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Articles in Nov-Dec, 2005 issue of Black Issues Book Review

• Transition noted: John H. Johnson, 1918-2005: a book publisher reflects on Ebony founder's legacy
• Little Stevie Wonder
  by Warner
• Feast of love: a Kwanzaa celebration to remember
  by Eric V. Copage
• The Language of Saxophones: Selected Poems of Kamau Daaood
  by E.J. Antonio
• Easy Rawlins is back!
• Retail report—2005: Florida bookseller comes full circle, as others take off in new directions
  by Gwendolyn E. Osborne
• Other noteworthy titles
• The Blueprint for My Girls in Love: 99 Rules for Dating, Relationships and Intimacy
  by Yvonne Fleetwood
• The Prodigal: A Poem
  by Randall Horton
• Rise and Fly: Tall Tales and Mostly True Rules of Bid Whist
  by Wayne Dawkins
• Haarlem: A Novel
  by Zakia Munirah Carter
• Me and my shadow: a remarkable first novel from a young Brit haunts the mind and soul
  by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
• Fine art, fine books: a well-thought-out library for the serious collector
  by Cheryl Sutton
• Honoring a dad
  by Hasna Muhammad
• It Is the Wind
  by Michael
• Bang!
  by Desiree Harrison
• Mercy
  by Kelly Norman Ellis
• Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan
  by Cameron
• Grounded in the Word: A Guide to Mastering Standardized Test Vocabulary and Biblical Comprehension
  by Deja Lashuan Mathews
• Wise Fish: Tales in 6/8 Time
  by Patricia Spears Jones
• Brickhouse
  by Nicole Shaw
• The city that reads together … as "One Book" programs mushroom, so do sales for a select few African American authors
  by Earni Young
• Black skins, silver screen: two early stars of Hollywood lived with stereotypes but held their own
  by Woodie King, Jr.
• 26A by Diana Evans
  by Denise Simon
• Thoughts that count: some of our favorite authors choose the one book they would give as a gift this holiday
• Brotherwood
  by Antoinette Dykes
• Best books of 2005
• Sam Cooke: legend: biography documents the roots of soul through a star's life
  by Orlando Lima
• Righteous recipes: from Harlem to the Deep South, new cookbooks invite a fresh look at ethnic and regional cuisines
  by Angela P. Dodson
• At their level: seasoned children's author is at it again
  by Grace L. Williams
• 'The Color Purple' in restrospect: twenty years after the debut, the film's beauty never fades
  by Bernadette Adams Davis
• Best photography books
  by Grace L. Williams
• Teen Spirit: One World, Many Paths
  by Deja Lashaun Mathews
• Somewhere Else
  by Tonya C. Hegamin
• My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for the Ex-Slave Reparations
  by R. Owen Williams
• Dissolve
  by Allen Powell, II
• A man of many gifts: for Oscar Brown Jr., music and words were a driving force: his art remains an enduring reminder of just how much he enriched American culture with his performances, wit, songs, plays, essays and activism
  by Herb Boyd
• BIBR's best of 2005: a roundup of the year's best books from a bumper crop of new novels by seasoned African American talents, as well as noteworthy debuts
• Signings & sightings
• My Best Friend
  by Sofia
• Getting to Amen: 8 Strategies for Managing Conflict in the African American Church
  by Tracy D. Weaver
• Fledgling
  by Bernadette Adams Davis
• A feast of photographers
  by William E. Cox
• Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood
  by Sandra L. Jamison
• Mixed media
  by Angela P. Dodson
• What might have been: where research ends and imagination takes over in fiction
  by Martha Southgate
• It's a Shame to Be a Negro
  by Antoinette Dykes
• The best of the best—for kids only
  by Sandra L. Jamison
• My Proposal: Nothing But a Gracechild
  by Kristin Henning
• Resurrecting Langston Blue
  by Charisse Jones
• Cherishing African heritage: preservers and scholars discuss the historic cultural values and contemporary significance
• From stage to page: love of theater and books draws club members
  by Angela P. Dodson
• Sunshine Has Rain
  by Antoinette Dykes
• Ring in the holidays
• Where the Edge Gathers: Building a Community of Radical Inclusion
  by Monica C. Jones
• The Vow
  by Melissa Ewey Johnson
• What we can do
  by Angela P. Dodson
• Confessions of a Video Vixen
  by Jonathan Luckett
• The "talking head": with the "paid-mouthpiece" episode behind him, Armstrong Williams plans a book
  by Wayne Dawkins
• The Joshua Tree
  by Antoinette Dykes
• Extending a heart
• Lift Up Your Hands: Raise Your Praise and Get Lost in God
  by Kevin Wayne Johnson
• The Hot Spot
  by Regina Cash-Clark
• Gordon Parks: a lion in winter: on living life as one "superb feast"
  by Deborah Willis
• Flying off the shelves
• E-clubs: an update on online book clubs that unite eager readers and authors
  by Ingrid Sturgis