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All Videos Recorded by AALBC.com (http://aalbc.com) June 5, 2012 at the African American Pavilion at Book Expo America (BEA), New York, NY Kevin Roberts Owner of Azizi Books in Matteson, IL

Imagine a young person with the disadvantages of youth (naivety, inexperience, gullibility) and you have Cynique. It has been said youth is wasted on the young, this is why we age...

You always find book videos. I will watch this one tonight!

Which are your favorite Black owned bookstores? I found a way to sell books which drives sales to an individual independent bookstore. Since I can only use one store at a time I wanted to use a store that I may not be personally familiar with, but does a great job, and can use the additional support. Perhaps you can find a store you like on my bookstore database: http://aalbc.com/writers/bookstores.html

Got it -- thanks. I should have my copy tomorrow.

Cynique, I disagree with you. The book was written, presumably, for readers like us, therefore we have every right to be critical of it. An unfavorable critique of one work is not a "diss" on Morrison. Further, all of her awards does not make her immune to such criticism. Without such criticism, publishing companies will continue to take advantage of us by doling out, over priced, incomplete novels from famous authors, for a quick payday. Would we know Toni Morrison today is "Home" was published in 1970 rather than the "Bluest Eye"? Cynique, Morrison is no spring chicken and the prospects of another "Beloved" are nil. Do you think a novel like "Home" hurts her legacy? Do you see any parallels between, say Ali boxing well past his prime where the real beneficiaries are the promoters? It is a good thing there are still libraries.

This one is queued up Waterstar -- thanks!

I'll be less than modest for a moment and assume I'm one of those father and thank you both -- Thank you!

I just saw a a play a few weeks ago called Clybourne Park The Addresses the complexity of "White Flight" and "Gentrification". The play, currently running on Broadway, picks up where Lorraine Hansberry's (1930-1965) Raisin in the Sun leaves off, then revisits the situation 50 years later. An excellent play.

Hey Cynique, a couple of days ago I went to my local B&N bookstore picked up the book noticed how slim it was, looked at the $24 price tag and almost choked. I could not bring myself to make the buy. I went back home a brought it here off my Toni Morrison page: http://aalbc.com/authors/toni.htm save $10, free shipping and it will be at my door on Wednesday. Knopf should have sent me a galley anyway, but that is another story... Anywho judging by the size I'll probably finish in one sitting -- maybe I'll go the beach and make a day of it. I stumbled across a less complementary review here: Toni Morrison's 'Home' finds her fumbling the reviewer concludes: I will certainly let you know what I think though, keep in mind, I do not possess your eloquence.

Photos from this event have been posted and are available for purchase http://aalbc.it/bpp12-photos

The Shine On Summer Reading Book Fair Saturday, June 23, 2012 10:00am until 2:00pm Sponsored: Shiloh Baptist Church; Urban Leadership Institute; Hurston Wright Foundation: Alliance for Black Literature & Entertainment (ABLE); Burgess Publishing The goal of the Shine On Summer Reading Book Fair is the shine a light on the importance of summer reading for Washington DC- area children and families. Most U.S. students go to school for 180 days during the year and enjoy more than two months of time off every summer. Research shows that many students experience learning loss when they do not engage in academic enrichment activities over the summer. Reading achievement loss can be significant, and when students start school in the fall they often struggle to catch up. ~~Give aways, entertainment & featured children’s book authors~~ Authors include: Charisse Carney Nunes Ralph Burgess David Miller Chu Onwuachi-Saunders, MD Yaba Baker Lori Nelson James Merritt Special appearances by NAACP Image Award nominated children's author, Kwame Alexander; storyteller & Griot Baba-C; and many more surprises. Featured group Watoto from the Nile [media=]

Hey Milton, start out by check out this board: http://pinterest.com/aalbc/the-black-pack-party/ it will give you a sense When I get a few moments I'll go into the history of the Black Pack Party. It goes back almost 15 years... By the way, thanks for your participation here!

