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Black Issues Book Review

A bimonthly journal devoted to reviews of all genres of fiction and nonfiction books by black authors, including children's literature. Also includes in-depth features about authors, publishing, and literature, and regular special departments. For academics and any reader interested in black literature.

From the editor-in-chief.(Editorial)
May 01, 2003

Executive editor's view.(Editorial)
May 01, 2003

For the village poet. (letters to the editor).(Letter to the Editor)
May 01, 2003

Selecting books for students. (letters to the editor).(Letter to the E...
May 01, 2003

Oprah Winfrey's book club will return. (Classic Oprah).(Brief Article)
May 01, 2003

Harlem Renaissance icon Zora Neale Hurston was honored with a 37-cent ...
May 01, 2003

Original diva Diana Ross's memoir Upside Down: Wrong Turns, Right Turn...
May 01, 2003

Stephanie Stanley Alexander, president of BlackWords Press has signed ...
May 01, 2003

Following the success of Kensington's Souls of My Sisters in 2000, Plu...
May 01, 2003

Wanda Sykes, the actress, comedian and Emmy Award-winning writer (for ...
May 01, 2003

Kimberla Lawson Roby's Too Much of a Good Thing. (Deals).(Brief Articl...
May 01, 2003

In November 2003, Simon & Schuster will publish Soul of a Butterfly: R...
May 01, 2003

Atria Books Senior Editor Malaika Adero acquired Jewell Parker Rhodes'...
May 01, 2003

Adero also acquired A Wealth of Wisdom Legendary African American Elde...
May 01, 2003

Victor McGlothin's second novel, What Every Sistah Wants, was picked u...
May 01, 2003

Crown editor Chris Jackson acquired Greg Morrison and Yanick Rice Lamb...
May 01, 2003

Carol Mackey, editor-in-chief of Black Expressions Book Club, acquired...
May 01, 2003

Film rights for Nichelle D. Tramble's debut novel, The Dying Ground (V...
May 01, 2003

Janet Hill of Doubleday/Broadway/Harlem Moon acquired award-winning au...
May 01, 2003

Camika Spencer's untitled third novel about a reading group that kidna...
May 01, 2003

Ballantine Books. (People On The Move).(senior editor named)(Brief Art...
May 01, 2003

Atria Books/Washington Square Press. (People On The Move).(publicity m...
May 01, 2003

Awards.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2003

Signings & sightings.
May 01, 2003

Emma awards.
May 01, 2003

It's BookExpo time! It happens every May: BookExpo America draws books...
May 01, 2003

Jubilee Juneteenth: how our people celebrated freedom time.
May 01, 2003

Hip-hop by the book: from scholarly titles to children's books, hip-ho...
May 01, 2003

Righteous hip-hop: in an excerpt from his forthcoming book, an old-sch...
May 01, 2003

Hip-hop social criticism: bold and edgy commentary appeals to a new ge...
May 01, 2003

A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album.(Book Rev...
May 01, 2003

Faith in Time: the Life of Jimmy Scott.(Book Review)~(book review)
May 01, 2003

June is Black Music Month. (book bytes).(Brief Article)
May 01, 2003

Spell-check software--an editor's friend or foe? (In The Headlines ......
May 01, 2003

Motown writer's network. (Click on This).(motownwriters.homestead.com)...
May 01, 2003

Tajuana "TJ" Butler. (Authors on the Web).(T.J. Butler's web site)(Bri...
May 01, 2003

Eye.(Painted Voices: An Artist's Journey Into the World of Black Write...
May 01, 2003

Gallery.(Book Review)~(book review)
May 01, 2003

The Wedding Planner: books for the twenty first century bride of Afric...
May 01, 2003

Our unlikely griot: as a dyslexic who still appreciates the liberating...
May 01, 2003

Suspense sells: a Black-owned bookstore in Pennsylvania targets reader...
May 01, 2003

Reading for support: a sister circle turns to book discussions as both...
May 01, 2003

A heavy honey spreads it on thick: in her new book, fabulous funny wom...
May 01, 2003

Night Work.(Book Review)~(book review)
May 01, 2003

Too Beautiful to Die.(Book Review)~(book review)
May 01, 2003

A Mighty Love.(Book Review)~(book review)
May 01, 2003

The Other Woman.(Book Review)~(book review)
May 01, 2003

A Love Noire.(Book Review)~(book review)
May 01, 2003

The woman at the well: a first novel reworks a familiar story from the...
May 01, 2003

The writing process: scissors and glue: reflections of an anthologist....
May 01, 2003

Love letters straight from the heart.(A Love No Less: More Than Two Ce...
May 01, 2003

Of mamas, papas and "big mamas": authors weave a rich tapestry portray...
May 01, 2003

On the wings of a Dove: a collection of literary conversations with po...
May 01, 2003

Black Dionysus: Greek Tragedy and African-American Theatre.
May 01, 2003

Black City Cinema: African American Urban Experiences in Film.
May 01, 2003

African American Concert Singers Before 1950.(Book Review)~(book revie...
May 01, 2003

Out of Sight: the Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889-1895.(B...
May 01, 2003

White People Do Not Know How to Behave at Entertainments Designed for ...
May 01, 2003

America's Promise.(Book Review)~(book review)
May 01, 2003

Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper?(Book Review)~(book review)
May 01, 2003

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt.(Book Review)~(book review)
May 01, 2003

Black All Around.(Book Review)~(book review)
May 01, 2003

Me and Uncle Romie.(Book Review)~(book review)
May 01, 2003

From Totems to Hip-Hop: a Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the...
May 01, 2003

Imitation of Life: Poems.(Book Review)~(book review)
May 01, 2003

Singing the Bones Together.(Book Review)~(book review)
May 01, 2003

First, do no harm to the language: and other lessons a self-published ...
May 01, 2003

Ask the book doctor.
May 01, 2003

The mystery man of the Harlem Renaissance: novelist Rudolph Fisher was...
May 01, 2003

What Next: a Memoir Toward World Peace.(Book Review)~(book review)
May 01, 2003