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  1. Charles J. Ogletree Jr., a professor at Harvard Law School, and the school have ackno...
  2. Old Negro spirituals, the raw, fervent plantation songs that helped African Americans...
  3. This special summarizes tips and self-publishers. BIBR has coveres the self-publish...
  4. If there is one unifying theme in this issue of Black Issues Book Review, it is colle...
  5. The Real Deal: A Spiritual Guide for Black Teen Girls by Billie Montgomery Cook Judso...
  6. Echo of the Spirit: A Photographer's Journey by Chester Higgins Jr. Doubleday, Octobe...
  7. Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. by Barack Obama Three Rivers ...
  8. Who Slashed Celanire's Throat? by Maryse Conde Atria Books, August 2004 $23., ISBN 0-...
  9. Gangsta Rap by Benjamin Zephaniah Bloomsbury Children's Books, August 2004 $7.95, ISB...
  10. Nonfiction Virtually everyone else from first season of The Apprentice reality tele...
  11. Last year, while visiting an African Methodist Episcopal Church in Cape Town, South A...
  12. On the evening of July 28, a standing-room only crowd gathered at Sisterspace and Boo...
  13. If there is a moment that captures the resonance of our accomplishments in 2004 with ...
  14. Raising Up Young Heroes: Developing a Revolutionary Youth Ministry by Efrem Smith, In...
  15. The Artificial White Man: Essays on Authenticity by Stanley Crouch Basic Civitas, Boo...
  16. The Color of Family by Patricia Jones Avon Trade, December 2004 $12.95, ISBN 0-060-50...
  17. On a rainy Manhattan afternoon, Black Issues Book Review editors were hostesses for a...
  18. DANIEL MINTER, an artist in Portland, Maine, will see his work on this year's Kwanzaa...
  19. Those impeccably groomed elegant braids. A flawless, unlined complexion--yes, even at...
  20. Today's hectic lifestyles--commuting, work, kids and myriad daily chores--leave littl...
  21. Dear Aissatou: I have received your letter. By way of reply, I am beginning this diar...
  22. I was really excited to read the story BIBR featured on the author Zane ("Zane, ...
  23. Best Black History Books African American Lives Edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and...
  24. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell Little, Brown and C...
  25. Back to Life by Wendy Coakley-Thompson Dafina Books/Kensington Publishing. Corp. Sept...
  26. FOR GIFT GIVING Did I Tell You I Love You Today? by Deloris Jordan with Roslyn M. J...
  27. While I appreciated the sophisticated objectivity of 'ROUND THE WAY ("It's Urban...
  28. Bibliophiles have an unabashed regard for the power of words to enlighten, empower, e...
  29. Ostinato Vamps by Wanda Coleman University of Pittsburgh Press, October 2003 $12.95, ...
  30. Open House: Of Family, Friends, Food, Piano Lessons, and the Search for a Room of My ...
  31. Accident of Birth by Heather Neff Harlem Moon/Broadway Books, November 2004 $12.95, I...
  32. Hardcover Fiction 1. Gotham Diaries/Tonya Lewis Lee end Crystal McCrary Anthony (...
  33. Thank you for the wonderful series of articles focused on black gay and lesbian writi...
  34. Celia: My Life by Celia Cruz with Ana Christina Reymundo HarperCollins, July 2004 $24...
  35. How did we first learn how to cook? For most of us, our earliest memories of preparin...
  36. Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don't Have Bruises by Miles Ma...
  37. Sweet Bye-Bye by Denise Michelle Harris Walk Worthy Press, September 2004 $23.95, ISB...
  38. Edward P. Jones should keep his best suit pressed and an acceptance speech handy. He ...
  39. A House on Fire: The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul by John A. Jackson Oxford Uni...
  40. Marion Jones: Life in the Fast Lane, An Illustrated Autobiography by Marion Jones wit...
  41. Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau by Martha Ward University Press of M...
