Thanks to Alison Meyers of Cave Canem for sending this link to me: Hurston Wright Legacy Awards Nominees http://hurstonwright.org/hw_legacy_winners.shtml

Please check out my latest blog for the NAACP site, TheDefendersOnline.com. A sample: The rhyme he heard the first couple days of his life tickled me right in that spot where I love black word.Continue reading

Thanks to Patricia Spears Jones for sending me this information: Events in May and June: * Voices and Visions of New American Dreams w/ Farai Chideya, author and former host of NPR’s “News and Notes”Continue reading

My grandmother, who passed last April, served the country during WW II. She was stationed at Camp Huachuca in Arizona. Though Memorial Day honors those military women and men who passed while serving the countryContinue reading

Please check out TheRingShout.com and read Clifford Thompson’s guest blog on self-publishing his novel, Signifying Nothing. Here’s an excerpt: ***** Part of the work for a self-published author, too, is readying yourself for the responsesContinue reading

Thanks to Kimberly Seals Allers for starting this conversation and sending me this: Kimberly Seals Allers and MomLogic.com have joined forces to produce a special two-part series on black women and breastfeeding. Despite recent gainsContinue reading

2009 Mosaic Literary Magazine Benefit Join us Sunday, June 7, 2-5pm for some wine, food, and art as we celebrate spring and Mosaic. Proceeds will go to benefit Mosaic Literary Magazine and its education programs.Continue reading

Inside the Harlem Book Industry!! Listen to HW Radio with HW’s Danny Tisdale as he speaks to HW Senior Book Editor Troy Johnson owner of AALBC.com, regarding the book industry in Harlem, how-to pitch books,Continue reading

Up South, Inc. Presents VOICES AND VISIONS OF NEW AMERICAN DREAMS Celebrate the release of Farai Chideya?s fiction debut, Kiss the Sky. Hear memoirist Lori Tharps,poet Patricia Spears Jones, and Farai Chideya read excerpts fromContinue reading

See video of Stanley Crouch, Emily Bernard, and James Hannaham at the Martha Southgate-moderated RingShout panel, “Black Authors on Writing in the Age of Obama,” which was held at McNally Jackson Books, by going toContinue reading

1) Please summarize the plot of your debut novel, Hollyhood. Hollyhood follows the life of Tyrone Hart, a young black television producer. His hit show comes under scrutiny when the ratings drop and the studioContinue reading

Thanks to Danzy Senna for sending this info on her new FSG book, Where Did You Sleep Last Night?: A Personal History. Los Angeles Sunday, April 26, 2009 @ 1:30 p.m. Los Angeles Times FestivalContinue reading

Thanks to Elise Chance for sending this to me: Colleagues and Friends,Take a look. Please vote if you are so inclined. MSNBC has a poll up about the President’s job so far for the firstContinue reading

While I celebrate now that Capt. Richard Phillip’s life was saved by Navy Seals, I mourn the three anonymous lives lost. Who were the Somali pirates? Were they regular guys, with families? Who finances thisContinue reading

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:The Buzz International Group(212) 360-0399Marisa King-Redwood, mking@buzzig.comVanessa Rojas, vrojas@buzzig.com This Thursday, Writer and Activist Kevin Powell to Appear on the Oprah Show. A momentous achievement for his career and dedication to servingContinue reading