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May/June's celebrations, gatherings and observances.(from the editors)(Editorial)
May 1, 2007... While hip-hop culture continues to be a magnet for controversy, it's hard to deny that hip-hop lyrics at their best can be sharply observant, witty and even wise. And that's how I'd characterize the work of Kanye West. From the profound reverence of "Jesus Walks" to the teasing, self-mocking...
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 1, 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,...
Where there's a will ...(between the lines: the inside scoop on what's happening in the publishing industry)
May 1, 2007... Novelist and writing instructor Tina McElroy Ansa (left) recently launched an independent publishing company, DownSouth Press. The press will focus on African American literature--fiction and nonfiction by established and new authors who are often undermarketed or even excluded from the...
Bringing the heat new young adult series.(between the lines: the inside scoop on what's happening in the publishing industry)(Brief article)
May 1, 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 & Associates....
Cave Canem.(AWARDS)(Brief article)
May 1, 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 support the creation of exceptional poetry and prose...