African-American Studies - Interest | African-American Studies - Interest
Jul.15.2008
In this hot and steamy mystery Publishers Weekly called "seamlessly entertaining," actor Tennyson Hardwick struggles to hang on to his acting career and redeem his sex-for-pay history, which estranged him from his father--a decorated LAPD captain who raised Tennyson to call him "sir...
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Jul.08.2008
In this highly anticipated follow-up to White Like Me, activist and educator Tim Wise examines the ways in which institutional racism continues to shape the contours of daily life in the United States. The essays included in this collection span the last ten years of Wise’s writing and cover all...
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Jul.08.2008
In this spellbinding lecture, delivered at Mt. Holyoke College in October 2007, Tim Wise, author of White Like Me: Reflections on Race From a Privileged Son offers a unique, inside-out view of race and racism in America. Expertly overcoming the defensiveness that often surrounds these issues, Wise...
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Jun.26.2008
A collection of poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction that records HIV/AIDS in a way that humanizes its existence and celebrates the living. Displaying writings themed to the Black Diaspora, this critical and creative body of work defines the dialogue that will be prevalent well into the 21st...
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Jun.26.2008
Cave Canem has for the past ten years dedicated itself to the discovery and cultivation of new voices in African American poetry. Founded in 1996 by prizewinning poets Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady, Cave Canem began as a weeklong summer workshop/retreat and has now expanded to include regional...
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Jun.17.2008
From the beginning, Jessica knows that David is different, but life with him seems perfect. With the birth of their daughter, life should be blissful. However, his ageless face and his perfect skin cause her investigative-reporter instincts to start questioning. Also, his lack of interest in the...
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Jun.12.2008
THE STORY OF LOVE While China Galland was visiting family in rural East Texas, she learned of Love Cemetery-a nearly 175-year-old African American burial ground-from the cemetery guardian, Mrs. Nuthel Britton. For forty years, Love Cemetery was inaccessible, starting with a lockout at the height of...
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Apr.07.2008
The essays in this book weave together the varied strands of experience that contribute to a feminist activist life. The essays touch on many topics: her coming out to her family at a movie theatre; learning to swim; her father's elegance; the bond between Blacks and Jews; the influence of writer...
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Mar.20.2008
An inspiring memoir by Rosemary Bray, a former editor of The New York Times Book Review, in which she describes growing up poor in Chicago in the 1960s and becoming one of the first black women to attend Yale.
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