Black Issues Book Review

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Latest documents

• Acacia: Book One, the War with the Mein.
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
• May/June's celebrations, gatherings and observances.
• R&B diva Faith Evans with Aliya King's Keeping the Faith, about the author's romantic yet stormy marriage to hip-hop legend Notorious B.I.G. to Karen Thomas at Grand Central, in a significant deal, at auction, by Marc Gerald at The Agency Group.
• The Gospel Remix: Reaching the Hip-Hop Generation.
• Cave Canem.
• In the beginning was the word ... Donda West--an English professor who has written a book about raising her hip-hop superstar son, Kanye West--reflects on issues of language, literacy and creativity.
• The route to riches: business strategists and entrepreneurs map the way to make more green in a recent crop of books.
• Nothing But Drama.
• Shout, Sister, Shout! The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Featured documents

• Blair Underwood goes for the greenlight: a six-year journey to develop and star in a film based on Tananarive Due's My Soul to Keep catches fire in a partnership with an enthusiastic studio. Here's the story so far in bringing one popular black novel to the screen.
• Natalie Cole Owns Her Life.
• From the editor-in-chief.
• BIBR's Sixth Annual Poetry Issue.
• The Covenant with Black America.
• Tupac: life goes on: why the rapper still appeals to fans and captivates scholars a decade after his death.
• Fresh breezes: spend the summer discovering new writers.
• Large and in charge: people who are making it and making a difference in the book industry.
• Let's talk about sex! Novelist Jill Nelson (Sexual Healing) and cultural critic Tricia Rose (Longing to Tell) compare notes on how today's sisters think and feel about sexuality and intimacy.
• BIBR talks with Connie Briscoe.