Comments on: Hip Hop Trends Bleed into the Book Market

By: their eyes were reading sm.ut « miss bee’s grandbaby

their eyes were reading sm.ut « miss bee’s grandbaby — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:13:45 +0000

[...] checkmymelonie @ 1:13 pm I was blog hustlin’ a few months ago when I came across this extremely on point post about the state of black literature.See, I was already done with the “black” literature [...]

By: pen & paper « miss bee’s grandbaby

pen & paper « miss bee’s grandbaby — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:05:52 +0000

[...] pen & paper January 7, 2008 Filed under: zeitgist — checkmymelonie @ 12:05 pm http://ybpguide.com/2007/10/24/hip-hop-trends-bleed-into-the-book-market/ [...]

By: yvonne corsair

yvonne corsair — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:52:38 +0000

Good article. It is really sad. You also have video vixens all writing their books as well. It’s enough that we have all these images on television, but now in literature as well. Our generation is missing out on learning more about the power of our heritage.

By: ETS

ETS — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:58:12 +0000

I haven’t read all of this yet, but this issue is so dear to me. Our generation LONGS for the days of the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement. Where are the authors who really want to say something?!