Articles from Black Issues Book Review (May 1, 2003)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A heavy honey spreads it on thick: in her new book, fabulous funny woman Mo'Nique challenges the tyranny of the thin and celebrates living large.	Hunt, Sharita M.	Book Review	1142
A Love Noire.	Fleming, Robert	Book Review	561
A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album.	Stephen, Curtis	Book Review	463
A Mighty Love.	Green-Cary, Robin	Book Review	344
Adero also acquired A Wealth of Wisdom Legendary African American Elders Speak edited by Dr. Camille O. Cosby and Renee Poussaint for publication in fall 2003. (Deals).	Jones, Mondella S.	Brief Article	150
African American Concert Singers Before 1950.	Dodson, Angela	Book Review	119
America's Promise.	Rust, Suzanne	Book Review	333
Ask the book doctor.	Milligan, Rosie		437
Atria Books Senior Editor Malaika Adero acquired Jewell Parker Rhodes's Voodoo Season, the sequel to her first novel Voodoo Dreams. (Deals).	Jones, Mondella S.		43
Atria Books/Washington Square Press. (People On The Move).	Jones, Mondella S.	Brief Article	64
Awards.	Jones, Mondella S.	Brief Article	185
Ballantine Books. (People On The Move).	Jones, Mondella S.	Brief Article	139
Black All Around.	Rust, Suzanne	Book Review	96
Black City Cinema: African American Urban Experiences in Film.	Dodson, Angela		39
Black Dionysus: Greek Tragedy and African-American Theatre.	Dodson, Angela		39
Camika Spencer's untitled third novel about a reading group that kidnaps a best-selling male author fetched six figures in a two-book deal with St. Martin's Press. (Six-Figure Specials).	Jones, Mondella S.	Brief Article	77
Carol Mackey, editor-in-chief of Black Expressions Book Club, acquired book-club rights. (Deals).	Jones, Mondella S.	Brief Article	67
Crown editor Chris Jackson acquired Greg Morrison and Yanick Rice Lamb's Rise and Fly: Lies, Tall Tales True and Not So True Rules About Bid Whist for Crown's Three Rivers imprint. (Deals).	Jones, Mondella S.	Brief Article	59
Emma awards.	Osborne, Gwen		313
Executive editor's view.	Dodson, Angela P.	Editorial	576
Eye.		Book Review	374
Faith in Time: the Life of Jimmy Scott.	Reynolds, Clarence V.	Book Review	581
Film rights for Nichelle D. Tramble's debut novel, The Dying Ground (Villard), were optioned. (Deals).	Jones, Mondella S.	Brief Article	22
First, do no harm to the language: and other lessons a self-published writer could learn from a professional editor. (self publishing).	Murray, Victoria Christopher	Critical Essay	721
Following the success of Kensington's Souls of My Sisters in 2000, Plume will publish Souls of My Brothers in September in 2003. (Deals).	Jones, Mondella S.	Brief Article	56
For the village poet. (letters to the editor).	Raper, Stanley L.	Letter to the Editor	63
From the editor-in-chief.	Cox, William E.	Editorial	565
From Totems to Hip-Hop: a Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas, 1900-2002.	Harris, Duriel E.	Book Review	290
Gallery.	Taylor, Clarice	Book Review	526
Harlem Renaissance icon Zora Neale Hurston was honored with a 37-cent postage stamp commissioned by the U.S. Postal Service on January 24, 2003. (News).	Jones, Mondella S.	Brief Article	119
Hip-hop by the book: from scholarly titles to children's books, hip-hop takes on a new life in print.	Venable, Malcolm	Critical Essay	1111
Hip-hop social criticism: bold and edgy commentary appeals to a new generation. (rhythm & books).	Stephen, Curtis	Book Review	859
Imitation of Life: Poems.	Pardlo, Gregory	Book Review	184
In November 2003, Simon & Schuster will publish Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey. (Deals).	Jones, Mondella S.		37
It's BookExpo time! It happens every May: BookExpo America draws booksellers, publishers and other assorted industry players to a mega-convention of what's happening. Here's what on this year.	Patrick, Diane		1263
Janet Hill of Doubleday/Broadway/Harlem Moon acquired award-winning author J. California Cooper's next short-story collection and novel for close to $500,000 for the Doubleday imprints. (Six-Figure Specials).	Jones, Mondella S.	Brief Article	82
