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Monique Mensah and Pamela Samuels Young

Tune in as we go inside the Minds of Authors: Lynne Forde author of LIES OF BLUE -FICTION and Melesia Betts author of Memoir Life and Times of Lesbian/Bi-sexual Woman

Urban Literary Review Thursday Author Chat

Authors Terrance Dean, Karen E. Quinones Miller will discuss E. Lynn Harris and his effect on Black Literature and the Publishing Industry

Best Selling Author Terrance Dean Issues Statement

Regarding the Passing of E. Lynn Harris

New York - "I am deeply shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of New York Times best-selling author, E. Lynn Harris. He was a dear friend and mentor who paved the way for authors such as mysel

Yasmin Shiraz, Roland V. Tyler jr, Lynn Forde all stop by to discuss their books and whats going on PLUS Harlem Book Fair Update!!

Dee Stewart, Debra Owlsey, Rev. Deborah D. Jenkins join me in discussing Book Expo America.

Charisse Carney-Nunes, freelance writer and attorney,is the author of two children’s books, I DREAM FOR YOU A WORLD: A COVENANT FOR OUR CHILDREN (2007) and NAPPY (2006), as well as SONGS OF A SISTERMOM: MOTHERHOOD POEMS (2004). Charisse is the founder of Brand Nu Words, a new media company dedicated to publishing uniquely artistic books and digital books for children and families.

Rebecca Walker has written a few books, including the original Third Wave primer To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism, about the relevance of feminism to generations X and Y; the bestselling post-civil rights memoir Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self, winner of the Alex Award from the American Library Association; and What Makes a Man: 22 Writers Imagine The Future, a book about new ways of being a man.

Terra Little newest title, Where There's Smoke, started shaking things up in January 2009. Picture this, three people - a mother, a father, and their 16-year-old son, trying hard to get along in this day and age. Things really get interesting when father and son finally come face to face, after 16 years of not knowing about each other. One of them is an ex-hoodlum and the other is trying to be a hoodlum, with little success. And the lone woman in the mix is the reason the men in her life were completely clueless until now. Is it too late for father and son to build a relationship? Has the teenager gotten in over his head, trying to fit in with the wrong crowd - one of whom is the clown behind him on the cover?

Where There's Smoke gives you a peek into the lives of a seemingly dysfunctional family, one that you'll hate to say goodbye to when the last page turns. Just like Running from Mercy, Where There's Smoke is available online and in bookstores everywhere, so treat yourself and pick up a copy. Make sure you bring a fire extinguisher along for the ride, though. Because the old adage, "Where there's smoke, there's fire," has never been as meaningful as it is now.

Paulette Harper is an emerging Christian Author making her debut with her first inspirational book “That Was Then, This Is Now, This Broken Vessel Restored”.

A heart-wrenching account of one woman’s true story of determination, loss and triumph. In her book, she outlines how a heart attitude of surrender allows God to use a broken vessel for His ultimate plans of Glory.