  42. All Things Hidden by Judy Candis Walk Worthy Press/Warner Books September 2004 $13.95...
  43. Kensington Publishing Corp publishing is now the sole distributor for Genesis Press, ...
  44. Black Diva of the Thirties: The Life of Ruby Elzy by David E. Weaver University Press...
  45. J. CALIFORNIA COOPER IS AN ORIGINAL. She is the consummate storyteller, weaving tales...
  46. The Northern Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt Edited by Charles Duncan Ohio University ...
  47. Boaz Brown by Michelle Stimpson Warner Books/Walk Worthy Press June 2004, $22.95, ISB...
  48. The 2004 Miami Book Fair International, takes place from November 7-14. This year, it...
  49. Archibald J. Motley Jr. The David C. Driskell Series of African American Art, Volume ...
  50. December 1, 2004, is World AIDS Day, an international appeal for accurate and timely ...
  51. Angel of Harlem by Kuwana Haulsey One World/Ballantine, September 2004 $19.95, ISBN 0...
  52. Mother Eternal Ann Everlastin's Dead by Pat G'Orge-Walker Dafina Books/Kensington Pub...
  53. Wil Haygood's biography In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr. (Knopf, Octob...
  54. Donnie Williams with Wayne Greenhaw's The Thunder of Angels: Behind the Scenes of Seg...
  55. Becoming Something: The Story of Canada Lee by Mona Z. Smith Faber and Faber, Inc., A...
  56. by Olga Samples Davis WaterBrook Press, April 2004 $12.99, ISBN 1-578-56819-6 Embed...
  57. by Cornel West The Penguin Press, September 2004 $24.95, ISBN 1-594-20029-7 What is...
  58. The Second Life of Samuel Tyne by Esi Edugyan Amistad, August 2004 $24.95, ISBN 0-060...
  59. Conversations With Audre Lorde by Joan Wylie Hall (ed.) University Press of Mississip...
  60. Say Something Written by Peggy Moss and illustrated by Lea Lyon, Tilbury House Publis...
  61. Where can you hear Maya Angelou, Toni Mordson, Alice Walker and Sonja Sanchez, plus B...
  62. Zane is someone that I struck up a conversation with in an Internet chat room about a...
  63. When I wrote my first book in 1996, a friend told me about what was probably the firs...
  64. Dave Chappelle apparently wants to play funk musician Rick James in a film based on J...
  65. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun, an epic novel of 1960s Nigeria and t...
  66. Right to Rock: The Black Rock Coalition and the Cultural Politics of Race. by Maureen...
  67. by Monica A. Coleman Pilgrim Press, April 2004 $23.00, ISBN 0-829-81587-2 How is Go...
  68. by John Blake Lawrence Hill Books, June 2004 $24.95, ISBN 1-556-52537-0 It seems a ...
  69. Passing Through by Colin Channer One World/Ballantine Books, June 2004 $13.95, ISBN 0...
  70. Dancing on Main Street by Lorenzo Thomas Coffee House Press, April 2004 $15.00, ISBN ...
  71. Who Am I Without Him? Short Stories About Girls and the Boys in Their Lives by Sharon...
  72. Could it be that I'm a prude? I balked initially when I was asked to write about blac...
  73. The opening session and luncheon of the African American Booksellers Association at B...
  74. A book about the comedian Richard Pryor by Elvis Mitchell, former New York Times cu...
  75. Brandon Massey's two new untitled supernatural thrillers, the first of which leads to...
  76. Textured Tresses: The Ultimate Guide to Maintaining and Styling Natural Hair by Diane...
  77. by Monique Robinson WaterBrook Press, January 2004 $11.99, ISBN 1-578-56587-8 Longi...
  78. by Aram Goudsouzian The University of North Carolina Press March 2004 $29.95, ISBN 0-...