Jubilee Juneteenth: how our people celebrated freedom time.	Dodson, Angela P.		2746
June is Black Music Month. (book bytes).	Estrada, Sheryl	Brief Article	149
Kimberla Lawson Roby's Too Much of a Good Thing. (Deals).	Jones, Mondella S.	Brief Article	22
Love letters straight from the heart.	Bernard, Emily	Book Review	688
Me and Uncle Romie.	Rust, Suzanne	Book Review	249
Motown writer's network. (Click on This).		Brief Article	180
Night Work.	Townes, Glenn	Book Review	242
Of mamas, papas and "big mamas": authors weave a rich tapestry portraying strong African American kinships.	Rust, Suzanne	Book Review	1686
On the wings of a Dove: a collection of literary conversations with poet Rita Dove, from the University Press of Mississippi and other offbeat treasures covering the arts.	Dodson, Angela P.	Book Review	490
Oprah Winfrey's book club will return. (Classic Oprah).	Jones, Mondella S.	Brief Article	136
Original diva Diana Ross's memoir Upside Down: Wrong Turns, Right Turns and the Road Ahead was recently acquired by Judith Regan at ReganBooks. (Deals).	Jones, Mondella S.	Brief Article	58
Our unlikely griot: as a dyslexic who still appreciates the liberating power of books, as an actress and a producer in this multimedia age, Whoopi Goldberg holds fast in her distinctive way to the values of African American culture. (Cover Story).	Cain, Joy Duckett	Critical Essay	1748
Out of Sight: the Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889-1895.	Dodson, Angela	Book Review	97
Reading for support: a sister circle turns to book discussions as both an anchor and to uplift one another.	Houser, Pat		421
Righteous hip-hop: in an excerpt from his forthcoming book, an old-school conscious rapper critiques the direction of a cultural expression he loves. (rhythm & books).		Critical Essay	415
Selecting books for students. (letters to the editor).	Phelps, Adelaide	Letter to the Editor	79
Signings & sightings.			532
Singing the Bones Together.	Pardlo, Gregory	Book Review	190
Spell-check software--an editor's friend or foe? (In The Headlines ...).	Estrada, Sheryl	Brief Article	67
Stephanie Stanley Alexander, president of BlackWords Press has signed M. Dion Thompson, a Baltimore Sun reporter and first-time novelist, to a two-book deal. (Deals).	Jones, Mondella S.	Brief Article	98
Suspense sells: a Black-owned bookstore in Pennsylvania targets readers of mysteries, detective stories and crime fiction. (market buzz).	Osborne, Gwendolyn E.	Company Profile	736
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt.	Ingrum, Adrienne	Book Review	197
Tajuana "TJ" Butler. (Authors on the Web).	Thomas, Michele D.	Brief Article	212
The mystery man of the Harlem Renaissance: novelist Rudolph Fisher was a forerunner of Walter Mosley.	Thompson, Clifford	Book Review	615
The Other Woman.	Townes, Glenn	Book Review	248
The Wedding Planner: books for the twenty first century bride of African descent illustrate a range of stylish options for a unique ceremony that reflects her heritage.	Sturgis, Ingrid	Book Review	1464
The woman at the well: a first novel reworks a familiar story from the gospel of St. John to affirm African American women.	Stanley, Kathryn V.	Book Review	666
The writing process: scissors and glue: reflections of an anthologist.	Boyd, Herb	Critical Essay	562
Too Beautiful to Die.	Fleming, Robert	Book Review	416
Victor McGlothin's second novel, What Every Sistah Wants, was picked up by St. Martin's Press. (Deals).	Jones, Mondella S.	Brief Article	24
Wanda Sykes, the actress, comedian and Emmy Award-winning writer (for the now defunct Chris Rock Show), will pen a collection of humor essays on hot topics, including Hollywood, politics, sex and marriage. (Deals).	Jones, Mondella S.	Brief Article	89
What Next: a Memoir Toward World Peace.	Simmons, Judy	Book Review	629
White People Do Not Know How to Behave at Entertainments Designed for Ladies and Gentlemen of Colour: William Brown's African-American Theater.	Dodson, Angela	Book Review	109
Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper?	Rust, Suzanne	Book Review	220