You may view all the photographs here: http://aalbc.it/bpp12-photos You authors like Victoria Christopher Murray next to K'wan, Sandra Kitt next to JM Benjamin. Jamal Joseph author of Panther baby was there. Author and radio talk show host Michael Basiden was there. The founder of Amistad Press Charles Harris and Legendary Literary Agent Marie Brown. Literary icon Cheryl Woodruff as in the house. Plus William Fredrick Cooper, Carol Taylor,, Atim Annette Oton, Editor Anita Diggs, Ron Kavanaugh (Host), Carolyn A Butts (African Voices Magazine), Harvey Hass Nunes (Host), Charisse Carney-Nunes (Host), Gilda Squire, Karen E. Quinones Miller, Michael L. Breaux, Allison Essence M Edwards, Michele Gipson (Host), Reggie Grayson, Lutishia Lovely, Londel Davis, Demetria Lucas, Troy CLE, Tamika Newhouse, Marie D. Brown, Keisha-Gaye Anderson, Rosalind McLymont, Leslie Williams-Detouche, Kwame Alexander, Diane Patrick, Q.B. Wells, Bruce Welch, Robert Anthony, Gabrielle Johnson, Ni'cola Mitchell, Shonda Devaughn, Jenisha Watts, and many more celebrated at Londel's Restaurant in Harlem, NYC on June 6th 2012. Hope to see you next year

OK this will be the next book I read, physical version.

Hillary did on fact have the support of virtually every Black politician here in Harlem even the great Charley Rangel head of the influential Ways and Means committee was behind Hillary. It is obvious the support was in return for past favors and future favors which could be parlayed into more money and power for the politicians involved. I'm inclined have to agree with Waterstar on the "African Americans with great influence in the black community" part. Waterstar the Black masses however were "all in" with regard to Obama, still are, for the most part, but the energy level is nothing compared with 4 years ago. At the end of the day team Obama KNOW they got the Black vote locked up: 99% of Black people will either vote for Obama or not vote at all. This is why Obama has no problem endorsing gay marriage and the risking the ire of Christian Black voters. Again the Black vote is sewn up so why not lock in the gay vote too.

Waterstar, keep in mind A LOT of people really liked Palin. While she did not resonate in the Black or liberal white communities on the coasts she is revered by a great many people. I assumed this is way the Republicans picked her. I guess they figured they got away by getting Bush in the White House -- they figured they could slip the likes of a Palin into the do nothing role as Vice President, and benefit from having the first woman on the ticket to balance Obama first Black presidential candidacy. Little did the Republicans know the media would hold a female VP candidate under much more scrutiny than they would a Black Presidential candidate.

The winners of the 24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards were announced last night [June 4th] in a sold-out gala ceremony hosted by comedienne Kate Clinton at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City. Author of the groundbreaking Tales of the City books, Armistead Maupin, and seminal influence on second-wave feminism Kate Millett, were the Pioneer Award honorees. Taking place the same week of Book Expo America - the book publishing industry's largest annual gathering of booksellers, publishers, and others in the industry - the Lambda ceremony brought together over 400 attendees, sponsors, and celebrities to celebrate excellence in LGBT literature. Legendary entertainer Lypsinka gave a special performance at the ceremony, and the VIP After-Party at hotspot Slate was a night to remember with Lady Bunny as DJ. Jacqueline Woodson, award-winning author of children's books was a presenter at the awards Lesbian Fiction Six Metres of Pavement, by Farzana Doctor, Dundrun Press Gay Fiction The Empty Family, by Colm Tóibín, Scribner Lesbian Debut Fiction Zipper Mouth, by Laurie Weeks, The Feminist Press Gay Debut Fiction Quarantine: Stories, by Rahul Mehta, Harper Perennial Lesbian Memoir/Biography When We Were Outlaws: A Memoir of Love & Revolution, Jeanne Córdova, Spinsters Ink Gay Memoir/Biography The Jack Bank: A Memoir of a South African Childhood, by Glen Retief, St. Martin's Press Lesbian Mystery Dying to Live, by Kim Baldwin & Xenia Alexiou, Bold Strokes Books Gay Mystery Red White Black and Blue, by Richard Stevenson, MLR Press LGBT Anthology Gay Latino Studies: A Critical Reader, ed. by Michael Hames-García and Ernesto Javier Martínez, Duke University Press LGBT Children's/Young Adult Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy, by Bil Wright, Simon & Schuster LGBT Drama A Menopausal Gentleman: The Solo Performances of Peggy Shaw, by Peggy Shaw, University of Michigan Press LGBT Nonfiction A Queer History of the United States, by Michael Bronski, Beacon Press LGBT SF/Fantasy/Horror The German, by Lee Thomas, Lethe Press LGBT Studies Sister Arts: The Erotics of Lesbian Landscapes, by Lisa L. Moore, University of Minnesota Press Bisexual Fiction The Correspondence Artist, by Barbara Browning, Two Dollar Radio Bisexual Nonfiction The Horizontal Poet, by Jan Steckel, Zeitgest Press Transgender Fiction Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica, ed. by Tristan Taormino, Cleis Press Transgender Nonfiction Tango: My Childhood Backwards and in High Heels, by Justin Vivian Bond, The Feminist Press Lesbian Erotica Story of L, by Debra Hyde, Ravenous Romance Gay Erotica All Together, by Dirk Vanden, iloveyoudivine Alerotica Lesbian Poetry Love Cake, by Leah LakshmiPiepza-Samarasinha, TSAR Publications Gay Poetry A Fast Life: The Collected Poems of Tim Dlugos, ed. by David Trinidad, Nightboat Books Lesbian Romance Taken by Surprise, by Kenna White, Bella Books Gay Romance Every Time I Think of You, by Jim Provenzano, CreateSpace/Myrmidude Press Press Contact: Tony Valenzuela (323) 376-6801, tvalenzuela@lambdaliterary.org

