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Calling All #blck Writers: $10,000 Literary Award Available

I came across this today in the reader and wanted to share it with all of our awesome talent out there:

Ernest J. Gaines Award

The Baton Rouge Foundation of Baton Rouge, La., is seeking nominations for the 2009 Ernest Gaines Book Award, a literary prize honoring the Louisiana native who wrote “The Autobiography of Miss Jane [...]

31Mar2009 | Fredric | 1 comment | Continued
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A Few Great Books to Check Out

One of my Washington University professors, Prof. Gerald Early, has co-published a book called Best African-American Essays: 2009 that collects a diverse set of educated opinions about topics we’ve all been bandying about.

Best AFrican-American Essays: 2009

As described by the Christian Science Monitor:
[E]arly and Dickerson ponder some of the larger questions surrounding this project.
Who speaks [...]

23Feb2009 | Fredric | 3 comments | Continued
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Becoming American: The African-American Journey

It is with great pleasure that I review my latest read on African Diaspora entitled Becoming American: The African-American Journey by Howard Dodson. This world’s view of the African American journey offers a unique chronological approach that affords readers an opportunity to begin discovering the active, generative role blacks have played in the making of [...]

20Feb2009 | Kimberly | 0 comments | Continued
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From the Inbox: Great Authors Celebrate Black History Month on BN.com

Maybe if we plan ahead and find interesting tributes this February, then Black History Month won’t just fade away this year. Here’s some interesting info about BN.com that we recently received from our inbox.

Barnes & Noble

The Barnes & Noble Studio will feature big names in February to celebrate Black History Month. Kicking off Wednesday, [...]

27Jan2009 | Kimberly | 0 comments | Continued
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Bookshelf - The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears

Dinaw Mengestu’s debut novel, The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears tells the story of Sepha Stephanos, an Ethiopian immigrant who runs a grocery store in Washington D.C.’s Logan Circle. Sepha’s neighborhood is rapidly undergoing gentrification, a shift that first becomes real for Sepha when Julia, a white woman, rehabs the building next door to him [...]

29Sep2008 | Andrea | 2 comments | Continued
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YBP Interview: Nappturosity

A couple of weeks ago, YBPGuide was approached by an up-and-coming YBP, Ms. Erin S. Anthony. She is a recent FAMU MBA grad, owner of a natural hair salon, and author of a book on natural hair care for professional women of color. We were able to ask her a few questions about her venture [...]

22Jul2008 | Fredric | 5 comments | Continued
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YBP Giveaway

It’s always better to give, than receive. Oprah has always believed that and Drew Barrymore recently got on board. Here at ybpguide, we’ve always advocated helping others in need. After all, what good is a blessing if you can’t share them with those less fortunate.
With that said, we’re giving away 10 free copies of [...]

5Mar2008 | Fredric | 5 comments | Continued
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Taking a Trip? How about The Road to Freedom

Man…I really wanted to post a rant about the foolishness of this ‘Black-Brown Divide’ mess that has consumed the nation with Barack’s campaign, but I didn’t want to immediately contribute to the negativity that has been spreading. The current primary of this country is a marvelous thing to witness, if not for the history it [...]

7Feb2008 | Fredric | 0 comments | Continued
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New Amazon E-reader Shows Promise

Released two weeks ago, the Amazon Kindle is looking to be the best e-reader yet. The development of a device that could replace a paper book has been discussed and attempted [...]

3Dec2007 | Andrea | 4 comments | Continued
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Hip Hop Trends Bleed into the Book Market

This past summer I visited the Borders on Michigan Avenue to buy Edward P. Jones’s latest short story collection. While I quickly scanned the J’s I found myself hoping that the people walking by paid close attention to the sign hanging over the shelves so they’d know I was in the African-American Literature section and [...]

24Oct2007 | Andrea | 4 comments | Continued
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YBP? Yes. Expert? No.

I attended a forum sponsored by the Washington Post called Being A Black Man last week in Vegas. Journalists at the newspaper gathered to debrief with their peers on their award-winning series on the black male experience at the National Association of Black Journalists convention.
They also announced the release of a book of the same [...]

17Aug2007 | Eugene | 4 comments | Continued
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6 Reasons Why Men Cheat

I heard about this article on the radio yesterday and how women just had to check out the list (because, you know, if a man cheats it must be something we are doing wrong.) The info comes from Steve Santagati author of The Manual: A True Bad Boy Explains How Men Think, Date and Mate [...]

3Aug2007 | Kimberly | 7 comments | Continued
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