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.

BIBR's Sixth Annual Poetry Issue.(from the editor-in-chief)(Editorial)
March 01, 2004

Meet BIBR's regional editors.(regional editors)(Black Issues Book Revi...
March 01, 2004

We need our poets.(executive editor's view)(Editorial)
March 01, 2004

Shrine to history.(Between the lines: the inside scoop on what's happe...
March 01, 2004

K'wan.(Deals)(African American author gets deal for three more books f...
March 01, 2004

Nikki Turner.(Deals)(new novels sold at auction)(Brief Article)
March 01, 2004

Collector's delight ...(Between the lines: the inside scoop on what's ...
March 01, 2004

Signings & sightings.(Calendar)
March 01, 2004

"American Dream" classics for kids: the American Library Association's...
March 01, 2004

The word/the blues. A meditation. Investigating blues poetry, an old t...
March 01, 2004

Almost famous: an original Broadway Def Poetry Jam cast member learns ...
March 01, 2004

Kalisha Buckhanon's first novel Upstate, sold to Monique Patterson at ...
March 01, 2004

Erica Kennedy.(Deals)(book and movie rights bought by Miramax)(Brief A...
March 01, 2004

On Broadway and on tour.(Between the lines: the inside scoop on what's...
March 01, 2004

Milestones.(Between the lines: the inside scoop on what's happening in...
March 01, 2004

Following the paths of pioneers.(Between the lines: the inside scoop o...
March 01, 2004

Internet leverages publishing success.(Between the lines: the inside s...
March 01, 2004

Sibling rivalries: literary poetry versus spoken word: why does the di...
March 01, 2004

Slam or be slammed: emerging poets are finding more places to practice...
March 01, 2004

Home time and island time: novelist Pearl Cleage finds inspiration jus...
March 01, 2004

The love scene: women's fiction vs. classic romance.
March 01, 2004

The writers' conference circuit: summer retreats and workshops are des...
March 01, 2004

35 years as a literary maverick: Clarence Major is revered and respect...
March 01, 2004

The relentless pursuit of joy and purpose: Dr. Renita J. Weems's newes...
March 01, 2004

A traveling female spirit: Nalo Hopkinson takes her inspiration from t...
March 01, 2004

The Africans who settled Manhattan: new studies tell the stories of th...
March 01, 2004

The e-book revolution still to come: your superstore may not sell them...
March 01, 2004

Letters to the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
March 01, 2004

Signs of my blackness.(signings & sightings)
March 01, 2004

Poetry From the Masters: the Pioneers.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

The Activist.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

A thug-life coda: Tupac tells his own story through posthumous persona...
March 01, 2004

Jim & Louella's Homemade Heart-Fix Remedy.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

Sex Life.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

Remembering Margaret Walker: Louisville Kentucky reading group pays ho...
March 01, 2004

A door closes: Baltimore's Sibanye welcomed black authors.(market buzz...
March 01, 2004

Beyond the village: how black children widen their sense of the world ...
March 01, 2004

Beauty, Her Basket.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

Looking for Red.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

Yesterday I Had the Blues.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni 1969-1998.(Brief Article)(Book ...
March 01, 2004

Blue Beat Syncopation Selected Poems, 1977-2002.(Brief Article)(Book R...
March 01, 2004

Said the Shotgun to the Head.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

The Body's Question.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

Double vision.(Eye: a showcase for the visual arts)(Ibeji: The Cult of...
March 01, 2004

When the camera lies.(Eye: a showcase for the visual arts)(Only Skin D...
March 01, 2004

Kinks and all: books on the pleasures and challenges of black hair mix...
March 01, 2004

Back in the Day: My Life and Times With Tupac Shakur.(Briefly Noted)(B...
March 01, 2004

Freedom Land.(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

Too Much of a Good Thing.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

Why Sleeping Dogs Lie.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

As We Lay.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

If we ruled the world ...(The Angry Black Woman's Guide to Life)(Book ...
March 01, 2004

Dancing the Ring Shout!(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

Year of No Rain.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

Flying off the shelves.(book ratings)
March 01, 2004

Stormy Blues.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

African adobe.(Eye: a showcase for the visual arts)(Butabu: Adobe Arch...
March 01, 2004

300 years of black art.(Gallery)(Wake Up Our Souls: A Celebration of A...
March 01, 2004

Go to the Ant: Life's Lessons Demonstrated by God's Smallest Creatures...
March 01, 2004

Eden, Ohio.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

The Viaduct.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

A Distant Shore.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

Would I Lie to You? The Journey of Venus Johnston.(Brief Article)(Book...
March 01, 2004

Bibr recommends.
March 01, 2004

A child's garden of verses: four titles that introduce young readers t...
March 01, 2004

Bark and Tim: a True Story of Friendship.(Brief Article)(Children's Re...
March 01, 2004

All Night, All Day: a Child's First Book of African-American Spiritual...
March 01, 2004

Other titles of interest ...(children's bookshelf)(Brief Article)(Chil...
March 01, 2004

The great white fathers' failings: thoughtful new works by white autho...
March 01, 2004

Black Swan.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

Old-school basketball: biographies of an exemplary guard and a masterf...
March 01, 2004

Rip It Up: the Black Experience in Rock and Roll.(Briefly Noted)(Brief...
March 01, 2004

Rendezvous Eighteenth.(Book Review)
March 01, 2004

Nina stories: recalling Nina Simone (1933-2003), the complex artist wh...
March 01, 2004

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