Recently added articles from Black Issues Book Review:
May/June's celebrations, gatherings and observances.(from the editors)(Editorial)
May 01, 2007; McHenry, Susan ... While hip-hop culture continues to be a magnet for controversy, it's hard to deny that hip-hop lyrics at their best can be sharply observant, witty and even wise. And that's how I'd characterize the work of Kanye West. From the profound reverence of "Jesus Walks" to the teasing, ...
People get ready for another Cosby book.(between the lines: the inside scoop on what's happening in the publishing industry)("Come on, People!: On the Path From Victims to Victors" by Bill Cosby)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; Pride, Felicia ... "Come on, people!" That's what Bill Cosby (left) has been saying to the black community more loudly than usual in the past few years--from his notorious NAACP speech to his "call-out" sessions in local communities. And now he'll be saying it on the printed page in his forthcoming book, ...
Where there's a will ...(between the lines: the inside scoop on what's happening in the publishing industry)
May 01, 2007; Pride, Felicia ... Novelist and writing instructor Tina McElroy Ansa (left) recently launched an independent publishing company, DownSouth Press. The press will focus on African American literature--fiction and nonfiction by established and new authors who are often undermarketed or even excluded from the ...
Bringing the heat new young adult series.(between the lines: the inside scoop on what's happening in the publishing industry)(Brief article)
May 01, 2007; Pride, Felicia ... Scholastic won the auction for worldwide publishing rights to Hotlanta, a new paperback series featuring African American teen girls by authors Denene Millner and Mitzi Miller. The deal was negotiated by Scholastic's Andrea Pinkney and agent Victoria Sanders of Victoria Sanders & ...
Cave Canem.(AWARDS)(Brief article)
May 01, 2007; Pride, Felicia ... Cave Canem, the "home for Black poetry," has been awarded a three-year contingency grant in the amount of $150,000 for operational support from the Lannan Foundation. Awarded under the foundation's Literary Program, established in 1987 to ...
Coe Booth.(AWARDS)(L.A. Times Book Prize Young Adult category)(Brief article)
May 01, 2007; Pride, Felicia ... Debut author Coe Booth received an L.A. Times Book Prize in the Young Adult ...
Marcus Samuelsson.(AWARDS)(James Beard Foundation/KitchenAid Book Award)(Brief article)
May 01, 2007; Pride, Felicia ... Renowned chef and author Marcus Samuelsson won the James Beard Foundation/KitchenAid Book Award, on May 7, 2007, in the ...
Peniel E. Joseph.(AWARDS)(Mark Lynton History Award)(Brief article)
May 01, 2007; Pride, Felicia ... On May 8, 2007, Peniel E. Joseph, an associate professor in Africana Studies at SUNY-Stony Brook, in New York, was named a finalist for the Mark Lynton ...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.(AWARDS)(Anisfield-Wolf Book Award)(Brief article)
May 01, 2007; Pride, Felicia ... Nigerian-born author Chimarnanda Ngozi Adichie will receive an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award on September 6, 2007, for her novel ...
Eric Jerome Dickey.(CONTEST)
May 01, 2007; Pride, Felicia ... Review Eric Jerome Dickey's next book, Waking With Enemies, the sequel to Sleeping With Strangers, before the August 2007 publication date and get the chance to have your review appear in the July/August 2007 issue of Black Issues Book Review. Contact BIBR for your free, advance copy of ...
Jeff Henderson.(NONFICTION)(Brief article)
May 01, 2007; Pride, Felicia ... Film rights for Jeff Henderson's Cooked, a memoir about his journey from selling crack and spending time in jail, to becoming an award-winning chef, have been sold to Sony Studios in conjunction with Escape Artists and ...
C. Vivian Stringer.(NONFICTION)(Brief article)
May 01, 2007; Pride, Felicia ... C. Vivian Stringer, Rutgers University women's basketball coach, has signed a deal to a write a book about her life. Tentatively titled Stepping Up and Standing Tall, the book is scheduled to be released in the first half of 2008, according to Tina Constable, ...
Lil' Kim.(NONFICTION)(Brief article)
May 01, 2007; Pride, Felicia ... Rapper Lil' Kim's The Price of Loyalty, a memoir about her time in prison, to Monique Patterson at St. Martin's Press for publication in 2008. MTV insider Terrance Dean's Hiding in Hip-Hop: Confessions of ...
R&B diva Faith Evans with Aliya King's Keeping the Faith, about the author's romantic yet stormy marriage to hip-hop legend Notorious B.I.G. to Karen Thomas at Grand Central, in a significant deal, at auction, by Marc Gerald at The Agency Group.(NONFICTION)(Brief article)
May 01, 2007; Pride, Felicia ... R&B diva Faith Evans with Aliya King's Keeping the Faith, about the author's romantic yet stormy marriage to hip-hop legend Notorious B.I.G. to Karen Thomas at Grand Central, in a ...
Farrah Gray.(NONFICTION)(Brief article)
May 01, 2007; Pride, Felicia ... Self-made millionaire by age 14 and author of Reallionare, Farrah Gray's What's Holding You Back: Overcome the 7 Lies to Success and Create Radical Prosperity, a guide that challenges ...
Moe Brighthaupt.(NONFICTION)
May 01, 2007; Pride, Felicia ... Former bodyguard for Anna Nicole Smith, Moe Brighthaupt's Baby Girl, tell-all about Smith's ...
Victoria Christopher Murray.(FICTION)(Brief article)
May 01, 2007; Pride, Felicia ... Victoria Christopher Murray's Too Little, Too Late, about sex addiction and redemption as the author revisits a character ...
On May 30, 2007, Up South Inc., and Hue-Man Bookstore present "Jammin' With Baraka Fundraising Gala.".(NEW YORK, NEW YORK)(Brief article)
May 01, 2007 ... On May 30, 2007, Up South Inc., and Hue-Man Bookstore present "Jammin' With Baraka Fundraising Gala." The event to honor Amiri Baraka will take place at the Synod House on the campus of The Cathedral of ...
The Femme Fantastik Tour.(NATIONWIDE)(Brief article)
May 01, 2007 ... The Femme Fantastik Tour, founded by authors Lori Bryant-Woolridge, Nina Foxx and Carmen Green in 2004 as a way to bring popular books to U.S. military bases bookstores and book-loving organizations, will kick off its 2007-2008 tour on September 15, at Fort Sam ...
The 3rd Annual Nyack Library African-American Author Conference & Book Fair.(NYACK, NEW YORK)(Brief article)
May 01, 2007 ... The 3rd Annual Nyack Library African-American Author Conference & Book Fair will be held Saturday, September 29, 2007, and Sunday, September 30, 2007. On Saturday the fair will be at the Nyack Library, 10 A.M.-6 P.M.; and on Sunday, it will be at the Palisades ...
