Black Book Talk

Everybody knows vampires have been vanquished, right?  Welllll, maybe

no.....

Twelve-year-old Malika “Boog” Wilson and her best friends have grown up

idolizing The Vanquishers, a group of masked vampire hunters who wiped out

the last hoard of the undead decades ago. For ki...

Ryan Hart is caught in the middle. She has an older brother and a new

baby sister, and she's in a friendship tug-of-war with two friends who both

want to be her best best friend. How can Ryan think about being kind to a

classmate who is relentless with his teasing? Or ...

In Sister Resisters: Mentoring Black Women on Campus, authors Janie

Victoria Ward and Tracy L. Robinson-Wood describe a mentorship model designed

to advocate for Black women college students.

     Ward and Robinson-Wood, experts in the developmental and identity

chall...

History, humor, romance:  These and other genres make the recommended

list.  Sit back, relax, sip whatever you like and ENJOY............1

In author Andre Lewis Carter's debut novel, the Vietnam War is raging, the US

Navy has only recently begun the process of integration,  and the country is

reeling from racial turmoil and unrest.  Youthful César enlists in the

Navy to escape from Mr. Mike, a charismatic, soc...

Slaves for Peanuts deftly weaves together the natural and human

history of a crop

that transformed the lives of millions. Author Jori Lewis reveals how demand

for peanut oil in Europe ensured that slavery in Africa would persist well

into the twentieth century, long af...

“I wrote Mermaid Kenzie: Protector of the Deeps to help show young (and

older) readers we can all pitch in to protect the beauty of our oceans and

marine life,” said author Charlotte Sherman. After researching

environmentalism and seeing the effects of pollution, Sherman wa...

Bedlam:  The Life Mind of Earl Sedgwick details the frustrating

life of Earl Sedgwick, owner and operator of a mental institution. Earl

grew up in the business and subsequently took it over despite his avowed

hatred of how the business robbed him of his childhood. He...

Yinka Oladeji is 30-something, Oxford-educated, and up for a promotion

at her impressive bank job.   She has a supportive network of friends and

family who love her dearly, but her personal and professional success

doesn’t stop her many aunties from constantly asking w...

This is a rebroadcast of the second half of our June, 2021 interview with

Portlander Richard Brown, author of This is Not For You:  An Activist's

Journey of Resistance and Resilience.  In this segment, he discusses the

process of writing and publishing his memoir.  Mr. Bro...