Recently added articles from Black Issues Book Review:
People get ready for another Cosby book.(between the lines: the inside scoop on what's happening in the publishing industry)("Come on, People!: On the Path From Victims to Victors" by Bill Cosby)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... "Come on, people!" That's what Bill Cosby (left) has been saying to the black community more loudly than usual in the past few years--from his notorious NAACP speech to his "call-out" sessions in local communities. And now he'll be saying it on the printed page in his forthcoming book, ...
Bringing the heat new young adult series.(between the lines: the inside scoop on what's happening in the publishing industry)(Brief article)
May 01, 2007; ... Scholastic won the auction for worldwide publishing rights to Hotlanta, a new paperback series featuring African American teen girls by authors Denene Millner and Mitzi Miller. The deal was negotiated by Scholastic's Andrea Pinkney and agent Victoria Sanders of Victoria Sanders & ...
Cave Canem.(AWARDS)(Brief article)
May 01, 2007; ... Cave Canem, the "home for Black poetry," has been awarded a three-year contingency grant in the amount of $150,000 for operational support from the Lannan Foundation. Awarded under the foundation's Literary Program, established in 1987 to ...
Coe Booth.(AWARDS)(L.A. Times Book Prize Young Adult category)(Brief article)
May 01, 2007; ... Debut author Coe Booth received an L.A. Times Book Prize in the Young Adult ...
Marcus Samuelsson.(AWARDS)(James Beard Foundation/KitchenAid Book Award)(Brief article)
May 01, 2007; ... Renowned chef and author Marcus Samuelsson won the James Beard Foundation/KitchenAid Book Award, on May 7, 2007, in the ...