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"Many brothers are good . .. Some are even great . . . Only a few will give you . . . The shirt off his back."

The passage above taken from the beginning of Parry "Ebony Satin" Brown's latest novel, THE SHIRT OFF HIS BACK, pretty much sums up what readers will come to love and appreciate about the main character, Terrence Winston.

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Domestic Violence. Funny how those two words pronounced together do not sound nearly as horrific and painful as what a victim of this kind of violence goes through. As Ruth Johnson, the main character would say, "there's nothing domestic about the violence in my world." This novel is more than just another abuse story. Instead, it is a story of celebration and self-discovery.

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Author Freddie Lee Johnson, III tells this story with the kind of humor and thoughtfulness that makes him a welcome new voice to the genre of contemporary African American literature!

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HE FUTURE HAS A PAST, written in that simple down-home style Ms. Cooper is famous for, is a collection of four compelling short stories about women of various ages and status in life. Even though each story is different in plot, setting, and situation, the one theme that connects them all is -- LOVE!

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Being a girl raised in the South, and one who was born at the end of the 1950s, I must admit that Bernice McFadden's depiction of southern black life in her debut novel, Sugar , is SURREAL.

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Nikki Giovanni, often referred to by fans as the "Princess of Black Poetry," is back on the scene with another brilliant collection of poems titled, BLUES FOR ALL THE CHANGES . Anyone who knows music and about the Blues in general will find all the poems in this book to be in some way a lyrical and rhythmic statement not only about this radical poet's life, but about some of the best and worst moments in Black America.

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Listen to co-author, Michael Cunningham, share wonderful and exciting information about his new photo essay book, Jewels: 50 Phenomenal Black Women Over 50, with Writers Interlude host, aNN Brown!

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Carla Kaplan, the editor of EVERY TONGUE GOT TO CONFESS (published December 2001) and now ZORA NEALE HURSTON: A LIFE IN LETTERS (published October 2002), has done an outstanding job compiling and editing with great detail the impressive life and works of Hurston. I was thrilled when Ms. Kaplan agreed to chat with us about her latest book via the Internet. So without further adieu, I bring you Carla Kaplan!

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When I recall all of the popular westerns my brothers and I grew up watching on TV during the 1960’s and 1970’s (Big Valley, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, High Chaparral, The Rifleman, to name a few), I’m reminded that no era in our country’s history defines us as a nation more than the expansion and development of the American West.

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