On Friday, April 25, 2008 at 8 PM PST, UCLA’s Royce Hall was all the buzz as the 28th Annual L. A. Times Book Awards were presented. Congratulations to all the winners! One winner in particular we want to call special attention to is Dinaw Mengestu for winning the Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction [...]
Guilty of Love by Pat Simmons Amazon Rating: 4 Review by Tavares S. Carney – Inspire, Motivate & Encourage “Road to Redemption” In Guilty of Love, debut novel from Pat Simmons, readers are welcomed into the life and times of Cheney Reynolds, a self-sufficient, independent, new millennium woman. Having had no empathy from college sweetheart, [...]
Cherilyn, describe yourself for our visitors. Overall, I would say that I am quiet and at times very humorous, although some may beg to differ. If there was such a thing as being addicted to music and literature then I would be the prime candidate for such an addiction. Music is like therapy for me, [...]
Are African American Child Rearing Practices a Direct Outcome of Slavery? By Cheryl Lacey Donovan We’ ve all heard it before, "I’d rather beat ‘em than let the police beat em." Whippin’s are a part of the African American experience. Family reunions, funerals, weddings; in just about any gathering of black people, it is commonplace [...]
The Pastor’s Wife by ReShonda Tate-Billingsley Reviewed By: Idrissa Uqdah for The Culture Clique Book Club Amazon Rating: 4 ReShonda Tate Billingsley is one of the most popular authors in the Christian fiction genre and she has truly earned this distinction. She never fails to delight her readers with her stories about real church folk [...]
VIEWS FROM THE CATBIRD SEAT These Treacherous Times of Ours by Alvin C. Romer These treacherous times of ours are no respecter of anything good. Signs of the times are rife with scales that are unbalanced and detrimental to all things spiritual. In times like these when adversity and ill-will cloud our skies, we habitually [...]
Houston, TX (BlackNews.com) – More than 100 African-American authors will participate in the first annual National Black Book Festival in Houston, Texas, May 17-18, 2008 at the George R. Brown Convention Center. The Festival is co-sponsored by Cushcity.com, one of the leading Web sites featuring African-American literature, and the Houston Black Expo, the largest African-American [...]
Words of Inspiration Author Panel SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2008 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Brandywine Hundred Library 1300 – Foulk Road Wilmington, DE 19803 302 477-3150 The Author Panel features: Maurice M. Gray, Jr. Sharon Ewell Foster Dr. Linda Beed Teresa Leath Kevin Wayne Johnson Wanda Campbell Angela Lewis Spread the word. Download the flyer [...]
Against the Gates of Hell: A Crack House Exodus by Mylow Young Over the years there have been special days or months of the year to recognize, commemorate or honor a people or a cause. On any given day of the year, if you search, you will find a day for something or someone. There [...]
Have you ever had a ticket to an event, misread where you were assigned to sit and ended up in the wrong seat? Many functions have reserved seating, which is an indication that our position in attendance has been pre-arranged. Some of us in the body of Christ are thanking and praising God for the [...]
Many Believers would agree that they are under construction or a work in progress. But there is a secret hunger that is deeply hidden that cannot be explained. Even though there is an appearance of dissatisfaction, the enemy has used the element of time as a mirage to capture and cause complacency. Progression requires movement [...]
“IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT THE WRITING” By Sharon Tubbs I’m no expert but I do have some writing experience as the author of two books. I’ve also facilitated a group for aspiring authors, attended various conferences and workshops, and currently participate in a critique group. So, I’ve talked to plenty of aspiring writers in my [...]
