Black Page Turners

{Excerpt} Share My Life : A Journey of Love, Faith and Redemption by: Kem, David Ritz

Chapter 1: NINETEEN I had dropped out of high school. After I had disappeared for weeks, my father wouldn’t let me return. He was permanently kicking me out to protect my mother, who was a recovering alcoholic. My presence would only make her worse. She didn’t want to see me. That was hard to hear, but…

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April 3, 2023

Excerpt, in Every Issue

#Autobiography, #Biography, #Detroit, #dream, #drugs, #Faith, #Grammy, #homeless, #JourneyofLove, #Kem, #mother, #NewRelease, #PersonalMemoirs, #Redemption, #ShareMyLife, #SimonandSchuster, #transformativejourney, #worthlessness, @davidritz, @MusicByKEM, @simonschuster, David Ritz, Share My Life by Kem, Simon and Schuster
{Excerpt} We Over Me : The Counterintuitive Approach to Getting Everything You Want from Your Relationship by: Khadeen Ellis, Devale Ellis

Introduction We would like to start this book by stating that there is no perfect way to exist in this world. In fact, we’ll take it a step further and say that no one has unequivocally figured this thing out. We are all in search of this mythical place called “Happily Ever After.” Yet, we…

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January 25, 2023

Excerpt, in Every Issue

#Counterintuitive, #DevaleEllis, #Family, #finances, #KhadeenEllis, #LongTermRelationships, #Marriage, #millenniallovers, #parents, #PenguinRandomHouse, #Relationship, #Relationships, #RodaleBooks, #sex, #WeOverMe, @iamdevale, @khadeeniam, @PenguinBooks, @penguinrandom, Devale Ellis, Khadeen Ellis, We Over Me : The Counterintuitive Approach to Getting Everything You Want from Your Relationship
{New Releases} Oct. 24 – 30, 2022

Behind Her Lives by: Briana Coles “That’s not my sister.” Overwhelmed by shock and relief, those are the only words Deven can muster when she is called to identify the body of a suicide victim. A body she was informed was her sister, Kennedy. But as she stares at the lifeless stranger, she’s filled with…

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October 25, 2022

in Every Issue, New Releases

@Bcoleauthor, @Ebycreations, @HarlequinBooks, @HollinsCaprice, @jacquelinthomas, @kardea_brown, @KensingtonBooks, @LaQuetteWrites, @mstanyaholland, @NikoMichelle3, @TFriday_Author, Aquarian Dawn by: Ebele Chizea, Behind Her Lives by: Briana Coles, California Soul by: Tanya Holland, Carl Weber’s Kingpins: The Ultimate Hustle by: T. Friday, Cinderella Masquerade by: LaQuette, Dear Diary by: Niko Michelle, Evidence Uncovered by: Jacquelin Thomas, Inside Out by: Caprice Hollins, The Way Home by: Kardea Brown, Uphill by: Jamele Hill
{Excerpt} Turning by: Joy L. Smith

Chapter One: The Barre Miss Kuznetsova was right; I don’t know what hard work is. I’m ghost-knuckling the barre, doing the opposite of what I was taught in ballet—clinging for dear life, trying to hold myself up. I want to tilt my head to reroute the highway of sweat working its way down my face,…

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February 2, 2022

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#JoyLSmith, #Turning, @JoyJoyWrites, @simonteen, Turning by: Joy L. Smith
{Contest} Her Hometown Hero by:Jacquelin Thomas

Enter to Win a Free Copy of Jacquelin Thomas new release ‘Her Hometown Hero.’

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January 22, 2022

Contest, in Every Issue

#jacquelinthomas, #NewRelease, @HarlequinBooks, @jacquelinthomas
{Excerpt} Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood Edited by:Kwame Mbalia

There’s Going to Be a Fight in the Cafeteria on Friday and You Better Not Bring Batman By Lamar Giles **Batman (perma-banned)** Spider-Man Captain America Superman War Machine Wonder Woman Thor Iron Man The Hulk The Winter Soldier The Flash Wolverine Doctor Strange Thanos Black Panther The school bus squealed to a stop at the…

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July 1, 2021

Excerpt, in Every Issue

B. B. Alston, Black Boy Joy Edited by Kwame Mbalia, DaVaun Sanders, Dean Atta, Don P. Hooper, George M. Johnson, Jason Reynolds, Jay Coles, Jerry Craft, Julian Randall, Julian Winters, Justin Reynolds, Kwame Mbalia, Lamar Giles, P. Djèlí Clark, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Tochi Onyebuchi, Varian Johnson
{Behind The Book} Candice Y. Johnson

I was first introduced to Candice Johnson nearly six years ago through author Michelle Stimpson and it has been great to watch her growth as an author and creative talent. That is why I chose her for my next interview. So pull up a seat and enjoy the interview. King Brooks: Tell us about your…

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April 7, 2021

Behind The Book, Interviews

@naturaldancer, Candice Y. Johnson
{Excerpt} A Little Devil in America : Notes in Praise of Black Performance by:Hanif Abdurraqib

Soul Train was guided by Don Cornelius, who got his start as a backup disc jockey at Chicago radio station WVON. Cornelius was born in Chicago in 1936, as the era of dance marathons began to die down. He worked primarily as a news and sports reporter, but he spent his downtime emceeing a series…

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March 8, 2021

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#AfricanAmerican, #ALittleDevilinAmerica, #American, #BlackPerformance, #BlackStudies, #EthnicStudies, #HanifAbdurraqib, #NewRelease, #Notes, #Praise, #SocialScience, @NifMuhammad, @RandomHouse, Hanif Abdurraqib
Are You Releasing A Book This Spring?

Calling All Authors and Publishers! Are You Releasing A Book This Spring? Are you a black author or write about black subjects? Let Us Know when you are publishing your book. Are You Releasing A Book This Spring? Let Us Know!

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January 28, 2021

in Every Issue, Upcoming Releases

#stmartinspress, @akashicbooks, @AtriaBooks, @BG_Publishing, @GrandCentralPub, @HarperCollins, @KensingtonBooks, @RandomHouse, @urbnbooks, Brown Girls Books, Kensington Publishing, New Release, upcoming release
{New Releases} October 5-11, 2020

Let Love Rule by:Lenny Kravitz“I see my story as a suite of songs that have a magical connection. I never understood that connection until I sat down to write. It was then that the magic started to flow.” Let Love Rule is a work of deep reflection. Lenny Kravitz looks back at his life with…

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October 6, 2020

in Every Issue, New Releases

@BarackObama, @BrownGirlsBooks, @cfreeg3, @Cynthiafgibbs, @DrIbram, @JeffLemire, @JL_Campbell, @JP_Books, @kwamealexander, @LennyKravitz, @nealkarlen, @TamiWritesStuff, @TheRahamanAli2, @tyoramoody, A Simmering Dilemma by:Tyora Moody, All Because You Matter by:Tami Charles, Barack Obama Speechless by:Barack Obama, Be Antiracist by:Ibram X. Kendi, Becoming Muhammad Ali by:James Patterson & Kwame Alexander, Black Hammer Library Edition Vol. 2 by:Jeff Lemire, Knight of Paradise Island by:J.L. Campbell, Let Love Rule by:Lenny Kravitz, Muhammad Ali by:Rahaman Ali, My Brother, This Thing Called Life by:Neal Karlen