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Feb.25.2011 National Black Book Festival News For news by and about Black writers and authors, see my club, African Writers and Authors. http://www.redroom.com/clubs/african-writers-and-authors We have National Black Book Festival news, interviews with Black writers and more. So if you are a Black writer, author or blogger, join us today...	Feb.17.2011 Maya Angelou In My Mind's Eye Where did I find a copy of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings? My inner city school library? A class book area or a teacher putting it in my hand? I was about 16 years old. I remember not having any sense of expectation or previous knowledge of the book. About a few pages into I realized I was...
Mar.17.2010 The fish is the last to acknowledge the existence of water." - African Proverb Disclaimer: This is not an attack on the authors of the books that will me mentioned here today, this is an attack on the system that has propelled said books into the literary and cinematic spotlights. (Clearing throat) “Until the Lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt will always...	Nov.16.2009 SUGAR - The Campaign to Sell 10,000 Copies So here is the new cover. Do you like it? drop me a line and let me know. I've been working very hard to get the message out to the world about Sugar's 10th anniversary and thanks to all of you, I've been making some headway! I've been able to monitor some of the activity on amazon.com and so...
Nov.02.2009 I Am Not A Pigeon Hey! I know ya'll have been buying SUGAR -- but where are your photos??? I was hoping to have a nice thick album full of your smiling faces (holding a copy SUGAR) to commemorate the 10th Anniversary. So far I only have three! (sad face) -- Come on ya'll don't be shy! Any-hoo -- the SUGAR PHOTO OF...