Black Literature

New Orleans African American Book Festival Location: TBD Hosted by: Tanisca M. Wilson and Word Lovers Book & Literary Club Date: Saturday, June 8, 2019 Time: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Website: New Orleans African American Book Festival Email: tanisca.wilson@gmail.com Description: New Orleans, known as a cultural hub, is finally securing space for African-American authors. The NOAABF is free and open to the public and promises to be one of the best literary events the City has ever had. In addition, Word Lovers Book and Literary Club is sponsoring the first African American Literary Awards show in New Orleans simultaneously w…

This is the an article written by one of AALBC's interns. The primary purpose is to provide educational opportunities to students and relate information to readers interested in Back culture. A secondary purpose is to improve AALBC's ranking in search for the term "African American Literature," so that more people are able to find this information. AALBC has been lagging in search engine ranking for the term all of last year. It is not a particularly popular search but during Black history month there is increased interest. In any event, given the site's focus and relative competition, it is a term AALBC should, in my opinion, rank such that it appears on…

From the South Bronx projects to the boardroom—at only nineteen years old, Cin Fabré ran with the wolves of Wall Street. Cin Fabré's memoir, Wolf Hustle, tells about her experiences growing up in an immigrant household and saving up so that one day she could escape her abusive father and poverty in the Bronx. Pulling back the curtain on the inequities she and so many others faced, Wolf Hustle reveals how Cin worked grueling hours, ascending from cold caller to stockbroker, becoming the only Black woman to do so at her firm. She indulges the excesses she took part in on 1990s Wall Street—the…

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The Unreal Housewives of South Dallas – Things You Can’t Tell Mama Tasha Johnson and Latavia Taylor lived in a secluded area in southern Dallas until two new neighbors built homes adjacent to theirs. Amber Watkins was a woman in her twenties that was a former side piece to married professional athletes and other wealthy men with wives. Tanesha Green-Johnson, a model, was once featured on the front cover of a national magazine as the Planet’s Most Beautiful Woman. Both women aroused concern from Latavia and Tashaa in regards to any interest they might have in their pro football player and mega church pastor husbands respectively. Amber arranged a surprise trip to Las…

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This image is was taken in the neighborhood I grew up in, and live in now. When I see shots like this, they conjure fond memories for me. But on another level, it is quite depressing because Harlem, where this image was shot, was in terrible condition during this period and many people suffered from living in the environment. The impact, for many, persists to this day...

The Fire This Time, From Book Award Winner, Jesmyn Ward. Like The Great James Baldwin, Wrote About Race In America, Jesmyn Ward Uses Essays And Poems To Express Race In America...

After reading this speech I could not help but think: Why the hell was this speech even necessary -- were people really that evil?! It seems incredible -- even by today's standard that someone had to explain why lynching other people for kicks is a terrible idea. She must have been speaking about the behavior of some really retarded and or immature demons. To call the people who participated in these atrocities "devils" is an insult to Satan. These words would have no impact on anyone evil enough to lynch a child. Lynch Law in America by Ida B. Wells

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Requesting a Book Review of my fourth self-published book: I wrote you 37 Letters. Thank you in advance for your feedback, interest and support. Dear Chocolate Brutha, Dear Black Beauty, Dear Bathroom Facilities, Dear Anonymous Lover, Dear Random Thoughts, Dear Hennessy, Dear Mood Swings, Dear Son, Dear Life, Dear Sweet Angel of mine, 40 years, 7 Days, 2 Hours and a Kiss, Dear... For years, I let my pride, stubbornness, strong will, ego & fear hijack me, emotionally, but now that I've humbled myself, I wrote you 37 Letters to express my feelings about all of those things that I've been wanting to say. This book of 37 letters offe…

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Dwayne McDuffie, comic and animation writer, dies by Associated Press Associated Press Posted on February 22, 2011 at 7:06 PM Updated today at 7:06 PM PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dwayne McDuffie, who wrote comic books for Marvel and DC and founded his own publishing company before crossing over to television and animation, has died. He was 49. The Detroit native died Monday, a day after his birthday, DC Comics said. His cause and place of death weren't immediately known. McDuffie wrote comics for the New York-based DC and Marvel, including runs on Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, the Fantastic Four and the Justice League of America. He also penned s…

