Stories Collection

  1. * The Covenant With Black America Introduction by Tavis Smiley Third World Press, Feb...
  2. YellowBlack: The First Twenty-One Years of a Poet's Life: A Memoir by Haki R. Madhubu...
  3. Feedback on our January-February 2006 cover story "Large and in Charge, the Powe...
  4. Knockin' Boots by Tracy Price-Thompson One World/Ballantine, November 2005 $12.95, IS...
  5. The New Basic Black: Home Training for Modern Times by Karen Grigsby Bates and Karen ...
  6. The Other Side of the Game by Anita Doreen Diggs Dafina Books/Kensington, October 200...
  7. I'm Every Woman: A Black Woman Remixes Stories of Marriage, Motherhood, and Work by L...
  8. FRESHLY PARKED IN A RESTAURANT booth, Michael Ajakwe Jr. flips his driving glasses up...
  9. THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF AUGUST Wilson, at the age of 60, is a tragic loss to the Americ...
  10. Prospero's Daughter by Elizabeth Nunez Ballantine Books, March 2006 $24.95, ISBN 0-34...
  11. A Killing in This Town by Olympia Vernon Grove Press, February 2006 $22, ISBN 0-802-1...
  12. * Dancing in the Dark by Caryl Phillips Knopf, September 2005 $23.95, ISBN 1-400-0439...
  13. * Prospero's Daughter by Elizabeth Nunez Ballantine Books, March 2006 $24.95, ISBN 0-...
  14. The Wave by Walter Mosley Warner Books, January 2006 $22.95, ISBN: 0446533637 One o...
  15. Mozart and Leadbelly: Stories and Essays by Ernest J. Gaines Knopf, October 2005 $22....
  16. Voodoo Season: A Marie Laveau Mystery by Jewell Parker Rhodes Atria Books, August 200...
  17. Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu Houghton Mifflin Company, September 20...
  18. Good to Me by LaTonya Mason Walk Worthy Press/Warner Books October 2005, $13.95 ISBN ...
  19. The Long Mile by Clyde W. Ford Midnight Ink, October 2005 $13.95, ISBN 0-738-70785-6 ...
  20. The Pride by Wallace Ford Dafina Books/Kensington Publishing November 2005 $14, ISBN ...
  21. 50 Cent: No Holds Barred by Jake Brown Colossus Books/Amber Communications Group, Inc...
  22. Seasons by Bonnie Hopkins Walk Worthy Press/Warner Books October 2005, $21.95 ISBN 0-...
  23. Readers might be left with the erroneous impression that the family of Emma Dunham Ke...
  24. Mister Gumbo: Down and Dirty With Black Men on Life, Sex and Relationships by Ursula ...
  25. Creating Black Americans: African American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Pres...
  26. Whatever It Takes by Gwynne Forster Dafina Books/Kensington Publishing August 2005, $...
  27. Life's Spices From Seasoned Sistahs: A Collection of Life Stories From Mature Women o...
  28. Einstein on Race and Racism by Fred Jerome and Rodger Taylor Rutgers University Press...
  29. A few years back, the folks at HBO asked Walter Mosley to write the narration for the...
  30. * On Beauty by Zadie Smith The Penguin Press, September 2005 $25.95, ISBN 1-594-200...
  31. In Sheep's Clothing by Mary Monroe Dafina Books/Kensington Publishing September 2005,...
  32. Livin' Large: African American Sisters Confront Obesity by Stacy Ann Mitchell, M.D....
  33. I MET THE WORLD-RENOWNED PSYCHOLOGIST, educator and civil rights activist Dr. Kenneth...
  34. Joplin's Ghost by Tananarive Due Atria Books, September 2005 $25, ISBN 0-743-44903-8 ...
  35. Counting Raindrops Through a Stained Glass Window by Cherlyn Michaels Hyperion, Sep...
  36. Hungry for More: A Keeping-It-Real Guide for Black Women on Weight and Body Image by ...
  37. Beloved Harlem: A Literary Tribute to Black America's Most Famous Neighborhood, From ...
  38. The Ethics of Identity by Kwame Anthony Appiah Princeton University Press, January 20...
  39. * The Whale Caller by Zakes Mda Farrar, Straus and Giroux, December 2005 $23, ISBN 0-...
