Fiction True 2 Life Publications True 2 Life Publications It’s a Block Party reunion and Attorney Tony Austin is the glue, as ...
Beyond These Walls: Rethinking Crime and Punishment in the United States
Beyond These Walls: Rethinking Crime and Punishment in the United States Tony Platt 9781250085115 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers A groundbreaking investigation into the roots of th...
Tony Rose on The Joe Madison Show
Tony Rose on The Joe Madison Show Author Interviews Author and Publisher Tony Rose (https://aalbc.it/tonyrose2015) is Interviewed by Joe "The Black Eagle" Madison on SiriusXM's Urban View channel.
Misled
Misled Tony Ginyard 9781457541100 Fiction Dog Ear Publishing Dog Ear Publishing A dangerous killer is loose in Philadelphia, brutally murdering pre-op transgender people, and a detective a week away f...
The Uncommon Marriage Adventure: A Devotional Journey to Draw You Closer to God and Each Other
The Uncommon Marriage Adventure: A Devotional Journey to Draw You Closer to God and Each Other Tony Dungy 9781414383729 Nonfiction Tyndale Momentum Tyndale House Marriage is an adventure unlike any ot...
Tony & Yvonne Rose Founders of Amber Communications Group, Inc.
Tony & Yvonne Rose Founders of Amber Communications Group, Inc. Author Interviews Tony & Yvonne Rose Founders of Amber Communications Group, Inc. and the African American Pavilion Booth at Book Expo A...
One Dead Doctor (David Price Mystery)
One Dead Doctor (David Price Mystery) Tony Lindsay 9781599970127 Fiction Penknife Press Penknife Press A killer is stalking young women in David Price’s community, his brother has just been released f...
The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge
The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge Tony Dungy 9781414348285 Nonfiction Tyndale Momentum Tyndale House Retailers Choice Award winner, 2012Strengthen the core of your life and faith on a year-lo...
Grave Matters: Excavating California’s Buried Past
Grave Matters: Excavating California’s Buried Past Tony Platt 9781597141628 Nonfiction Heyday Heyday What do we find when we dig up the past? Whether by curious Boy Scouts and ’’backyard archaeologist...