THE HURSTON/WRIGHT FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES THE NOMINEES OF THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL HURSTON/WRIGHT LEGACY AWARD The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award honors exemplary works of literature before the national community of Black writers. By honoring these nominees, we're recognizing the profound significance, necessity, and genius of Black writers and the stories they tell. A panel of published authors in each genre reviewed submissions and selected nominees fr…

Check out my editorial about which word in the English vocabulary is no longer dirty And it’s not the “N” word http://oosaonlinebookclub.com/?page_id=1737

AUTHORS RECEPTION AND MEET AND GREET WITH GEORGE C. FRASER FRIDAY, MAY 31ST FROM 1:00 PM UNTIL 4:00 PM at Amber Communications Group, Inc. African American Pavilion Booth at BookExpo America. Jacob Javits Center, New York City. Dr. Fraser will be booksigning his new children’s book: Who Would Have Thunk It; The First Adventures of The Fraser Foster Kids.

This is an invitation to participate in a ground-breaking event: the First Annual Sacramento Black Book Fair (SBBF). This historic event will take place from June 6 - June 8, 2014. It will bring writers, publishers, readers, and vendors from Sacramento, the state, the country, and the international community, to a celebration of reading and writing. It will take place in the heart of Oak Park, anchored by venues at the Women’s Civic Improvement Club, The Brickhouse Art Gallery, Underground Books, Evolve the Gallery, the Oak Park United Methodist Church, and the Guild Theater. To help shape this historical moment, please contact Faye Kennedy at fayek@springmail.com,…

This past weekend I added an event in which the work of Black, lesbian, feminist, mother, warrior, poet Audrey Lorde was celebrated by Angela Davis. The celebration also included a tribute to Esther Copper Jackson, a clip of which is shown below: Copper was the co-founder of the magazine Freedomways: A Quarterly Review of the Freedom Movement and served as the magazine's managing editor for the 25 years the magazine was published (1961 until 1985). Freedomways was an influential quarterly magazine that featured the the writings of Kwame Nkrumah, John Henrik Clarke, W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., Paul Robeson, Alice Walker, Lorraine Hansberry, Ja…

For More Information Contact: Marita Golden Interim Executive Director 840 First Street N.E., Third Floor Washington. D.C. 20002 202.492.1256 info@hurstonwright.org The Hurston/Wright Foundation Announces the Winners of the 2014 Legacy Award... WASHINGTON, D.C. * * * * * * * * OCTOBER 30, 2014 * * * * * * * * A debut novel set in Zimbabwe, a scholarly study of the role of American colleges and universities in the slave trade, and a collection of poems examining the legacy of Black minstrels were winners at the thirteenth annual Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards Ceremony. The program, held at the Carnegie Library in Washington, D.C.…

I'm very excited to share with you information about my debut poetry collection, Gathering the Waters (Jamii Publishing, 2014). Here's what people have to say about the collection: "Keisha-Gaye Anderson is comfortable in the language and truth of her poems. Hers is a necessary voice for our times. These poems sing, dance, rumble and cry out like sweet thunder from the coral colored shore of her poetic terrain. I am in awe of these spirit vocals, these healing water sounds." --Cheryl Boyce-Tayor, poet and author of Convincing The Body "Gathering the Waters is a potent book of poetry that can intoxicate your senses. Keisha wields her pen like a Samurai swordsman. Her poetry…

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Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson, and The entire March trilogy by John Lewis is on the The New York Times’ list of books on “How to Talk to Your Kids About Charlottesville.” Are on the The New York Times’ list of books on “How to Talk to Your Kids About Charlottesville.”

A wonderful interview with a terrific writer, Elizabeth Nunez: Distinguished Professor, Hunter College. Dr. Nunez also has helped a large number of writers both in and outside of the classroom. I consider her a literary activist, though I doubt she would describe herself as one.

