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• Following the success of Kensington's Souls of My Sisters in 2000, Plume will publish Souls of My Brothers in September in 2003 - Deals - Brief Article
  by Mondella S. Jones
• Janet Hill of Doubleday/Broadway/Harlem Moon acquired award-winning author J. California Cooper's next short-story collection and novel for close to $500,000 for the Doubleday imprints - Six-Figure Specials - Brief Article
  by Mondella S. Jones
• Righteous hip-hop: in an excerpt from his forthcoming book, an old-school conscious rapper critiques the direction of a cultural expression he loves - rhythm & books - Excerpt - Critical Essay
• The Wedding Planner: books for the twenty first century bride of African descent illustrate a range of stylish options for a unique ceremony that reflects her heritage. - The Afrocentric Bride: A Style Guide - book review
  by Ingrid Sturgis
• The woman at the well: a first novel reworks a familiar story from the gospel of St. John to affirm African American women. - Living Water by Obery Hendricks - book review
  by Kathryn V. Stanley
• White People Do Not Know How to Behave at Entertainments Designed for Ladies and Gentlemen of Colour: William Brown's African-American Theater. - book review
  by Angela Dodson
• Ask the book doctor
  by Rosie Milligan
• Oprah Winfrey's book club will return - Classic Oprah - Brief Article
  by Mondella S. Jones
• Victor McGlothin's second novel, What Every Sistah Wants, was picked up by St. Martin's Press - Deals - Brief Article
  by Mondella S. Jones
• Emma awards
  by Gwen Osborne
• Motown writer's network - Click on This - motownwriters.homestead.com - Brief Article - Product/Service Evaluation
• Too Beautiful to Die. - book review
  by Robert Fleming
• Black Dionysus: Greek Tragedy and African-American Theatre
  by Angela Dodson
• From Totems to Hip-Hop: a Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas, 1900-2002. - book review
  by Duriel E. Harris
• Stephanie Stanley Alexander, president of BlackWords Press has signed M. Dion Thompson, a Baltimore Sun reporter and first-time novelist, to a two-book deal - Deals - Brief Article
  by Mondella S. Jones
• Film rights for Nichelle D. Tramble's debut novel, The Dying Ground , were optioned - Villard - Deals - Brief Article
  by Mondella S. Jones
• Hip-hop by the book: from scholarly titles to children's books, hip-hop takes on a new life in print - Critical Essay
  by Malcolm Venable
• Gallery. - book review
  by Clarice Taylor
• A Love Noire. - book review
  by Robert Fleming
• Out of Sight: the Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889-1895. - book review
  by Angela Dodson
• First, do no harm to the language: and other lessons a self-published writer could learn from a professional editor - self publishing - Critical Essay
  by Victoria Christopher Murray
• Selecting books for students - letters to the editor - Letter to the Editor
  by Adelaide Phelps
• Adero also acquired A Wealth of Wisdom Legendary African American Elders Speak edited by Dr. Camille O. Cosby and Renee Poussaint for publication in fall 2003 - Deals - Brief Article
  by Mondella S. Jones
• Signings & sightings
• Spell-check software—an editor's friend or foe? - In The Headlines … - Brief Article - Product/Service Evaluation
  by Sheryl Estrada
• Night Work. - book review
  by Glenn Townes
• Me and Uncle Romie. - book review
  by Suzanne Rust
• Wanda Sykes, the actress, comedian and Emmy Award-winning writer , will pen a collection of humor essays on hot topics, including Hollywood, politics, sex and marriage - for the now defunct Chris Rock Show - Deals - Brief Article
  by Mondella S. Jones
• Camika Spencer's untitled third novel about a reading group that kidnaps a best-selling male author fetched six figures in a two-book deal with St. Martin's Press - Six-Figure Specials - Brief Article
  by Mondella S. Jones
• Hip-hop social criticism: bold and edgy commentary appeals to a new generation. . - rhythm & books - book review
  by Curtis Stephen
• Our unlikely griot: as a dyslexic who still appreciates the liberating power of books, as an actress and a producer in this multimedia age, Whoopi Goldberg holds fast in her distinctive way to the values of African American culture - Cover Story - Critica
  by Joy Duckett Cain
• The writing process: scissors and glue: reflections of an anthologist - Critical Essay
  by Herb Boyd
• America's Promise. - book review
  by Suzanne Rust