  40. Mistakes Men Make by Byron Harmon Pocket Books, July 2005 $13, ISBN 0-7434-8309-X T...
  41. Any Rich Man Will Do by Francis Ray St. Martin's Press, October 2005 $13.95, ISBN 0-3...
  42. * They Tell Me of a Home by Daniel Black St Martin's Press, October 2005 $24.95, ISBN...
  43. Pretty Evil by Lexi Davis Pocket Books, October 2005 $14, ISBN 1-416-50525-3 This i...
  44. First Mates by Cecelia Dowdy Steeple Hill, February 2005 $4.99, ISBN 0-373-87298-4 ...
  45. Hardcover Fiction 1. The Interruption of Everything/ Terry McMillan (NEW) ($25.95...
  46. America on the Ropes: A Pictorial History of the Johnson-Jeffries Fight by Wayne A. R...
  47. Teen Spirit: One World, Many Paths by Paul B. Raushenbush HCI Teens, October 2004 $11...
  48. Somewhere Else by Matthew Shenoda Coffee House Press, April 2005 $14, ISBN 1-566-8917...
  49. My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for the Ex-Slave Reparations ...
  50. Dissolve by Jonathan Luckett Strebor Books, July 2005 $13, ISBN 1-593-09041-2 For t...
  51. Shades of delight; Cocoa hue, Rich as a night Afro Blue. This stanza of lyric...
  52. Eye-Catchers The Best Fine Art and Coffee-table Books Basquiat Edited by Marc Mayer...
  53. Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan by Mary Williams Illustrated by...
  54. Grounded in the Word: A Guide to Mastering Standardized Test Vocabulary and Biblical ...
  55. Wise Fish: Tales in 6/8 Time by Adrian Castro Coffee House Press, April 2005 $14, ISB...
  56. Stepin Fetchit: The Life and Times of Lincoln Perry by Mel Watkins Pantheon Books, Oc...
  57. * 26A by Diana Evans William Morrow, September 2005 $23.95, ISBN 0-060-82091-8 Iden...
  58. "If You Could Give One Book this Christmas or Kwanzaa what would it be?" Bl...
  59. My name is Hasna Muhammad, and I am the daughter of Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis. My fath...
  60. It Is the Wind by Ferida Wolff Illustrated by James Ransome HarperCollins Publishers,...
  61. Bang! by Sharon G. Flake Hyperion Books for Children September 2005 $16.99, ISBN 0-78...
  62. Mercy by Lucille Clifton Boa Editions, Ltd., September 2004 $22, ISBN 1-929-91855-0 ...
  63. Brickhouse by Rita Ewing Avon Trade/HarperCollins, June 2005 $12.95 ISBN 0-060-57055-...
  64. ONE BOOK, ONE CITY PROGRAMS IN HUNDREDS OF CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY DON'T QUITE EQUA...
  65. When John H. Johnson, founder of Ebony and Jet magazines and the chairman of Johnson ...
  66. Little Stevie Wonder by Quincy Troupe Illustrated by Lisa Cohen Houghton Mifflin Comp...
  67. Excerpted from Between Father and Son: An African-American Fable by Eric V. Copage, A...
  68. The Language of Saxophones: Selected Poems of Kamau Daaood City Lights Publishers, Ap...
  69. Cinnamon Kiss by Walter Mosley Little, Brown and Company September 2005 $24.95, ISBN ...
  70. Once a teacher, always a teacher. Jackie Perkins entered segregated Florida classro...
  71. DETROIT, MI End the year on a literary note with the Essence of Motown Writers Alli...
  72. My Best Friend by Mary Ann Rodman Illustrated by E.B. Lewis Viking Children's Books, ...
  73. Getting to Amen: 8 Strategies for Managing Conflict in the African American Church by...
  74. * Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler Seven Stories Press, October 2005 $24.95, ISBN 1-583...
  75. Gordon Parks is a man of many gifts--the consummate Renaissance man, who has excelled...
  76. Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood by Jill Watts Amistad/HarperCollins,...