Hello. everybody! I'm a first-time indie author, and my book, I'll Take You there, is available on Amazon (published April 2018): The book is a quick read-- 80 pages (soft cover) with 50 poems. I’ll Take You There is about butterflies and bugs, relationships, choices, and growing old. It’s about familiar things imagined in new ways and unspeakable things given voice. The poems are pithy and layered, infused with plain talk, and deal with a myriad of personal and topical issues, not least among them, racism, which is dealt with in each of the four sections of the book (Discovery; Snapshots; Choices; Memories). Feelings predominate in Discovery, where the author rumma…

Video: T.R. Simon talks about her new young adult novel, Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground. A powerful fictionalized account of Zora Neale Hurston’s childhood adventures explores the idea of collective memory and the lingering effects of slavery.

Available on Amazon or Barnes and Noble This is a story about a boy's evolution into manhood, from street smarts to intelligence. His street smarts helped guide him out of the ghetto. His intense quest for knowledge and education made his path unique. His accidentally acquired business skills helped shape and make him comfortable. It is also the story of an organization which became so powerful no one dared to cross them. When they got together, they both grew and learned that sometimes when you get everything you want in life, it may not have been worth the cost. Experience the journey of being rich and poor, tempted by good and evil. This story is told with …

Hundreds of people came to Austin's Carver Library and Museum to meet dozens of authors for the 13th annual event. Bryce Newberry, KVUE, CBS

Hello, I’m submitting A CONCOCTION OF LIES (CaryInternational Press; 11/29/24) for review, a heart-stopping thrill ride of romance, betrayal, and murder from debut author Patsy Robertson. You can find more information about A CONCOCTION OF LIES and Patsy below, and digital copies are available. Title: A CONCOCTION OF LIES Author: Patsy C. Robertson Publication Date: November 26, 2024 Author City: Raleigh, NC Publisher: CaryPress International / Patsy Robertson ISBN: 978-1631031236 (pbk) E-Book ASIN: B0DP5L4F2Y Price: $19.99 (pbk); $19.99 (ebook) Page Count: 356 Genre: Thriller ABOUT THE BOOK In A CONCOCTION…

Ok, I LOVE Kimberla Roby, Reshonda Billingslea and Carl Weber books, so I am so looking forward to their new books that will be coming out this year. But, over Christmas break I had the opportunity to read a book by an independent author--who isn't with a publishing house and the book was REALLY good!!! The book was called "Scandalous" by Redd Underwood. At first, I was very leery, b/c I had never heard of this author, plus, the author was not through a major book publisher. However, I could not put the book down. The author has a website www.denitadaniels.com. The book is listed at $15.95, but the author is willing to sale for $20.00 (book and shipping). My friend…

Watch the 2011 National Book Award Finalists via a live Webcast. http://www.nationalbook.org In the fiction category, only Tea Obreht's wonderful debut, The Tiger's Wife, hit bestseller lists. The other four nominees — Julie Otsuka's Buddha in the Attic, Andrew Krivak's The Sojourn, Jesmyn Ward's Salvage the Bones, and Edith Pearlman's Binocular Vision — are beautiful pieces of work, but not strong sellers or even part of the mainstream literary conversation. (read full article) Also read Laura Miller's Salon piece, "How the National Book Awards Made Themselves Irrelevant." See how many of the authors AALBC.com tracks: win tonight:

Requesting Your Support of the Twelfth National Black Writers Conference and Tenth Anniversary Celebration of the Center for Black Literature Dear Friends and Colleagues: As you are aware, we are actively promoting the Twelfth National Black Writers Conference: Reconstructing the Master Narrative. This year marks a significant year for the Conference for we are also celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Center for Black Literature at the Conference and we are hosting a special program that pays tribute to and celebrates the writer and Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott. I am writing with the hope that you will support our Conference by attending and by strongly …

Bereavement Announcement On the Passing of Sir Derek A. Walcott On Friday, March 17, 2017, at Gros Islet, St. Lucia, Nobel Laureate Sir Derek Alton Walcott passed away at his home. With his passage, the world of arts and letters has lost a poet, dramatist, and essayist who shaped prevailing definitions of twentieth and twenty-first century figurative language in poetry, drama, and prose. …

Hi, I'm Tanisca, current president of Word Lovers Book & Literary Club. We are looking for self-published books by African-American authors for our 2019-2020 reading list. The book must be at least 100 content pages and properly formatted. Any recommendations for where we can find these books?

