Writer's Corner
Glynda Linton Releases Debut Novel, Shoes on the Wrong Foot
Her passion as a community and political activist has been her lifelong work, she spends her time giving back to her communities by getting involved in organizations like Salvation Army Homeless Shelter, All Children’s Hospital Cancer Center, Cooperative Feeding Food Bank and Women in Distress, which helped lend some of the experiences the main character of her book, CeCe Copeland has endured. A 12-year breast cancer survivor and avid reader, Glynda decided that it was time to put pen to paper and author her first book. Glynda is already at work on her second novel as CeCe Copeland is continuing her quest for true love. Check out Glynda's recent recent radio interview.
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Suggested Reading
Suggested Reading - October 2011
 | The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migrationby Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Isabel WilkersonIn The Warmth of Other Suns, Wilkerson tells a magnificent, extensively researched... |
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Best Sellers
Brooklyn Book Festival Provides Platform for Independent Authors
Ruth Morrison interviews various authors and artists at the Sixth Annual Brooklyn Book Festival. The annual confab for authors, writers, and artists, held on the plaza at Brooklyn Borough Hall, joins the ranks of the many book festivals in the...
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Publishing News and Events
New Book Reveals Racism, Poverty and Lack of Health Insurance Shorten Patients' Lives
COUNTY: Life, Death and Politics at Chicago's Public Hospital, explores the recent history of Chicago's Cook County Hospital, once celebrated for medical training and scientific breakthroughs, but which became and remains the hospital of last...
Read More...NBA legend Walt “Clyde” Frazier Re-launches his book, Rockin’ Steady
At an event to benefit the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention in Harlem, Walt “Clyde” Frazier, the NBA legend who single-handedly brought cool to basketball, autographed copies of his book, Rockin’ Steady: A guide to Basketball...
Read More...Gayle Jackson Sloan Returns to Writing
Gayle Jackson Sloan, author of SATURDAY's CHILD and WEDNESDAY'S WOES, reports that "I'M BACK!!! Yes, I have picked my pen back up and am once again writing! I have no idea where this journey is going to take, or how long, but hopefully, you...
Read More...African American Periodicals Release
African American Periodicals, 1825-1995, will be released by Readex, a division of NewsBank, in spring 2011. This newest Archive of Americana collection will feature more than 170 wide-ranging periodicals by and about African Americans. (Read...
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New Releases - October 2011
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What The Kids Are Reading
Readvolutionary Kids!
The young people attending Readvolution at George H. Murray Preparatory Academy and Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church told What’s The 411? about their favorite books.
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What The Kids Are Reading - Feb 2011
Superdaddies; The Series, Presents: Daddy I Can Read It For You
by Anita T. Gibbs
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