As a flight attendant and member of a marketing company, Tierica Berry was doing well for herself from the outside looking in, but she wasn’t
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Sanderia Faye’s Mourner’s Bench has received praise ranging from “With Mourner’s Bench, Sanderia Faye announces herself as a bold, at times intoxicating, original voice in American fiction.
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Kelis drew a klatch of cooking enthusiasts into the cozy meeting room of the Brooklyn Restoration Plaza on Wednesday, Sept. 30 for a Q-and-A and book signing. The 36-year-old singer, best known
What inspired you to write your first book? I evolved into becoming an author. I was an attorney with the Coca-Cola Company with the intent
In this interview, The Up South Cookbook writer and chef Nicole Taylor shares her favorite cookbooks and budding book collection. What books have most impacted your
Media is a powerful tool. It can help to frame thoughts and shape sensibilities. At its best it can affect the world with a sweeping
The son of a Black Panther will be penning the debut of Marvel’s Black Panther when New York Times bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates helms the launch
Steven Williams followed his passion and that has led to his success today. He is taking his craft further by releasing his first book. What
Tamiko Hope is been a phenomenal PR strategist marketer and now a phenomenal author. Hope has found a way to not only reinvent but emphasize
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In 2012, you won the Poet of the Year at the National Poetry Awards. This year, you released your debut novel, Curse of the Whiskey House.
Joseph W. Walker III helps Christians rejuvenate their relationship with God regularly as senior pastor of 30,000-member Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee. With
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Brett T. Brown, 18-year-old author and /illustrator has written a children’s book titled Haley’s Comet. Haley’s Comet is about a 12-year-old girl who moves to a
What inspired you to write your first book? My first book, Looking for Sweet Love, is the precursor to my current book, Black Coffee. A
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