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Simply Blessed Christian Women's Magazine

Nov 29, 2007 Comments Off by

SIMPLY BLESSED CHRISTIAN WOMEN’S MAGAZINE “Bringing Encouragement to the Christian Woman” Simply Blessed Christian Women’s Magazine made its debut in May 2007 with featuring cover story with Evangelist Laura Pickett of Atlanta, GA with the issue theme of Celebrating Women in ministry. The second issue featured best-selling author, Jacquelin Thomas with the issue theme of [...]

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Raising Kanye: Life Lessons from the Mother of a Hip-Hop Superstar

Nov 20, 2007 Comments Off by

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 [...]

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Introducing the Brown Bookshelf

Nov 08, 2007 Comments Off

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 [...]

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LITERARY NEWS | Grandma Buddy's House

Aug 16, 2007 Comments Off

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 [...]

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LITERARY NEWS | Mosaic Magazine Celebrates 20th Issue

Aug 10, 2007 Comments Off

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 [...]

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Singing in the Closets of Life

Jan 31, 2007 Comments Off

Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX—Thelma 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 [...]

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Dec 02, 2006 Comments Off

Inspired By… The Bible Experience is the most ambitious undertaking in recent recording history. The Bible is brought to life by a collection of distinguished artists and personalities, in a complete and fully dramatized audio recording of all 66 Books of Scripture. The 368 character portrayals are further accentuated by a compelling and inspirational musical [...]

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Bebe Moore Campbell

Nov 27, 2006 Comments Off

Author Bebe Moore Campbell, whose books dealt with race and mental health issues, died of complications from brain cancer at the age of 56 (November 27, 2006). Bebe Moore Campbell was the author of three New York Times best sellers: Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and What You Owe Me, which was [...]

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