Articles from Black Issues Book Review (May 1, 2004)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
A complete map of Reggae: the Caribbean beat's journey through the Diaspora, plus the "Black Mozart".	Davis, Anthony C.	Book Review	341
A pivotal year for social change: so much happened in 1968, Mark Kurlansky makes good use his "quirky verve" to write a narrative history.	Stewart, Pearl	Book Review	550
A scrapbook for the whole race.	Green, Robin	Book Review	304
Adventures in growing up: the latest book in Jackie Hardrick's self-published Imani series keeps the drama of teen angst in perspective.	McCree, Brittiany	Book Review	379
Africa reborn for the 21st century: a decade after the end of South African apartheid and the horrors of Rwandan genocide, an African American journalist talks about turning her witness to history into a book.	Duke, Lynne	Column	1135
An all-star collection.	Reynolds, Clarence V.	Book Review	267
Better Than I Know Myself.	Johnson, Kalyn	Book Review	368
Black librarian's awards.		Brief Article	191
Black Titan: A. G. Gaston and the Making of a Black Millionaire.	Merritt, Carole	Book Review	417
Celebrating love, honor and achievement: gifts for bookloving moms and dads, newlyweds and grads.	Osborne, Gwendolyn E.	Buyers Guide	558
Choice high-tech gifts: cool digital cameras, mobile accessories and wired watches are more affordable than ever.	Anthony, Robert S.	Buyers Guide	486
Christopher John Farley.		Brief Article	30
Chronicles of the movement: the greatest hits among the important books that have shaped the record of America's civil rights struggles.	Threadcraft, Shatema	Bibliography	2504
Congratulations!	Williams, Leslie	Letter to the Editor	107
Correction.		Correction Notice	55
Cutting out the middlemen.		Brief Article	83
Dax Devlon-Ross's.		Brief Article	23
Death of Innocence: the Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America.	Smith, Marcia A.	Book Review	764
Defending quality public education for all.	Smiley, Tavis	Interview	1238
Diggs joins literary agency.		Brief Article	68
Divine folk art.	Reynolds, Clarence V.	Book Review	321
Don't Play in the Sun: One Woman's Journey Through the Color Complex.	Allen, Donia Elizabeth	Book Review	403
Evie Rhodes.		Brief Article	58
Flying off the shelves.			692
Helen Oyeyemi.		Brief Article	51
How black booksellers are reinventing themselves: an uncertain economy and stepped-up competition from other retailers keep black independents on their toes.	Rodgers, Emma		1171
Images with definition.	Dodson, Angela P.	Book Review	262
In Search of Hannah Crafts: Critical Essays on the Bondwoman's Narrative.	Simon, Denise	Book Review	653
Jacqueline Tobin.			48
Jill Nelson's.		Brief Article	23
JR Lankford's.		Brief Article	33
Kayla Perrin's.		Brief Article	24
Known world.		Brief Article	37
Learning as we climb: stories about the Civil Rights Movement for young readers.	Rust, Suzanne	Book Review	1023
Leaving Cecil Street.	Young, Earni	Book Review	358
Life before Brown--and after.	Cox, William E.	Editorial	560
Mastering deceit: Jayson Blair, self-avowed plagiarist/fabricator who brought shame on himself and The New York Times, keeps a straight face before skeptics as BIBR asks the questions.	Dawkins, Wayne	Interview	979
Monsieur de Saint-George: Virtuoso, Swordsman, Revolutionary, a Legendary Life Rediscovered.	Cain, Joy Duckett	Book Review	457
Nathan Blakeslee's.		Brief Article	72
Nina Foxx's.		Brief Article	21
Our Brown stories.	Dodson, Angela P.	Editorial	618
Out of the wilderness: books that explore a vast range of black religious experiences.	Stanley, Kathryn V.	Book Review	1169
Pamela Newkirk's.		Brief Article	28
Reading Black music.	Reynolds, Clarence V.	Book Review	804
Rebecca Carroll's.		Brief Article	22
Room at the inn for writers: a D.C. bed-and-breakfast not only caters to booklovers as paying guests, but runs a free writer-in-residence program.	Bundles, A'Lelia		1072
Rosalyn Story's.		Brief Article	37
Signings & sightings.		Calendar	1024
Speaking volumes about Brown: scholarly works review the record of the landmark mid-20th century ruling.	Boyd, Herb	Book Review	1150
The Darkest Child.	Blue, Carroll Parrott	Book Review	269
The Devil's Garden.	Pardlo, Gregory	Book Review	212
The gifts of the grandmother spirit: Alice Walker's seventh novel examines the questing soul.	McHenry, Susan	Book Review	570
The goings-on at the 2004 BookExpo: this year, all eyes and ears in the publishing industry will focus on Chicago, host city of BookExpo America.	Green, Robin		1136
The Great White Fathers' Failings.	Bell, Janet Cheatham	Letter to the Editor	207
The love scene.	Townes, Glenn	Book Review	765
The Michael Eric Dyson Reader.	Boyd, Herb	Book Review	348
The mother of all black Book Clubs: after 13 years, Go on Girl! has become a national presence with more than 300 members in 12 states.	Houser, Pat		779
The unfinished agenda of Brown v. Board of Education: a new book compiled by Black Issues in Higher Education, BIBR's sister publication, examines the impact of the landmark civil rights court decision 50 years later. BIBR excerpts it below.	Byrne, Dara N.	Excerpt	2185
To the Mountaintop: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Sacred Mission to Save America, 1955-1968.	Davis, Anthony C.	Book Review	214
Triple crown winner: in the hot category of urban fiction, ex-offender Victoria Stringer self-published her story and launched her successful, independent press.	Murray, Victoria Christopher		912
Urban legend.		Brief Article	238
Venus and Serena Williams'.		Brief Article	33
Voices from the Quarters: the Fiction of Ernest J. Gaines.	Boyd, Herb	Book Review	382
Warrior Poet: a Biography of Audre Lorde.	Bass, Holly	Book Review	355
Whoopi at kid level.	Dodson, Angela P.	Brief Article	222
Ya, Sweden: for one of New York City's culinary stars, Scandinavian cuisine is just good homecooking.	Johnson, Melissa Ewey	Book Review	604
Zadie Smith's.		Brief Article	26