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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.

The look of BIBR.(Letter to the Editor)
May 01, 2005

Tool for libraries.(Letter to the Editor)
May 01, 2005

Poets and celebrities.(Letter to the Editor)
May 01, 2005

The AIDS crisis.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the Editor)
May 01, 2005

Deborah Willis, photographer, winner of the MacArthur "genius" Award a...
May 01, 2005

Changing of the guard.(PEOPLE)(Walter Zacharius retired as chief execu...
May 01, 2005

Walter Mosley.(wins 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2005

Tina McElroy Ansa.(have won the Stanley W. Lindberg Award for literary...
May 01, 2005

Edwidge Danticat's.(Story Prize winner amd nominated for National Book...
May 01, 2005

Andrea Levy.(wins the Whibred Award and the Orange Prize )(Brief Artic...
May 01, 2005

Diane McKinney-Whetstone (Leaving Cecil Street, William Morrow, March ...
May 01, 2005

Ma Dear's Old Green House written by Denise Lewis Patrick and illustra...
May 01, 2005

"Audie" finalists include: The Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley, re...
May 01, 2005

Deal.(between the lines: the inside scoop on what's happening in the p...
May 01, 2005

Signings & sightings.
May 01, 2005

BookExpo 2005: the grandest book "party" comes back to the publishing ...
May 01, 2005

Word for word, bit by bit: no matter the promise, opinions are split o...
May 01, 2005

Check it out: libraries remain important players in the book-selling m...
May 01, 2005

The word workers: Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee shared many things, among t...
May 01, 2005

Catch the keynote, Ossie Davis: a mighty laborer in the field of the a...
May 01, 2005

Inspiration for drama: playwrights ponder the literary influences that...
May 01, 2005

The power of the drum, and making music to a different beat.(The Beat ...
May 01, 2005

You Ain't Got No Easter Clothes: A Memoir.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2005

Some kind of kin: complex bonds and confused racial identities emerge ...
May 01, 2005

Dear Senator: A Memoir of the Daughter of Strom Thurmond.(Book Review)
May 01, 2005

Cotton Field of Dreams: A Memoir.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2005

Noteworthy title.(Finding Martha's Vineyard: African Americans at Home...
May 01, 2005

All God's children: a study on African American Mormons and guides for...
May 01, 2005

Remembering mama: images of mothers, good, bad, real or fictive abound...
May 01, 2005

Mirrors of masculinity: defining the state of the black male has never...
May 01, 2005

Aim high: guides for navigating inner lives and corporate turf.(The Ni...
May 01, 2005

The Real Lives of Strong Black Women: Transcending Myths Reclaiming Jo...
May 01, 2005

Space Between the Stars: My Journey to an Open Heart.(Book Review)
May 01, 2005

Self-published reviews.(Brief Article)(Bibliography)
May 01, 2005

Noteworthy titles.(essentials: Selections for the well-stocked persona...
May 01, 2005

Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies, and Denial in Black America.(Book Revi...
May 01, 2005

Some people who love J. California Cooper: Doubleday essay contest awa...
May 01, 2005

Of race and justice: a book on a 1920s racial battle beat out stiff co...
May 01, 2005

Dreams, promises and disappointments: Hollywood's racial past, Virgini...
May 01, 2005

Nelson Mandela: In His Own Words.(Book Review)
May 01, 2005

Israel on the Appomattox: a Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from ...
May 01, 2005

Postcolonial Melancholia.(Book Review)
May 01, 2005

Interesting Times: Essays and Nonfiction.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2005

Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalaya.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2005

The Promise: How One Woman Made Good on Her Extraordinary Pact to Send...
May 01, 2005

Doctors' orders: read early: a novel literacy program enlists medical ...
May 01, 2005

A season for stories of the past and present: choices for the young ra...
May 01, 2005

Oscar's Half Birthday.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
May 01, 2005

The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom.(Brief Article)(Children's ...
May 01, 2005

Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam.(Brief Article)(Children's Revi...
May 01, 2005

Wit and wisdom: short stories by a master and novels by a variety of w...
May 01, 2005

Johnny Mad Dog.(Book Review)
May 01, 2005

The Executioner's Game.(Book Review)
May 01, 2005

Expired.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2005

Gimme an O!(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2005

The Strong, Silent Type.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2005

The Best-Kept Secret.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2005

Afterburn: A Novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2005

Of logos and expos.(from the editor-in-chief)(Editorial)
May 01, 2005

In praise of Ossie.(executive editor's view)(Editorial)
May 01, 2005

Celebrating Black music month, June 2005.(Bibliography)
May 01, 2005

The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours: The Poetry of Jill Scott.(Book Re...
May 01, 2005

2 daring artists: past and present.(Basquiat)(Seeing the Unspeakable: ...
May 01, 2005

Flying off the shelves.(Bibliography)
May 01, 2005

Listening to the muses: Phylicia Rashad and LisaGay Hamilton reflect o...
May 01, 2005

To whom it may concern: memoirs of civil rights leaders, some never wr...
May 01, 2005

Digging deeper.(Generations: A GUIDE FOR REUNITING FAMILIES)(excerpt)(...
May 01, 2005

Is anybody out there? A closer look at the dire picture unearthed in t...
May 01, 2005

Starting over: the retiring co-owner of Hue-Man Bookstore in Harlem re...
May 01, 2005

West Coast kinfolk: in Los Angeles, Chris Abani and Kamau Daaood stand...
May 01, 2005

Branches of the ancestral tree: a sampler of resources for planning a ...
May 01, 2005

Brainstorming for success: with the help of good coaches, an author pr...
May 01, 2005

Library as a legacy: start by investing in some good books about colle...
May 01, 2005

Fight my battles: gay pride month special, June 2005: books to tackle ...
May 01, 2005