Tag: Jamaica Kincaid

• {New Releases} Jan 29-Feb 4, 2018

  

  Black Fortunes by:Shomari Wells The astonishing untold history of America’s first black millionaires—former slaves who endured incredible challenges to amass and maintain their wealth for a century, from the Jacksonian period to the Roaring Twenties—self-made entrepreneurs whose unknown success mirrored that of American business heroes such as Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, and Thomas Edison. […]

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  January 29, 2018

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• {Between The Lines} Jamaica Kincaid Wins The 2014 American Book Award

  

  Jamaica Kincaid is among the winners of the 35th annual American Book Awards, which celebrate multiculturalism and free expression, the Associated Press reports. The Before Columbus Foundation announced Tuesday that Kincaid was cited for the novel “See Now Then.” Other winners include Andrew Bacevich’s nonfiction “Breach of Trust” and Alex Espinoza’s novel “The Five Acts […]

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  September 7, 2014

  Between The Lines

  35th annual American Book Awards, Alex Espinoza, American Book Awards, Andrew Bacevich, Before Columbus Foundation, Ishmael Reed, Jamaica Kincaid, San Francisco, See Now Then, See Now Then: A Novel by Jamaica Kincaid