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Novelist Bernice McFadden resists 'seg-book-gation'

Thursday, November 19th, 2009 · 4 comments

Critically acclaimed author of multiple novels, Bernice McFadden, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of her first novel, Sugar, landing on...
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Oprah, CNN's Anderson Cooper host Say You're One of Them book talk tonight

Tonight is Oprah and CNN's big literary event, the world's largest book discussion. The billionaire talk-show host will join Anderson Cooper and...
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Bloggers tackle Sapphire's Push with Precious buzz

With the release of the movie Precious, both mainstream media and the blogosphere are buzzing again about the troubling story of an obese Harlem teen...
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Carleen Brice's Orange Mint and Honey becomes a movie starring Jill Scott

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Novelist Carleen Brice's has been sharing big news. Lifetime Television has optioned her book Orange Mint and Honey to be a movie starring singer,...
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Is the $25K Bellwether Prize Calling Your Name?

If you have written a novel and not yet published it that could be classified as "literature of social change" then consider submitting it...
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300 words on Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize winning author

Name: Alice Malsenior Walker Birthdate: February 9, 1944 Birthplace: Eatonton, Ga. Current Residence: Northern California Marital Status: Divorced...
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300 words on Carl Weber, literary prince of drama

Birthdate: Unclear, born possibly 1966 or 1967Birthplace: Unclear, but considers himself from the Queens borough of NYCCurrent Residence: Long Island,...
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News from best selling authors in the paperback jungle

Like the hardcover authors' news list, the titles and authors on the paberback authors' news list below come from Essence magazine's Best Sellers...
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News hits from Essence Best Sellers List, hardcover fiction

The following is a list of news from or about black authors who are on the most recent Essence magazine best seller list (May 2009) for hardcover...
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The indisputably black vampires of Jewelle Gomez, L.A. Banks, and Octavia Butler

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In part one's examination of black vampires in literature, four book authors were said to top the list for putting the black vampire on center stage....
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