Black Books, Authors, Book Reviews, Events & More
The 9-Year Anniversary Celebration continues with a special book giveaway & audio interview with Wahida Clark, interviewed by Linda Duggins, Director of Multicultural Publicity at Hachette Book Group. Clark shares information on her writing, life & publishing. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN What do you know about Wahida Clark? • Wahida Clark is a New York [...]
When author, Paula Chase Hyman, wrote a manuscript in 2003 about a bright-eyed optimistic fourteen year old, suburban girl who happened to be African American, the landscape of young adult fiction featuring contemporary Black characters was barren. In 2004, Hyperion released Dana Davidson’s Jason & Kyra and from there the slow trickle of books featuring characters [...]
It gives me great pleasure to spotlight one of the first people I met in the literary world who also had a passion for books and promoting Black writers: LaShaunda C. Hoffman. IN HER OWN WORDS: In the real world, I’m a mother of three, wife to my hero and caregiver to my mother. I [...]
Minnie Estelle Miller was born in Chicago, Illinois, though she has lived in many cities over the past thirty years. Since the age of twenty-one, she has been an activist as well as a writer. Curiosity pulled her to London, Paris, Jamaica, and many U.S. cities where she met individuals of all persuasions. Her last full time job was with the [...]
Ahh. What a joy to hear the sounds of little ones getting up at the crack of dawn as they brush their teeth, take their baths and showers and eat their vitamin fortified breakfasts. It’s school time again. Scraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatch. Okay let’s get real here for a minute. Gone are the days that you slept in [...]
Will Malcolm Black finally get the woman of his dreams or will he tire of waiting and find someone else to be Mrs. Black. Will William Brown finally get his comeuppance and have to pay the piper or will Cinnamon Brown find it in her heart to forgive and look the other way one more [...]
While I realize this is all so much bigger than me, I’m proud to be the founder of such a wonderful group of readers, writers & literary enthusiasts. Today marks the 9-Year Anniversary of RAWSISTAZ Literary Group! What started off as a way of supporting and promoting African-American authors has blossomed into not only just [...]
Hello RAW family, Hopefully you know me well enough by now to know I’m pulling your leg. If not I hope you know the publishing business well enough to know there are NO secrets, just timing, luck good writing and perseverance. That said I will give you some tips that I have received from interviewing [...]
Meet LaCricia A’ngelle, author of Girl, Naw! LaCricia A`ngelle is a licensed Evangelist, writer, and the President and CEO of His Pen Publishing LLC. A native of Chicago, LaCricia currently resides in Tennessee with her four children. Girl, Naw! is her first novel. Her writing career began when she was a child writing songs, and [...]
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