All Blog Posts Tagged 'african' (7)

 

In the writing of “Navigating Life’s Roadways” Deborah L.  Parker, born and raised on Route 606 in Waverly, invites you to share the stories of her motivational memoir filled with “Insight from My Odyssey and Inspiration for Your Journey”. Published in July 2011, the triumphs and setbacks of faith, career, family, health, and relationships are creatively presented in her book’s narratives as she reveals the many twisting paths and roads of her personal voyage…

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November 17 - 19, 2011 has brought along a whole new meaning to Kumarian Press, who is gearing up for not one, but two conferences to showcase newly released titles.



We will be attending ARNOVA in Toronto and the ASA Conferernce in DC, both starting and ending on the same date.



We will be at ARNOVA highlighting our NGO/nonprofit and government titles. This conference is a…

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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo .com/2011/10/how-the-us-came-to-be-involved-in-fighting-the-lords-resistance-army.php?ref=fpb discusses Obama's news that our troops will head to…

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Detective Lieutenant Frank Ryman and his girl friend Jaysa have quarreled. His cases have come apart and he is despondent. He tells her he needs her and she says she cannot see him that night. Angry and surly he hangs up on her and goes home thinking that this might as well be the end for them. He is there for her, but she surely is not there for him. At home, he finds her there sitting in the dark.



He stood still, ambivalent. He wanted to kiss her blind, go into her body and never… Continue

My last novel. Nowhere is a Place was a homage to my family history. I used the names of my ancestors for many of the characters in that book. Nowhere is a Place went on to be nominated for a Pulitzer and was chosen by The Washington Post as one of the best novels of 2006.



I've always thought considered this particular novel as my own personal version of Alex Haley's, Roots - and a few reviewers have also likened Nowhere is… Continue

Did you know that there was was a summer resort in Ohio that catered to slave masters and their negro mistresses? Well this is the backdrop of Dolen Valdez- Perkins debut novel Wench

Debut novelist Heidi W. Durrow draws on her on life for The Girl Who Fell From the Sky which tells the story of Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I. who becomes the sole survivor of a family… Continue

Dear Book Lover:



You may not know me, or my novels, because I am a member of a growing band of African-American writers of literary fiction who are slowly disappearing. And not because I am lacking in talent and credentials; in fact I have already published a number of books with major publishing houses and have been reviewed by national newspapers and well-respected literary journals, and have received critical acclaim and awards for my… Continue