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Here are some Romance Novels sorted by pub date. They are all good (otherwise they would bot be on the site). Personally, I've only read one or two romance novels, but they all follow a formula which culminates in a happy ending. Perhaps you can start with a short story. I found what you've about the girl, so far, very interesting. When she literally "let her hair down," do you think that was a signal? Clearly she was comfortable in your presence and respected your intelligence... but you did not push huh?

@Kareem, I hear you Brother, but consider a woman who never knew freedom -- perhaps for generations -- who was then placed in a foreign land far removed from eveything she knew and expected to fend for herself and children. Clearly, she felt she was better off back in Virginia. I have no idea why, but it is hard for me to judge someone so harshly a century later in a circumstance that is completely unimaginable. If it is any consolation the kids probably did see freedom as emancipation was just 24 years later.

Well that is jacked up. There are actually two incremental upgrades to the forum software that I have yet to apply. Perhaps one of those upgrades will correct the problem. I'll will apply them evening or the next, and reach out to you to see it this corrects the problem. @Mel Hopkins, thanks for letting me know.

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I wouldn't be too hard on our sisters who wanted to return, perhaps the had family back in NOLA.

Well they banned Farrakhan, so you're in good company 🙂

I just got my copy of Publishers Weekly in the mail.

It is probably a minor ranking signal -- google is too opaque to say -- but they did publish a video saying it was a signal. Given the risk of potentially having to pay much more may make it worth the investment. I only have one .org domain, https://cis3630.org i just looked it up and it expires in Feburary!

Sounds like the start of a romance novel... 🙂 Wow this is news to me. One hundred lost books... deep. I believe this. I believe I've met angels before. I also believe we can all be Angels from time to time.

This can't be true. @Kareem is this a photo you posted, or is this something you copied from another source? In any event, I'm going to copy the photo and paste it on my Facebook wall to see if I can reproduce this problem.

No, I actually don't. It took me years to get a press pass. I wanna say it is invitation only, like the National Book Awards, but im not sure.

Thanks Mel you are right in that the money I make contributes to Black writers not just in the form of book sales but for reviews, editing, and other assignments. I'm going to have to out source the book order processing I simply can't do the work. I think I have a compensation model that will be worth it to someone looking to earn a little extra money and get some free books.

Google is notorious for copying content. What makes this so bad is that they bury sites in search results for doing the same thing! This acutally is a good idea anyway if the business or entity is not going away soon. It is less expensive and is a ranking signal the Google uses (domains with expirations far in the future get an SEO benefit.

Thanks @Wendy Jones I was talking to a publisher and they told me "A" would order books send them back before the payment terms (that A defined) expired only to reorder the same books just to avoid paying for the books by extending the terms. The publisher loses money on each book they sell through A. They were forced to increase the price of the book. In the meantime, given the lack of competition the publisher is selling far fewer copies. Everyone, including the publisher, author, reader, and bookseller are worse off. The only one benefiting in this scenario is "A." The real problem is that readers don't appreciate how they are less well off. In an world with "A;" books are more expensive than they would be otherwise (save the most most popular titles), and readers are exposed to fewer titles because of a lack of competition.

@Pioneer1 you give white folks too much credit, mushrooms are natural aren't they?

@Pioneer1 I agree the program sounds like woke psychobabble designed to seperate naive students from their money by capitalizing on Cullors notoriety. I would have wrote that "...extends beyond the hashtag." I know that's cynical but...

@KareemPlease link to article if they are relevant and especially if you are connected withe the sites. It the link is problematic, which seems unlikely, I'll let you know.

Hey! I haven't even seen this thanks for sharing it @Mel Hopkins

PATRISSE CULLORS NAMED FACULTY DIRECTOR OF NEW SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ARTS PRACTICE MFA PROGRAM AT PRESCOTT COLLEGE Prospective students will be able to complete the program online with an optional residency in LA at the Crenshaw Dairy Mart Today, Arizona’s Prescott College announced the unveiling of their new Social and Environmental Arts Practice MFA program helmed by Patrisse Cullors, artist, activist, educator/public speaker, Black Lives Matter Global Network co-founder, founder and chairperson of Reform L.A. Jails, as the Faculty Director. The program, strategically designed by Cullors and Prescott, is the first of its kind in the nation to focus a curriculum on the intersection of art, social justice and community organizing that extends beyond the page — creating a pathway to positively respond to social and environmental issues in ways that inspire and mobilize community-based solutions. Students enrolled in the 48-credit online MFA degree have the option to complete a residency in Los Angeles, California at The Crenshaw Dairy Mart, a studio where Cullors and many of the faculty that teach in the program work. Cullors was intentional in every aspect of the program design, with classes lending themselves to evaluating nature, culture, society, and the environment through the arts. Core classes to complete as part of the curriculum include “Art as Social & Environmental Practice”, which introduces students to the fundamental theories and concepts of art as social and environmental practice; “The Rise of Performance Art in the Fine Arts World”, which will look at the ways social practice has evolved from 1960 to present; and “Studio Practice”, which is course work that can be fulfilled through mentorships and/or online courses as approved in the student’s degree roadmap. To learn more about the program visit: prescott.edu/mfa

I read this book. Gregory says some radical even conspiracy theory stuff. The publisher said they vetted all his stuff, so I was anxious to read what the book contained. I don't recall anything particularly revelatory. Let us know what you discover.

Hi @LKC1218 or ( @LKC1218) i just approved your account your videos should embed directly. Ill check out myself later.

Yes, I think posting the review here makes sense too 🙂

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Picture 1994: “This is a great script. Let’s get Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman,” said the then-president of a studio sublabel. Fortunately, there was a single black person in that studio meeting 25 years ago who told him that Harriet Tubman was a black woman. The president replied, “That was so long ago. No one will know that.” —The Los Angeles Times, November 19, 2020. Plowing through my emails this morning. I got an email with the subject, "Julia Roberts as Harriet Tubman?" I immediately deleted the email, but something told me to undelete it and read what as in the email -- only because the person who sent it was an elder and respected author. If did not read his email but went to his source, because I did not want to read an opinion about sometime that I had already dismissed as fake news. His source as a site I never heard of, TheWeek.com. One look at the site and told me to just move on, but the first sentence cited the LA Times, a source worth checking out. I read that article and apparently the headline is true! While folks can say the craziest things! @Kareem, understanding how holliweird works (read the article) and what it actually takes to get a film depicting heroic Black people, are so still bend out of shape about Everio playing the role?