01 Mar
Greetings Family,
All I can say is WOW!
While doing some research on PublishersWeekly.com, I came across an article titled “Incognegro: Passing for White to Expose Lynching.” It talked about a graphic novel, Incognegro, written by Mat Johnson and published by Vertigo. This is a story about an African American journalist, Zane Pinchback, who writes […]
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15 Feb
Greetings family,
Could it be true? Is it possible that African American consumers are bringing down “Black Bookstores?”
A recent survey conducted by GMI, found that “After paying for housing, 70% of African-American respondents spend less than one-fifth of their income at African-American owned establishments. Half spend less than 10% of their income at African-American […]
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04 Feb
Good Morning All,
I decided to take a short stroll through the blogosphere and happened upon a blog entry entitled “Nigglature takes a blow.” The young lady who authored this blog took a stand at her college bookstore by writing a letter to store management requesting that they remove the Street Fiction titles from the section […]
Posted in Books, Literature, Issues, Street Fiction, African American Books by: TheLitLounge
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