Basic Civitas Books

Harvard honors Brother Blue with Du Bois medal
The Boston Banner; 12/10/2009; 918 words; ...Times op-ed columnist; Frank H. Pearl, the philanthropist and publisher who began Basic Civitas Books, a Perseus Books imprint devoted to publishing books in the field of African American studies; and Shirley M. Tilghman, president of Princeton...

The growth of a writer.(Triangular Road: A Memoir)(Book review)
The Women's Review of Books; 11/1/2009; 1643 words; ...Marshall New York: Basic Civitas Books, 2009, 165 pp...initial chapter of the book is an homage to Langston...Hughes had attended a book party in Harlem expressly...white librarian for books by colored writers...always buried in a book!" We are not given...

Review" 'Barrelhouse Blues' traces evolution of an American musical genre
Oakland Tribune; 9/2/2009; 959 words; ...enough. Why read this book, then? Because Oliver...Ultimately, Oliver's book serves as a reminder of...recorded for posterity. The book is a little dry and clumsy...Oliver-- PUBLISHER: Basic Civitas-- PRICE: $24.95...

Lil' Wayne meets Johets John Donne.
Colorlines Magazine; 7/1/2009; 545 words; ...College, does just that in Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop (Basic Civitas). Long gone are the days...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bradley's book is ultimately successful...combination of the two. The book is broken down into six chapters...

A More Unbending Battle.(Brief article)(Book review)
The Bookwatch; 7/1/2009; 422 words; A More Unbending Battle Peter N. Nelson Basic Civitas c/o Perseus Publishing Group 387 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10016 9780465003174, $27.50 www.basiccivitasbooks.com...