Black Page Turners

{Excerpt} Before the Ever After by:Jacqueline Woodson

Memory like a MovieThe memory goes like this: Ollie’s got the ball and he’s running across my yard whenDad comes out of nowhere,soft tackles him to the ground.Then everyone is cheering and laughing becausewe didn’t even know my dad was home. I thought you had a game, I say, grabbing him.It’s a half hug, half […]

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August 24, 2020

Excerpt, in Every Issue

#BeforetheEverAfter, #DailyLiving, #Diseases, #Health, #Illnesses, #Injuries, #JacquelineWoodson, #JuvenileFiction, #NancyPaulsenBooks, #NewRelease2020, #PenguinPublishingGroup, @JackieWoodson, @PenguinBooks, @Penguinusa, Before the Ever After by:Jacqueline Woodson
{New Releases} August 17-23, 2020

Welcome to a Fresh New Week of Books! We have compiled a list of books by Black People that will be released this week. Some you may like, some you may love, or some you may dislike; but that makes you a booklover. Please share this post with every booklover you know. Black Bottom Saints […]

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August 18, 2020

in Every Issue, New Releases

@AuthorBLove, @AuthorZKnight, @DiamondandSilk, @HarlemGrown, @jifueko, @kellyiswrite, @kwalkerbooks, @MsAliceRandall, @Nnedi, @novelista, @RealJaQuavis, @RevDocBrenda, Black Bottom Saints by:Alice Randall, Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora by:Zelda Knight, Harlem Grown by:Tony Hillery, Ikenga by:Nnedi Okorafor, Isaiah Dunn is My Hero by:Kelly J. Baptist, Nnedi Okorafor, Raybearer by:Jordan Ifueko, With His Song by:B. Love
{Contest} Sin City Seduction by:Zuri Day

Enter to Win a Free Copy of Zuri Day‘s new book ‘Sin City Seduction.’ Just fill out the form below and you are entered. The winner will be contacted on Thursday 8/13/20. Enter Only Once for this book. Make sure you like us on Facebook and Twitter for future contest. Share this post on your […]

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August 6, 2020

Contest

#NewRelease, #NewRelease2020, #zuriday, @HarlequinBooks, Romance, Sin City Seduction, Sin City Seduction by:Zuri Day, Zuri Day
The 2020 NAACP Literary Image Awards Winners

Tonight was the 51st Annual NAACP Image Award dinner that they have the day before the Live show. Where they award music, docs, daytime television, Literary, etc. Here is a list of the Literary Winners: Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction The Revisioners by:Margaret Wilkerson Sexton Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction The Source of Self-Regard by:Toni […]

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February 21, 2020

Awards, Between The Lines

#MoreThanEnough, #ToniMorrison, @cjfarley, @dwaynebetts, @ElaineWelteroth, @HalBanfield, @Karen_Arrington, @Lupita_Nyongo, @MWilkers13, Around Harvard Square by:C.J. Farley, Felon by:Reginald Dwayne Betts, I Am Dance by:Hal Banfield, More Than Enough by:Elaine Welteroth, Sulwe by:Lupita Nyong’O, The Revisioners by:Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, The Source of Self-Regard by:Toni Morrison, Your Next Level Life by:Karen Arrington
{New Releases} February 10-16, 2020

Hi Booklovers, I hope you are in good spirits and ready to buy some more books. There Is Confusion by:Jessie Redman Fauset A rediscovered classic about how racism and sexism tests the spirit, ambition, and character of three children growing up in Hell’s Kitchen and Harlem, from the literary editor of The Crisis, the official […]