  79. Orange Crushed: An Ivy League Mystery by Pamela Thomas-Graham Simon & Schuster, J...
  80. I wouldn't be a writer if I weren't angry. In fact, I'm angry right now--furious that...
  81. National Football League superstars and identical twins Tiki and Ronde Barber share t...
  82. These days, it seems that nearly every black-owned bookstore and every street vendor ...
  83. At BIBR's late July presstime, Sister-space and Books' cofounders Faye Williams and C...
  84. Joe Jackson, father of Michael, Janet and the test, was reported to be offering his o...
  85. MystNoir Web site founder Angela Henry has signed a three-book deal with BET Books fo...
  86. Move Without the Ball: Put Your Skills and Magic to Work for You! by Stedman Graham F...
  87. by David W. Dunlap Columbia University Press, June 2004 $69.50, ISBN 0-231-12542-9 ...
  88. by J.L. King Broadway Books, May 2004 $21.95, ISBN 0-767-91398-1 We have this expre...
  89. Havoc After Dark: Tales of Terror by Robert Fleming Dafina Books, March 2004 $14.00, ...
  90. You can find (or special order) the titles reviewed and advertised in Black Issues Bo...
  91. If James Baldwin could still speak to us no doubt he would have a lot to say about to...
  92. The number of books for African Americans that cover self-care issues always seems to...
  93. Some black readers, dedicated publishing professionals and retailers have expressed a...
  94. The book version of The Diary of Alicia Keys, the singers-composer-pianist's thoughts...
  95. Sanyu Dillon leaves her marketing position at Simon & Schuster to become director...
  96. Dogon: People of the Cliffs (Imago Mundi series) Introduction by Genevieve Calame-Gri...
  97. African Wisdom: 101 Proverbs From the Motherland by Tokunbo Adelekan Judson Press, ...
  98. by Eddie B. Allen Jr. St. Martin's Press, October 2004 $23.95, ISBN 0-312-29124-8 &...
  99. The Million Dollar Divorce by RM Johnson Simon & Schuster, September 2004 $23.00,...
  100. Bernette Ford, an independent editorial consultant and book packager, is the creative...
  101. E. LYNN HARRIS, the author of eight novels and a best selling memoir. What Becomes of...
  102. We've all heard the rumors. Every few months, there's a new deal: A self-published au...
  103. This summer, we met our kind of readers and motivated book buyers in droves: We met t...
  104. Holly Robinson Peete, the actress and NFL spouse, is the coauthor of Get Your Own Dam...
  105. ATLANTA, GA The Urban Griot (Omar Tyree), whose latest book is Cold Blooded, will b...
  106. Collecting Limited Edition Prints: Contemporary African American Printmakers by Denni...
  107. Remember that commercial in which the father gleefully dances through a chain-store s...
  108. Edited by Racquel Cepeda Foreword by Nelson George Faber and Faber, Inc., September 2...
  109. Ida B. by Karen E. Quinones Miller Simon & Schuster, August 2004 $22.00, ISBN 0-7...
  110. What is goodbye? by Nikki Grimes, Illustrated by Raul Colon Hyperion Books for Childr...
  111. Hardcover Fiction 1. Nervous/ Zane (2) ($24.00, Atria Books, ISBN 0-743-45705-6) ...
  112. This year is the 35th anniversary of the Coretta Scott King Breakfast, where one of t...
  113. Evander Holyfield and his long-time attorney, Jim Thomas, sold The Holyfield Way, an ...
  114. Like writing a novel or a short story or a poem, songwriting is the art of telling a ...
  115. See the Music, Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art ...
  116. Advancing Democracy: African Americans and the Struggle for Access and Equity in High...
  117. by Janet Langhart Cohen with Alexander Kopelman, Dafina Books/Kensington Publishing, ...
