If you haven’t read this book yet, we invite you take a look behind the scenes of Donda West’s life as a single mom. As the mother of hip-hop superstar Kanye West, Donda West has watched her son grow from a brilliant baby boy with all the intimations of fame and fortune to one of [...]
ANNOUNCEMENT by Kelly Starling Lyons, author of One Million Men and Me, Just Us Books, 2007 and NEATE: Eddie’s Ordeal, Just Us Books, 2004 According to the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), less than two percent of children’s books published last year were written by African American authors. Want the raw numbers? That’s just 87 [...]
PICTURE MEMORY BOOK INSPIRES CHILDREN TO READ AND WRITE Bronx, NY (BlackNews.com) – Grandma Buddy’s House is a beautiful loving picture book written and illustrated by Betty Stallings-Murray. The author, Grandma Buddy, focuses on her own family and the excitement of seeing each other. The book is a celebration of wonderful memories, sweet love, warm [...]
I just came back from the Faith & Fiction Retreat hosted by Tiffany L. Warren at St. Simon’s Island, GA. I drove down by myself to the King and Prince Resort and wasn’t sure what to expect. Between my crazy roommate, Casandra Belcher Tripp (she warned me) and the wonderful itinerary, I had a great [...]
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERARY ARTS MAGAZINE CELEBRATES CRUCIAL ACHIEVEMENT OF TWENTIETH ISSUE Mosaic Literary Magazine New York, NY (BlackNews.com) – The Literary Freedom Project, a 501(c)3 non-profit arts organization based in the Bronx, NY, is proud to announce a major milestone. Mosaic Literary Magazine will publish its twentieth issue in September 2007. This crucial landmark places the [...]
THIS SUMMER’S BIGGEST BLACK BOOK EVENT IN THE MIDWEST TO TAKE PLACE IN CHICAGO AUGUST 25TH Chicago, IL (BlackNews.com) – The largest gathering of African-American authors and black book clubs in the Midwest will take place August 25th in Chicago at a premiere event hosted by Black Issues Book Review magazine and the National Book [...]
I attended the Saturday workshop and here are a few photos. –Ty Friday 4/20 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm- Faith and Fiction Fellowship Christian Fiction authors Yolonda Tonette Sanders (Soul Matters), Tiffany L Warren (What a Sista Should Do/Farther than I Meant to Go, Longer than I Meant to Stay), Leslie J. Sherrod (Like Sheep [...]
Dallas/Ft. Worth, TXThelma Wells, author and popular speaker on the Women of Faith tour, specializes in the art of motivating, inspiring, and equipping people to be their best. Her latest book, God Is Not Through With Me Yet, offers readers the encouragement to face times of testing and uncertainty in life. As a writer, Thelma [...]
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 [...]