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February 10, 2020

in Every Issue, New Releases

#AfricanAmerican, #Autobiography, #Biography, #Black, #CulturalHeritage, #Harvard, #HoughtonMifflinHarcourt, #JeanneEllsworth, #KentGarrett, #TheLastNegroesatHarvard, @bryantterry, @DWBdocumentary, @HappyHairGirls, @RashadJennings, @TenSpeedPress, @tonyaboldenbook, Arcade and the Fiery Metal Tester by:Rashad Jennings, Cool Cuts by:Mechel Renee Roe, Driving While Black by:Gretchen Sorin, Eunice and Kate by:Mariana Llanas, Henry Holt and Co., Romance in Marseille by:Claude McKay, Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing by:Tonya Bolden, The Last Negroes At Harvard by:Kent Garrett, There Is Confusion by:Jessie Redman Fauset, Vegetable Kingdom: The Abundant World of Vegan Recipes by:Bryant Terry, Who Did It First? 50 Politicians Activists and Entrepreneurs Who Revolutionized the World by:Jay Leslie
{New Releases} February 3 – 9, 2020

We Keep Us Safe by:Zach Norris A groundbreaking new vision for public safety that overturns more than 200 years of fear-based discrimination, othering, and punishment As the effects of aggressive policing and mass incarceration harm historically marginalized communities and tear families apart, how do we define safety? In a time when the most powerful institutions […]

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February 3, 2020

in Every Issue, New Releases

@abidare_author, @adornedinarmor, @angelialwhite, @BlairUnderwood, @EmeraldCityChar, @Fortresspress, @GabrielJBump, @JMitchellNews, @justinaireland, @kacencallender, @KhristiLauren, @miasosaromance, @Naima_Simone, @nchurnin, @olympics36, @realshellyannfp, @thatTola, @ThereseBeharrie, @YBattleFelton, @ZachWNorris
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.

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February 1, 2020

in Every Issue, Upcoming Releases
{Excerpt} The Woman God Created You to Be: Finding Success Through Faith—Spiritually, Personally, and Professionally by:Kimberla Lawson Roby

INTRODUCTION A Question Every Woman Should Ask Herself Are you the real woman God created you to be? Have you wanted to become her? Have you wondered how to make that happen? If so, then you’re the amazing woman I wrote this book for. You’re the woman who wants to become even better than she […]

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January 30, 2020

Excerpt, in Every Issue
{New Releases} January 27 – February 2, 2020

Welcome to your weekly book haul List! Living In Color by:Tommy Davidson In 1990, Tommy Davidson burst onto the scene in the Emmy Award-winning show In Living Color, a pioneering sketch comedy show, featuring a multi-racial cast of actors and dancers who spoke to an underrepresented new generation created by Hip Hop Nation. In this […]

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January 27, 2020

in Every Issue, New Releases

#kikiswinson, @AuthorTStyles, @author_ShanteJ ‏, @CherisHodges, @IamCarlWeber, @KensingtonBooks, @KimberlaLRoby, @LeaLyon, @LLcoolJill, @NiyahMoore, @OfficialJSimms, @RevRunWisdom, @tiffanylwarren, @tommycat, @TomTeicholz, @TrezrHrnandz, @urbnbooks, Cheris Hodges, Null and Void 2 by:Tresser Henderson, Ready to Fly: How Sylvia Townsend Became the Bookmobile Ballerina by:Lea Lyon, Slow News Day by:Danielle Allen, The Woman God Created You to Be by:Kimberla Lawson Roby, Vexed by:Honey, War 6: Envy (The Cartel Publications Presents) by T. Styles
Forever FLOTUS Michelle Obama Wins Grammy

Congrats, are in order for Forever FLOTUS Michelle Obama. Mrs. Obama won a Grammy for the audiobook of her memoir “Becoming.” Mrs. Obama won the award for the Best Spoken Word Album, the Grammys announced Sunday. Mrs. Obama beat out all the nominees in her category i.e. the Beastie Boys for their “Beastie Boys Book;” Eric Alexandrakis for “I.V. […]

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January 26, 2020

Awards, Between The Lines, in Every Issue

#FLOTUS, @Grammys, @MichelleObama