The following quote is from a discussion of Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi on the Black Syllabus: "Consider that lack of connection with spirits/gods is a result of white supremacy and colonialism; the belief that (certain) humans are superior, and what we produce on this earth for our consumption is all that matters/is all that is real." This struck me because the people who have done the most vile things on Earth pray to a God and believe in an after life -- or at least they say they do. Indeed white racism and Christianity go hand in hand. Maybe I'll read this book.

I was notified last night that my debut novel, Mirrors of Life, is honored as an Award-Winning Finalist by the 2020 International Book Awards in the Fiction: Cross-Genre category. To all aspiring authors and writers, continue to believe in yourself and follow your dreams, because dreams comes true with patience and persistence. https://owenspublishing.com/

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HELP!!! Well from Carey to ChrisHayden to Cynique...I think just about everyone here is a WRITER to my mind. I've recently taken on a task that's quite challenging---writing a Murder Mystery novel and creating the Woman Detective lead character. The imprint I'm on specializes in murder mysteries; it's their main genre though they signed me as a literary author. Big HAM that I am...I insisted on penning them a murder mystery. The thing is....I hardly ever read murder mysteries and I've never dared try to PLOT and write one before, and no matter how good a writer you are, there's a special ambiance that pervades the best mystery storie…

BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY? Urban Fiction’s Impact on Black Literacy! My introduction to Urban Fiction in literature began with Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, which I read when I was eight or nine years old. A few years after going nuts over the film version, which released in 1972 and The Godfather II, which released in 1974. My love for The Godfather, led me to seek out gangster films and books with Black people as the heroes, thus became a lifelong (not so) secret love affair with Blaxploitation films and Urban Literature. I could quote every line from Shaft, The Mack, Coffee, and my favorite, Gordon’s War and Donald Goines’ Cry Revenge had an honored place in the tr…

A review of David Covin's novel, Prodigal (Blue Nile Press, June 6, 2014) Written by Chauncey Ridley David Covin’s Prodigal is a well-tuned engine of richly resonant, polysemous form firing on all cylinders: a hip, ripping thriller set in the mean streets of Chicago’s Southside and the meaner, grittier streets of an urban Brazilian favela, a moving historical allegory of African prodigals stranded in North and South America by the transatlantic slave trade, and an inspiring chronicle of moral growth anagogically crowned by the homeward trajectory of the prodigal axé or life force of Brazilian Candomblé and its pantheon of orixas. The opening tw…

By Dorothy Givens Terry As an African-American author who is trying to get her middle grade/young adult novel traditionally published, and as a parent of an avid reader, I knew I needed to be at the Publishers Weekly’s (PW), “Salaries and Diversity in Publishing” seminar in New York City. The seminar pegs off of a PW diversity in publishing survey, the results of which appear in the magazine’s October 13 issue. The magazine article and the subsequent discussion, hosted on Oct. 16 at Random House’s headquarters, were eye-openers as I learned that the lack of diversity within publishing may explain the lack of diversity on my daughter’s bookshelf. The raci…

Writers like Anne get a tremendous amount of press in the media, so I typically do not publish interviews of authors outside my target demographic, but I know enough Black folks reads Anne's work I figured her interview would be worth sharing... Anne Rice The Beauty’s Kingdom Interview with Kam Williams Anne Rice’s debut novel, Interview with a Vampire, was adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. She is also the author of many other best-sellers, including the hugely successful Vampire Chronicles, The Mummy or Ramses the Damned, Violin, Angel Time, and the Mayfair Witches series. Born and raised in New Orleans, An…

Brown Girls Books celebrates two years of bringing readers the best in books Company that started as a way for new and veteran authors to publish their books reflects on success, looks to future (Raleigh, NC – Feb. 2016) – Brown Girls Books burst onto the publishing scene in February of 2014. Now, as they celebrate two years of bringing readers the best in books, BGB is looking forward to conquering new dimensions. The company was started after National Bestselling Authors Victoria Christopher Murray and ReShonda Tate Billingsley saw the changing publishing dynamic making it more and more difficult for authors to survive and thrive in the industry. …

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Black writers are over represented (again) on the list of finalists for National Book Awards. This really is something positive in the world of books. Of course this by no means makes our for a couple of centuries of marginalization in the book world. It will take a lot longer to make up for that. I can say that the National Book Foundation is doing their part to make a positive impact in the world of books.