Black Issues Book Review

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Last Number: May 2007

Cox, Matthews & Associates
ISSN 1522-0524

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Vol. 9 Nbr. 2, March 2007

A love supreme: Angela Basset and Courtney B. Vance share the joys of their marriage and offer advice on creating a fulfilling relationship.

Interview

Alexander awarded poetry prize.

AWARDS - Elizabeth Alexander awarded Jackson Poetry Prize

Black Voices in Commentary: The Trotter Group.

Brief article - Book review

Celebrating our finest: the 2007 Coretta Scott King Book Awards honor the best in children's literature.

Children's bookshelf

Coming of age--free-verse style: new poetry titles celebrate and encourage the spirits of youngsters.

Tough Boy Sonatas - On My Journey Now: Looking at African American History Through the Spirituals - Young Cornrows Callin' Out the Moon - If: A Father's Advice to His Son, A Poem - Book review - Children's review

Creativity on fire: the Black Arts Movement took root in and gave meaning to the political dynamics of an era.

Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries.

Book review

Doing it their way: authors producing films.

Between the lines: the inside scoop on what's happening in the publishing industry - Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant are turning their book 'Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made' into a movie - Brief article

E. Ethelbert Miller.

Other honors

Femme du Monde (Woman of the World).

Book review

Franklin wins major prize.

AWARDS - John Hope Franklin and Yu Yingshih - Brief article

Freedom's Journal: The First African-American Newspaper.

Brief article - Book review

Fruit of the Lemon.

Book review

Ghettonation: A Journey into the Land of Bling and the Home of the Shameless.

Book review

Home to Ghana.

Books & clubs

Hoops: Poems.

Book review

Kevin Wayne Johnson.

Received Capital BookFest Independent Voice Award - Brief article

Les Brownlee: The Autobiography of a Pioneering African American Journalist.

Brief article - Book review

Like Trees, Walking.

Book review

Marita Golden.

Received Capital BookFest Literary Excellence Award - Brief article

New relationships, new opportunities.

Publisher's page - Editorial

Other noteworthy titles.

Cherish Today: A Celebration of Life's Moments - I Dream for You a World: A Covenant for Our Children - Brief article - Children's review - Book review

Re: f (gesture).

Brief article - Book review

Recyclopedia.

Book review

Red Summer.

Brief article - Book review

Remembering Bebe Moore Campbell.

Letter to the editor

Rhythmic poetry: master poet Nathaniel Mackey's language of rebellion.

Rosalind McLymont.

Won 'Best Fiction' award at the Self-Publishing Symposium - Brief article

Sisterfriends' first decade: a North New Jersey reading club shares literature and lots of love.

Books & clubs

Splay Anthem.

Book review

Starbucks offers a jolt of serious reading.

Between the lines: the inside scoop on what's happening in the publishing industry - Brief article

Teahouse of the Almighty.

Brief article - Book review

The African American Newspaper: Voice of Freedom.

Brief article - Book review

The Architecture of Language.

Brief article - Book review

The Great Negro Plot: A Tale of Conspiracy and Murder in Eighteenth-Century New York.

Book review

The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why.

Book review

The New Moon's Arms.

Book review

The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation.

Book review

The Real Pepsi Challenge: The Inspirational Story of Breaking the Color Barrier in American Business.

Book review

The voice of Golly Goose promotes talking books.

Between the lines: the inside scoop on what's happening in the publishing industry - American Library Association's audio books - Brief article

The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation awarded black writers for their outstanding contribution to literature during an awards ceremony at the National Press Club on November 3, 2006.

Other honors

Truth be told: real stories are the inspiration for several recent books for kids and young adults.

Champions on the Bench: The Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars - Wind Flyers - Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria - The Other Mozart: The Life of the Famous Chevalier De Saint-George - Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me - God, Can You Hear Me? - Children's review - Book review

Tyehimba Jess.

Recieved Whiting Writers' Award - Brief article

With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee (Time Warner) won a Grammy Award for best spoken-word album.

Other honors

Writings of Frank Marshall Davis: A Voice of the Black Press.

Brief article - Book review

ZZ Packer.

Recieved National Book Foundation's '5 Under 35' award - Brief article