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Gumbo For The Soul: Here’s Our Child, Where’s The Village? Edited by Beverly Black Johnson, foreword by Tee C. Royal IUniverse, November 2008 128 Pages, Paperback, $11.95 ISBN: 1440101264 Genre: Anthology RAW Rating: 4.5 (out of 5) GUMBO FOR THE SOUL: Here’s Our Child, Where’s the Village? compiled by Beverly Black Johnson, is a collection [...]
Welcome to Day 4 of The Devil is a Lie Blog Tour featuring our review of ReShonda Tate Billingsley’s new release of the same title.  I have enjoyed all of Billingsley’s books to date, so I was happy to bring myself “out of retirement” to review this book.  Hope you enjoy the review and if [...]
Welcome to another Black Book Chat! Today, we’re featuring Tracy Price-Thompson and her latest book, Gather Together in My Name. Please feel free to share your thoughts, comments, or questions regarding the book and remember that we’ll be here throughout the day today (Tuesday) and then wrap up things early Wednesday morning. As a reminder, this [...]
The Harlem Book Fair Panel Discussion You Can’t Miss!                                          KILLING ME SOFTLY: HOW PUBLISHING IS REPRESSING THE AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERARY MARKET!                             Saturday, July 18, 2009     12:00 p.m.                                  Place: Coutee Cullen Library                                                104 West 136th Street (corner of Lenox Avenue)                                                New York, NY 10030    Award winning authors Bernice McFadden, Karen E. Quinones Miller, Margaret Johnson-Hodge, Moody [...]
The 2009 NBCC is July 31 through August 2 to be held at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. Visit the site at http://www.nationalbookclubconference.com. From the Site: The mission of the National Book Club Conference is to create the world’s largest book-club meeting once a year, to promote the value of reading and formulating book clubs among [...]
LIT NEWS: God and Man at National Review – Richard Brookhiser, at his first book party, with William F. Buckley Jr…. http://ow.ly/15GUkQ # LIT NEWS: Goddess of Mischief – Idina Sackville and her third husband, Josslyn Hay, 1923. http://ow.ly/15GQHO # LIT NEWS: Maternity Tests – The women of Amanda Eyre Wards stories navigate the glories [...]
I hope everyone is enjoying their 4th of July Weekend! The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers have included the 5 on the Fifth book reviews below for July Enjoy! Have Mercy by Earl Sewell After the death of her parents, Carmen took on the responsibility of raising her younger sister, Nikki. The home they made for each other was [...]
C.F. Jackson is an author, website makeover trainer and mentor, who graduated from Georgia Southern University with a degree in Criminal Justice. Originally from St. Petersburg, Florida, C.F. Jackson has resided in Atlanta for 12 years. The single life of the city has been a true experience she can discuss and has written about. C.F. [...]
 This tour is for author, ReShonda Tate Billingsley. Her latest book release is The Devil is a Lie (July 2009). ONLINE RADIO SCHEDULE Tuesday, July 7th - Sharvette Mitchell Show (6:00 pm EST) BLOG TOUR SCHEDULE Monday, June 6 Rhonda McKnight All The Buzz Reviews Tuesday, July 7 APOOO Books Debra Owsley Adrienne Adams [...]
Every day people follow me on Twitter with hopes to get a glimpse of my day. Why? For some odd reason some think that having a pr firm and being a publicist is glamorous and pays well(Ha!) And others, especially authors who may have been burnt by a lit pub think that this job is [...]