  77. In my most recent novel, Third Girl From the Left (Houghton Mifflin Company, Septembe...
  78. Sunshine Has Rain by Sherrance Henderson Imperious Publishing, September 2004 $14.90,...
  79. Three Kings and a Star Retold end illustrated by Fred Cramp Jr. Urban Ministries, Inc...
  80. Where the Edge Gathers: Building a Community of Radical Inclusion by Yvette A. Flunde...
  81. The Vow by Denene Millner, Angela Burt-Murray and Mitzi Miller Amistad/HarperCollins,...
  82. Confessions of a Video Vixen by Karrine Steffans Amistad/HarperCollins, June 2005 $24...
  83. Armstrong Williams told Black Issues Book Review recently that he had been set this y...
  84. The Joshua Tree by L. Steven Rencher Frayer & Williams Publishing, May 2005 $18.9...
  85. November is National Adoption Awareness Month, celebrated by presidential proclamatio...
  86. Lift Up Your Hands: Raise Your Praise and Get Lost in God by Gloria P. Pruett Walk Wo...
  87. The Hot Spot by TaRessa BET Books-Sepia, August 2005 $20, ISBN 1-583-14615-6 TaRess...
  88. I have always considered myself a spiritual daughter of Gordon Parks; and I have view...
  89. Hardcover Fiction 1. The Interruption of Everything/ Terry McMillan (NEW) (Viking...
  90. Online book clubs are thriving as African Americans find places to chat about their f...
  91. It's a Shame to Be a Negro by Hans Lindor PublishAmerica LLC, February 2005 $19.95, I...
  92. Sandra L. Jamison, a writer for BIBR, surveyed several bookstores to find out what ar...
  93. My Proposal: Nothing But a Gracechild by Moses T. Alexander Greene Gracechild Publish...
  94. Resurrecting Langston Blue by Robert Greer Frog, Ltd., October 2005 $23.95, ISBN 1-58...
  95. For decades, many people have visited museums and galleries the world over and have b...
  96. Brotherwood by Gregory B. Williams All Things All People Publishing October 2004, $15...
  97. A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson, illustrated by Philippe Lardy Houghton Mi...
  98. Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke by Peter Guralnick Little, Brown and Company, ...
  99. WALTER DEAN MYERS is no stranger to writing good tales. For more than four decades, h...
  100. TWENTY YEARS AGO, ON DECEMBER 18, 1985, WARNER BROS. released a movie directed by Ste...
  101. I Am the Darker Brother by Eugene Williams PublishAmerica LLC, January 2005 $14.95, I...
  102. The Blueprint for My Girls in Love: 99 Rules for Dating, Relationships and Intimacy b...
  103. The Prodigal: A Poem by Derek Walcott Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 2004 $20, IS...
  104. Rise and Fly: Tall Tales and Mostly True Rules of Bid Whist by Greg Morrison and Yani...
  105. Haarlem: A Novel by Heather Neff Harlem Moon/Broadway Books, July 2005 $12.95, ISBN 0...
  106. Can a writer step out of herself and write a novel? Helen Oyeyemi, author of the nove...
  107. "By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established, and by knowl...
  108. When Calvin Reid began reporting on the book industry for Publishers Weekly in 1986, ...
  109. "Make literacy part of your game!" is a meaningful slogan in the hands of t...
  110. Just two days before my conversation with the preeminent American historian John Hope...
  111. Once I determined that Lemon City (Strives Row/One World, August 2004) would be a hum...
  112. Dining at Monticello: In Good Taste and Abundance (Distributed for the Thomas Jeffers...
  113. I've been a subscriber to Black Issue Book Review for several years. 1 generally enjo...
  114. According to a recent survey, the estimated Hispanic population in the United States ...
  115. Spinning the Globe: The Rise, Fall, and Return to Greatness of the Harlem Globetrotte...
  116. Charles Johnson, a National Book Award-winning author, cartoonist, scholar and profes...
  117. Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback on Black Issues Book Review. P...