  118. Truth Be Told by Victoria Christopher Murray Touchstone, June 2004, $14.00, ISBN 0-74...
  119. Knockin' on Wood Starring Peg Leg Bates Written and Illustrated by Lynne Barasch Lee ...
  120. Just a brief note to tell you what a nice job BIBR did on the black gay literature fe...
  121. Ronin Ro's In Raising Hell: Run DMC, Jam Master Jay and the Birth Of The Hip-Hop Indu...
  122. Best Black Women's Erotica Edited by Blanche Richardson Cleis Press, May 2001, $14.95...
  123. Malick Sidibe: Photographs Hasselblad Center/Steidl March 2004 $68.00, ISBN 3-882-439...
  124. by Henry A. Giroux and Susan Searls Giroux Palgrave, May 2004 $35.00, ISBN 1-403-9642...
  125. by Emma S. Etuk, Ph. D. Emida International Publishers, 2004 $19.95, ISBN 1-881-29306...
  126. Run Toward Fear: New Poems and a Poet's Handbook by Haki Madhubuti Third World Press,...
  127. Sweet Music in Harlem by Debbie A. Taylor, illustrated by Frank Morrison, Lee & L...
  128. By its very nature, Appalachia is a hidden culture. The mountains keep its people, la...
  129. Just read the July-August 2004 Black Issues Book Review, and I wanted to tell you wha...
  130. Aaron McGruder's next Boondocks collection Public Enemy # 2, was sold to Chris Jackso...
  131. For continuing coverage of new titles in this genre, watch future issues of BIBR for ...
  132. by Rebecca Florence Osaigbovo InterVarsity Press, January 2004 $12.00, ISBN 0-830-823...
  133. This summer has the most promising crop of black books ever. It is exciting to discov...
  134. EVERY YEAR, THOUSANDS OF BOOKLOVERS GATHER AT FESTIVALS around the country to hear th...
  135. Hank Aaron and the Home Run That Changed America by Tom Stanton William Morrow, April...
  136. My book We Were There: Voices of African American Veterans From World War II to the W...
  137. Quitting America: The Departure of a Black Man From His Native Land by Randall Robins...
  138. Willimena Rules! Rule Book #2: How to Fish for Trouble by Valerie Wilson Wesley Illus...
  139. Hardcover Fiction 1. Skyscraper/ Zane (2) ($24.95, AtriaBooks, ISBN 0-743-45703-X...
  140. As we celebrate the great tradition of summer reading (See "Hot Summer Reads,&qu...
  141. THE LITERARY ARTS WILL BE WELL REPRESENTED AT THE 10TH season of the National Black A...
  142. Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou Williams by Tammy L. Kernodle Northeaste...