We've launched an editorial services company called Edit 1st (http://edit1st.com). I'm building out the website as we speak. We have already begun engaging client's even thought the hard launch of Edit 1st is a couple of weeks away. In the meantime there is a facility on the website where one can Ask an Editor a question related to editing or publishing in general. I would like to begin seeding that section with questions, so if any of you have questions please post them here: http://bit.ly/askaneditor Thanks, Troy info@edit1st.com

I learned from a local journalist and author Cheryl Wills, of New York City's NY1 that Rosa Guy passed recently. I don't know the exact date, but I believe it was within the past week. Rosa was a Harlem based author, and literary activist. Her first book was published in the mid 60's (I believe), she co-founded the Harlem Writer's Guild. She was also a member of a Black nationalist literary organization, On Guard for Freedom. She is definitely, as I would say, "An Author You Should Know". Cheryl's TV station did a segment on Rosa Guy but I missed it. I've been searching the net for over 24 hours and I have yet to see a mention of Rosa's passing. If I have not heard this from Cheryl directly I might have believed it was a hoax. While I appreciate relatively few people know Rosa Guy and therefore the media is uninterested, but one of my complains over the last few years has been who, and what is covered online and how it has changed over the last decade for the worse, computers are faster, better and cheaper. But we are less informed, more superficial than ever before... RIP Rosa

Cynique some of us are behaving as if the Savior has indeed arrived in Obama. In some quarters, I'd rather come out a gay man, than "come out" as someone critical of Obama. I think the Obama presidency will serve as a tipping point in the American psyche which demonstrates that the government is indeed controlled the wealthy and powerful, and that something very fundamental needs to change. The only reason Obama got in was because he convinced enough white folks he was about hope and change. That message will not resonate with poor and middle class white folks any more.

The author of the article makes a statement I don't understand, "African Americans have always been socially conservative and politically progressive." It is not clear to me how one can be socially conservative and politically progressive. If one is politically progressive, they would support for marriage equality for same sex couples while a social conservative would fight again it. The Black Clergy's reaction to Obama's stance of homosexuality is a religious one, not really open for discussion -- unless of course you want to change the religion; which is in a constant state of flux to remain relevant as society changes, scientific discoveries are made, and people become more educated and free. Personally I believe Obama's presidency has demonstrated that, yes a Black man can now become president; but more importantly we now can see quite plainly that it really does not matter who is in the White House -- the interests of the rich and powerful dominate. And they dominate not just at the expense of Black people (thought we are hurt the most), they dominate and the expense of all American's. Sure Obama's stance of gay marriage, and the state of the economy will chase some white voters into the arms of Romney. I suspect many Black voters will stay at home insufficiently motivated to cast a vote. Will folks do this in sufficient numbers to avert a Romney will? I thought it would as soon I saw Obama in action, but time will of course tell. Again, it does not look good for an Obama reelection, but it looks far worse for the American people...

Re-electing President Obama Trumps Black Resistance to Same Sex Marriage Cleo Manago, CEO and founder of the Black Men’s Xchange (BMX) "For the last few weeks since President Obama became the first sitting president to endorse same-sex marriage, pundits have been obsessed with what this support will mean for this year’s election. Specifically, will Obama’s rock-solid support in the black community waiver? Of course, this obsession is predicated on the false belief by nearly everyone in the media that African Americans are somehow more homophobic than other ethnic groups. However, how exactly African Americans feel about homosexuality and why has rarely been investigated." Read the full article

Cynique maybe Verne just did not know how to start a new thread (conversation of his own). When I first saw his post my first instinct was to delete and ban the account -- and I almost did that until I skimmed the message as saw that it was not spam (technically) Verne you should click the "start the new topic" at on the right hand side of the page near the top of the page. We you want to introduce new material.

Yeah I've watched many movies this way :-) Adding to the queue now!