• The mystery man of the Harlem Renaissance: novelist Rudolph Fisher was a forerunner of Walter Mosley. - The Walls of Jericho; The Conjure-Man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem; The City of Refuge: The Collected Stories of Rudolph Fisher - book review
  by Clifford Thompson
• For the village poet - letters to the editor - Letter to the Editor
  by Stanley L. Raper
• Atria Books Senior Editor Malaika Adero acquired Jewell Parker Rhodes's Voodoo Season, the sequel to her first novel Voodoo Dreams - Deals
  by Mondella S. Jones
• Awards - Brief Article
  by Mondella S. Jones
• June is Black Music Month - book bytes - Brief Article
  by Sheryl Estrada
• A heavy honey spreads it on thick: in her new book, fabulous funny woman Mo'Nique challenges the tyranny of the thin and celebrates living large. - Skinny Women Are Evil: Notes of a Big Girl in a Small-Minded World - book review
  by Sharita M. Hunt
• On the wings of a Dove: a collection of literary conversations with poet Rita Dove, from the University Press of Mississippi and other offbeat treasures covering the arts. - Conversations With Rita Dove - book review
  by Angela P. Dodson
• Black All Around. - book review
  by Suzanne Rust
• Original diva Diana Ross's memoir Upside Down: Wrong Turns, Right Turns and the Road Ahead was recently acquired by Judith Regan at ReganBooks - Deals - Brief Article
  by Mondella S. Jones
• Carol Mackey, editor-in-chief of Black Expressions Book Club, acquired book-club rights - Deals - Brief Article
  by Mondella S. Jones
• Jubilee Juneteenth: how our people celebrated freedom time
  by Angela P. Dodson
• Eye. - Painted Voices: An Artist's Journey Into the World of Black Writers - book review
• The Other Woman. - book review
  by Glenn Townes
• African American Concert Singers Before 1950. - book review
  by Angela Dodson
• Singing the Bones Together. - book review
  by Gregory Pardlo
• Harlem Renaissance icon Zora Neale Hurston was honored with a 37-cent postage stamp commissioned by the U.S. Postal Service on January 24, 2003 - News - Brief Article
  by Mondella S. Jones
• Crown editor Chris Jackson acquired Greg Morrison and Yanick Rice Lamb's Rise and Fly: Lies, Tall Tales True and Not So True Rules About Bid Whist for Crown's Three Rivers imprint - Deals - Brief Article
  by Mondella S. Jones
• It's BookExpo time! It happens every May: BookExpo America draws booksellers, publishers and other assorted industry players to a mega-convention of what's happening. Here's what on this year
  by Diane Patrick
• Tajuana "TJ" Butler - Authors on the Web - T.J. Butler's web site - Brief Article
  by Michele D. Thomas
• A Mighty Love. - book review
  by Robin Green-Cary
• Black City Cinema: African American Urban Experiences in Film
  by Angela Dodson
• Imitation of Life: Poems. - book review
  by Gregory Pardlo
• From the editor-in-chief - Editorial
  by William E. Cox
• Kimberla Lawson Roby's Too Much of a Good Thing - Deals - Brief Article
  by Mondella S. Jones
• Ballantine Books - People On The Move - senior editor named - Brief Article
  by Mondella S. Jones
• A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album. - book review
  by Curtis Stephen
• Suspense sells: a Black-owned bookstore in Pennsylvania targets readers of mysteries, detective stories and crime fiction - market buzz - Company Profile
  by Gwendolyn E. Osborne
• Love letters straight from the heart. - A Love No Less: More Than Two Centuries of African American Love Letters - book review
  by Emily Bernard
• Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? - book review
  by Suzanne Rust
• What Next: a Memoir Toward World Peace. - book review
  by Judy Simmons
• Executive editor's view - Editorial
  by Angela P. Dodson
• In November 2003, Simon & Schuster will publish Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey - Deals
  by Mondella S. Jones
• Atria Books/Washington Square Press - People On The Move - publicity manager named - Brief Article
  by Mondella S. Jones
• Faith in Time: the Life of Jimmy Scott. - book review
  by Clarence V. Reynolds
• Reading for support: a sister circle turns to book discussions as both an anchor and to uplift one another
  by Pat Houser
• Of mamas, papas and "big mamas": authors weave a rich tapestry portraying strong African American kinships. - five books on family - book review
  by Suzanne Rust
• Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. - book review
  by Adrienne Ingrum