BookExpo America 2009: Fall Children’s Highlights http://ow.ly/acn4 # LIT NEWS: A Tell-All Tome Is Now Hush-Hush http://ow.ly/aatm # LIT NEWS: Ideas and Trends: Poets, Academia: A Couplet in Conflict http://ow.ly/aatk # LIT NEWS: Bookshelf | War and Baseball: The Two-Front Battle of Harlem’s Hellfighters, and a Legendary Homer http://ow.ly/aati # Brown Bookshelf: Wk-End Panel – [...]
NC Piedmont-Triad RAWSISTAZ
May 30, 2009 By
 NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT TRIAD (Est November 2003) About Us: Fun, friendship and sisterhood are used when describing the NC Piedmont-Triad Chapter of RAW. We launched Nov 1, 2003 and have had a very rewarding year. Monthly themes help us to broaden our reading selections, as we don’t always end up reading the same genre [...]
Summer Reading with Anointed Authors (June 1-12)
May 30, 2009 By
This tour is for the Anointed Authors on Tour – Kendra Norman Bellamy, Tia McCollors, Shewanda Riley, Vanessa Miller, Michelle Stimpson, and Dr. Vivi Monroe Congress. BLOG TOUR MEDIA KIT Click to view Author Bios Click to view Book Descriptions Click to Download Graphics VIRTUAL TOUR Online Radio Schedule Monday, June 1 – Black Author [...]
Assata and the Secret of the Cowrie (Book Review)
May 29, 2009 By
ASSATA AND THE SECRET OF THE COWRIE by Vickie M. Oliver-Lawson, Illustrated by Karen Summerville New Day Publishing, February 2008 28 Pages, Paperback, $15.00 ISBN: 0972154256 Genre: Children’s Fiction   (4-8)  BUY IT – http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0972154256/rawreviewers  RAWKidz Rating: 5 (out of 5)  The History Behind Cowrie Shells  Have you ever seen someone wear porcelain-like [...]
Getting to Know Your Character by Tyora Moody
May 29, 2009 By
“I want to write a book.” How many times have you heard someone make that statement? Maybe it’s one of your deepest desires in life. For me, I had a mid-thirties moment. It wasn’t anything major like a mid-life crisis where one loses their senses. This was more of a clarifying moment in my life [...]
Par for the Curse Blog Tour with Toyi Ward
May 29, 2009 By
RAWSISTAZ talks to Toyi Ward, author of Par for the Curse, about her writing process. How long did it take you to write Par for the Curse. Five years from first word to press. But I was working full time so I anticipate I could have completed it in a couple of years if I [...]
You, Me & He by Brooke Green
May 28, 2009 By
 YOU, ME AND HE by Brooke Green  Website: http://www.FullCirclePub.com purchase for $10+FREE Shipping BOOK SYNOPSIS She stuck with him through thick and thin…Will he choose her or him??? You’ve heard the stories of women throwing in the towel after learning their men are ‘on the down low’. You, Me, and He takes a look [...]
Ramblings: A Booked Blog by Angelia Vernon Menchan (Book Excerpt)
May 28, 2009 By
Published February 2009/ Non-Fiction Excerpt:Â One of the hardest things to articulate to people is to only hold themselves accountable… It is hard, I grant you that, But it is freeing… What I mean by that is this, People do to you what you allow, If someone is disrespecting you, There had to be a [...]
The Green Eyed Butterfly by Kiffany Dugger
May 28, 2009 By
 Publishing Company: Dugger Publishing Publication Date: June 21, 2009 ISBN 13: 978-0-615-26547-6 ISBN 10: 0-615-26547-2 READ AN EXCERPT – Click Here for an excerpt  BOOK DESCRIPTION Seth St. James invites you to get comfortable and prepare your mind for a whirlwind journey as you travel with her to unlock the mystery of her [...]
RAWSISTAZ Site Redesign
May 28, 2009 By
Welcome to the redesigned RAWSISTAZ.com! Our “official” launch date is June 1st, but we wanted to go ahead and give a sneak peek of the new site. While there are still areas we’re working on, I hope everyone enjoys our new look. Most of the categories of the site we’ve had since inception, but we [...]