  118. Wine for Every Day and Every Occasion: Red, White and Bubbly to Celebrate the Joy of ...
  119. I experienced your magazine for the first time with Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee on the c...
  120. When Michele Robinson relocated from Lake Havasu City, Arizona, to Reno, Nevada, in 2...
  121. The Inside Game: Race, Power, and Politics in the NBA by Wayne Embry With Mary Schmit...
  122. African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision Edited by Tam...
  123. 1996 by Gloria Naylor Third World Press, July 2005 $19.95, ISBN 0-883-78263-4 I won...
  124. You wake up, get dressed, have breakfast and go to work. In the evening, the routine ...
  125. Over the years, I've tried very hard to give truly meaningful gifts for birthdays, gr...
  126. Baltimore is now the home of the Reginald E Lewis Museum of Maryland African American...
  127. The Web is a wonderful resource for book-related information. Whether you are an auth...
  128. Rush to Judgment: The Simeon Rice Story by Simeon Rice with Mark Stewart The Lyons Pr...
  129. Zora Neale Hurston and a History of Southern Life by Tiffany Ruby Patterson Temple Un...
  130. When Oprah Winfrey decided to adapt Their Eyes Were Watching God to film, interest in...
  131. How to Discover Your Purpose in 10 Days: God's Path to a Full and Satisfied Life by D...
  132. Sienna's Scrapbook: Our African-American Heritage Trip by Toni Trent Parker With Illu...
  133. Edward P. Jones claimed the 10th International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the bigge...
  134. The B.B. King Treasures: Photos, Mementos and Music from B.B. King's Collection by B....
  135. When Nothing Else Matters: Michael Jordan's Last Comeback by Michael Leahy Simon &...
  136. Self-Taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom by Heather Andrea Will...
  137. IN 2002, BEBE MOORE CAMPBELL SAYS SHE FOUND HERSELF IN NEED of moral and spiritual su...
  138. Leading Beyond Excellence: Discover How to Achieve Leadership Significance and Your P...
  139. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands by Kadir Nelson Dial Books for Young Readers Se...
  140. J. Everett Prewitt's debut novel, Snake Walker(Northland Publishing Company, March 20...
  141. Elegant Soul: The Life and Music of Gene Harris by Janie Harris with Bob Evancho Ca...
  142. THE LATE DR. JOHN HENRIK CLARKE OFTEN RECALLED THE first time he climbed the stairs a...
  143. A Matter of Law: A Memoir of Struggle in Cause of Equal Rights by Robert L. Carter, T...
  144. Third Girl From the Left by Martha Southgate Houghton Mifflin Company, September 2005...
  145. Mastering Abundance: A Spiritual Approach to Getting Anything You Want By Having God ...
  146. In many ways, Omari Jeremiah is quite unlike other intelligent, savvy boys his age: h...
  147. The Romance Writers of America (RWA) have announced a research grant competition for ...
  148. A Time Before Crack by Jamel Shabazz, essays by Charlie Ahearn and Terrence Jennings ...
  149. LATE-1800S AUTHOR EMMA DUNHAM KELLEY-HAWKINS'S NOVEL FOUR Girls AT Cottage City inspi...
  150. Tom Joyner and Spike Lee: Ministers of Culture I'm Just a DJ But ... It Makes Sense t...
  151. Bliss by Danyel Smith Crown Publishers, August 2005 $23.95, ISBN 1-400-04642-4 Dany...
  152. Reallionaire: Nine Steps to Becoming Rich From the Inside Out by Farrah Gray with Fra...
  153. Paperboy 2: Overwhelming Odds by Omari Jeremiah Illustrated by Bernie Rollins Morton ...
  154. Zane, who founded Strebor Books in 1999 as a one-woman, self-publishing enterprise, s...
  155. Self-publishing, once considered the minor league of publishing, is attracting the at...
  156. Reading With Oprah: The Book Club That Changed America by Kathleen Rooney The Univers...
  157. Spike Lee: That's My Story and I'm Sticking to It As told to Kaleem Aftab W.W. Norton...
  158. Groove by Geneva Holliday Broadway Books, June 2005 $12.95, ISBN 0-7679-2114-3 At f...
  159. What's Really Holding You Back? by Valorie Burton WaterBrook Press, May 2005 $13.99, ...
  160. Hardcover Fiction 1. Genevieve/Eric Jerome Dickey (NEW) ($24.95, Dutton Books, IS...
  161. If This Hat Could Talk, a musical production based on the memoir of Dr. Dorothy Heigh...
  162. "FRIENDSHIP IS LIKE TENNIS--IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BACK AND FORTH," THE WILLIAM...