  143. The Billion Dollar BET: Robert Johnson and the Inside Story of Black Entertainment Te...
  144. Love in the Driest Season: A Family Memoir by Neely Tucker Crown, February 2004 $23.9...
  145. Jason & Kyra by Dana Davidson. Jump at the Sun/Hyperion, June 2004, $16.99 ISBN 0...
  146. Thank you for reviewing my book Imani in Never Say Goodbye (YOUNG ADULT, "Advent...
  147. CALIA H. RUFFIN IS THE LONE BLACK JUROR IN THE TRIAL OF A white man charged with murd...
  148. Recent accomplishments by openly gay, lesbian and bisexual African American poets poi...
  149. Bone to Pick: Of Forgiveness Reconciliation, Reparation and Revenge. by Ellis Cose, A...
  150. Post-Soul Nation: The Explosive, Contradictory, Triumphant, and Tragic 1980's as Expe...
  151. Shooter by Walter Dean Myers Amistad, May 2004. $15.99 ISBN 0-060-29520-1, Ages 9-12 ...
  152. Sister Gertrude Morgan is such a remarkable figure and BIBR really captured her and a...
  153. It has often been said that if you want to be successful, do what successful people d...
  154. For most of the 20th century, the canon of writing by and about being black and gay i...
  155. A Right Worthy Grand Mission: Maggie Lena Walker and the Quest for Black Economic Emp...
  156. Booker T. Washington and Black Progress: Up From Slavery 100 Years Later Edited by W....
  157. I Shook Up the World: The Incredible Life of Muhammad Ali by Maryum "May May&quo...
  158. Gordon Parks, Deborah Willis and Chester Higgins Jr., three of America's most-celebra...
  159. God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time by Desmond Tutu Doubleday, March 2004 ...
  160. As the owner of Matais Books Cards & Art, in Long Beach, California, the only bla...
  161. Cooking With Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics by Donna Brazile Simon &a...
  162. Soul on Bikes: The East Bay Dragons MC and the Black Biker Set by Tobie Gene Levingst...
  163. It's Test Day, Tiger Turcotte by Pansie Hart Flood Pictures by Amy Wummer, Carolrhoda...
  164. All eyes are on Sean "P. Diddy" Combs in his Broadway debut this summer in ...
  165. Doing Business by the Good Book: 52 Lessons on Success Straight From the Bible by Dav...
  166. You can find (or special order) the titles reviewed and advertised in Black Issues Bo...
  167. Meet Me at the Theresa: The Story of Harlem's Most Famous Hotel by Dr. Sondra Kathryn...
  168. JOHN OLIVER KILLENS's large, multilayered, debut novel, Youngblood, was published in ...
  169. The Gospel Cinderella by Joyce Carol Thomas Illustrated by David Diaz Joanna Cotler B...
  170. * Dave Chappelle's How to Play the Race Card and Win!, the incomparable comedian's ta...
  171. Open My Eyes, Open My Soul: Celebrating Our Common Humanity by Yolanda King and Elodi...
  172. When Breath, Eyes, Memory, Edwidge Danticat's first novel, debuted l0 years ago, revi...
  173. Underground Codes: Race Crime, and Related Fires by Katheryn Russell-Brown New York U...
  174. When hundreds of booklovers gather in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 6 for the second as...
  175. A Wild Cowboy by Dana Kessimakis Smith Illustrated by Laura Freeman Jump at the Sun/H...
  176. ANNAPOLIS, MD Sandra Kitt reads from and signs Southern Comfort, on July 17, at the...
  177. Inside Africa: Deidi Von Schaewen, photographer Angelika Taschen, editor Text by Fred...
  178. The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat Knopf, March 2004 $22.00, ISBN 1-400-04114-7 Ed...
  179. Afeni Shakur: Evolution of a Revolutionary by Jasmine Guy Atria Books, February 2004 ...
  180. Black Issues Book Review hopes your reading group entered the St. Martin's Press/BIBR...
  181. Flower Girl Butterflies by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard Illustrations by Christiane Kr...
  182. LIKE A SANTA ANA WIND, AISHA TYLER blows into West Hollywood's Urth Caffe. It's not u...
  183. GOAT: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali by Howard L. Bingham Taschen, April 2004, $3,000 ISBN...
  184. Gotham Diaries by Tonya Lewis Lee and Crystal McCrary Anthony Hyperion Publishing, Ju...
  185. One Man's Castle: Clarence Darrow in Defense of the American Dream by Phyllis Vine, A...
  186. What's the Hurry, Fox? And Other Animal Stories Collected by Zora Neale Hurston Adapt...
  187. Taking Liberty: The Story of Oney Judge, George Washington's Runaway Slave by Ann Rin...
  188. Summertime and reading go together like iced tea and lemon. From the time we are scho...
  189. Faith Ringgold: The David C. Driskell Series of African American Art, Vol. 3 by Lisa ...
  190. The summer of 1994 began like any other summer: slowly, quietly, promising to be hot....
  191. Without Regard to Race: The Other Martin Robison Delany by Tunde Adeleke University P...
  192. Joe Louis, My Champion by William Miller Illustrated by Rodney S. Pate Lee & Low ...
  193. Black Issues Book Review asked the Coretta Scott King Book Award Committee of the Ame...
  194. In celebration of Black Music Month, June 2004, here's a listing of several titles th...
  195. From My People: 400 Years of African American Folklore Edited by Daryl Cumber Dance W...
  196. An e-mail has been making the rounds suggesting that the Black Heritage Series stamps...
  197. Booklovers--readers, scholars and writers--also need gadgets to make work and play ea...