  163. This year, in what can be described as a return to their calling, university presses ...
  164. In September 2004, publisher Lisa C. Moore gave birth to triplets. Or rather, her Red...
  165. Just My Luck by Tajuana "TJ" Butler One World/Ballantine Books, April 2005 ...
  166. Righteous Riches by Milmon F. Harrison Oxford University Press, March 2005 $16.95, IS...
  167. In his remarks at this year's Harlem Book Fair, Howard Dodson, director of the Schomb...
  168. BALTIMORE, MD THE 10th Annual Baltimore Book Festival takes place from September 28...
  169. October is National Book Month, and October 22 is National Read Aloud Day, sponsored ...
  170. IF WE ARE TO BELIEVE JAMES FARMER'S MEMOIR LAY BARE THE HEART: An Autobiography of th...
  171. love conjure/blues by sharon bridgeforth, RedBone Press September 2004, $14, ISBN 0-9...
  172. The Amen Sisters by Angela Benson Walk Worthy Press, September 2005 $21.95, ISBN 0-44...
  173. Noteworthy Faith Title Singing in a Strange Land: C.L. Franklin, the Black Church, an...
  174. * GENEVIEVE by Eric Jerome Dickey Dutton, May 2005 $24.95, ISBN 0-525-94878-3 Dicke...
  175. 47 by Walter Mosley Little, Brown and Company, May 2005 $16.99, ISBN 0-316-11035-3 ...
  176. Two book clubs were chosen as winners of St. Martin's Press/BIBR Upstate contest. The...
  177. Selling books on the street can be intimidating and confusing, yet it's a lucrative b...
  178. The May-June cover, "Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, Parting Words," held my atte...
  179. BOSS LADY by Omar Tyree Simon & Schuster, July 2005 $21.95, ISBN 0-743-22868-5 ...
  180. Echoes of a Distant Storm by Wendy Simpson Kids' Dimension/New Age Dimensions, July 2...
  181. For writers of all nationalities, creeds and colors, Paris represents an irresistible...
  182. Al Roker's Big Bad Book of Barbecue: 100 Easy Recipes for Backyard Barbecue by Al Rok...
  183. How hard can it be, really, to write a book for kids? Not too many big words, cute il...
  184. Danny Glover announced plans to use his new film company to produce a film adapted fr...
  185. 1996 by Gloria Naylor Third World Press, July 2005 $19.95, ISBN 0-883-78263-4 This ...
  186. Serving From the Hip: 10 Rules for Living, Loving, and Winning. by Venus and Serena W...
  187. This year, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) will celebrate its 30...
  188. SHORTLY AFTER KALISHA BUCKHANON found out that her story Upstate (St. Martin's Press,...
  189. Blow the Trumpet in Zion: Global Vision and Action for the 21st-Century Black Church ...
  190. This year marks the fifteenth anniversary of the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Fo...
  191. WHEN LOVE CALLS, YOU BETTER ANSWER by Bertice Berry Broadway Books, June 2005 $19.95,...
  192. George Foreman's playful spirit is alive and well in his latest book, Let George Do I...
  193. --Here is BIBR's selective list of some of the best books by and about the lives of A...
  194. Hardcover Fiction 1. Afterburn/Zane (2) ($24.95, Atria Books, ISBN 0-743-47097-4)...
  195. Henry Louis Gates Jr., the prolific author/ editor and Harvard professor, has been el...
  196. Don't Ever Wonder by Darren Coleman Amistad/HarperCollins, July 2005 $14.95, ISBN 0-0...
  197. On the Side: More Than 100 Recipes for Sides, Salads, and Condiments That Make the Me...