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

Title	Author	Type	Words
A primer for print collectors.	Days, Michael	Book Review	278
A quest for righteous reading: with its focus on Christian-based books, Literally Speaking Publishing House aims to publish books that speak to the heart and spirit.			346
A short history of contemporary black erotic fiction: the best of black erotic literature since 1992 reveals as much about our souls and how they connect as it does about how we entangle and unite our bodies.	Carroll, Denolyn		821
A study in contrasts.	Dodson, Angela P.	Editorial	583
Aaron McGruder.			24
Alicia Keys.		Brief Article	55
And It Don't Stop: the Best American Hip-Hip Journalism of the Last 25 Years.		Book Review	138
Angela Henry.			48
Becoming Something: The Story of Canada Lee.	Cash-Clark, Regina	Book Review	288
Before Zane was a star ... a veteran journalist and published author admits he told his former cyberpal that she would never make it as a writer. Now he just marvels at how wrong he was.	Fulwood, Sam, III		768
Books for our children.	Ware, Fran	Letter to the Editor	134
Brandon Massey.			45
Challenging cliches.	Dodson, Angela P.	Book Review	357
Children of the Movement.	Threadcraft, Shatema	Book Review	346
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.			37
Conversations with Audre Lorde.	Spears-Jones, Patricia	Book Review	383
Dancing on Main Street.	Bass, Holly	Book Review	270
Dave Chappelle.			42
DeBerry and grant calling ... South Carolina club is excited about winning essay contest.	Dodson, Angela P.		305
Democracy Matters.	Boyd, Herb	Book Review	295
Donnie Williams with Wayne Greenhaw's The Thunder of Angels: Behind the Scenes of Segregation, an exclusive look at the lives of little recognized players in the Montgomery, Alabama, fight for civil rights.		Book Review	63
Evander Holyfield.		Brief Article	69
Flying off the shelves.			697
From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship.		Book Review	78
From Rage to Reason: My Life in Two Americas.		Book Review	150
Gay lit.	Weise, Don	Letter to the Editor	99
Guiding young adults.	Rust, Suzanne	Book Review	297
Havoc After Dark: Tales of Terror.	Davis, Bernadette Adams	Book Review	178
He ain't heavy.	Rust, Suzanne	Interview	514
Holly Robinson Peete.		Brief Article	54
Ida B.	Bush, Vanessa	Book Review	191
It's Not About You ... It's About God.	Lee, Nicole	Book Review	395
It's urban, it's real, but is this literature? Controversy rages over a new genre whose sales are headed off the charts.	Mingo, Yvette		1892
James Baldwin's legacy: seventeen years after his death, at age 63, one of America's most influential and unsettling writers still has the authoritative voice of that fabled first ancestor.	Depardieu, Benoit		763
Joe Jackson.			23
Keeping it natural.	Rust, Suzanne	Book Review	87
Knockin' on Wood Starring Peg Leg Bates.	Ward, Elise Virginia	Book Review	55
Let every child relate: a publishing veteran launches the Just For You! book series with black characters and unifying themes.	Rust, Suzanne	Children's Review	721
Longing for Daddy: Healing from the Pain of an Absent or Emotionally Distant Father.	Rogers, Danielle	Book Review	141
Low Road: the Life and Legacy of Donald Goines.	Hunt, Imelda	Book Review	437
Macnolia.	Pardlo, Gregory	Book Review	336
More on self-publishers.	Parker, LaSuana	Letter to the Editor	54
Mountain memories: a wave of new books from scholars shed light on the Appalachian past shared by many African Americans.	Dodson, Angela P.	Book Review	1194
Mumia's voice: confined to Pennsylvania's death row, Mumia Abu-Jamal remains at the center of debate as he continues to write and options to appeal his police murder conviction dwindle.	Burroughs, Todd Steven		1491
Noteworthy titles.		Book Review	208
Noteworthy titles.			475
Noteworthy titles.			280
On the Down Low: a Journey Into the Lives of "Straight" Black Men Who Sleep with Men.	Wade, Brenda	Book Review	761
One shrewd online bookseller, a constellation of smaller sites: a black-owned Internet bookseller thrives by broadening its product lines.	Sturgis, Ingrid		982
Orange Crushed: An Ivy League Mystery.	McHenry, Susan	Book Review	317
Other noteworthy titles.		Brief Article	200
Other noteworthy titles.		Book Review	293
Other noteworthy titles.		Brief Article	145
Other noteworthy titles.		Book Review	216
Passing Through.	Carroll, Denolyn	Book Review	320
Pulp fiction.	Cox, William E.	Editorial	403
Recipe for Success: the 21 Indispensable Things That Can Help You Succeed in Life.		Book Review	54
Recommended bookstores.		Directory	266
Remembering Jimmy: contemporary writers reflect on their personal encounters with the man, the mentor, the novelist, the essayist.	McKanic, Arlene	Book Review	784
Richard Pryor.			92
Rise Up: a Call to Leadership for African American Women.	Weaver, Tracey D.	Book Review	163
Ritual artifacts.	Reynolds, Clarence V.	Book Review	341
Ronin Ro.		Brief Article	38
Run Toward Fear: New Poems and a Poet's Handbook.	Rambsy, Howard, II	Book Review	336
Sanyu Dillon.			22
Say Something.	Dolland, Erica	Book Review	73
Self-care and reflection: fall brings most of us back into the season's work and school routines--a good time also for a new hairstyle or a lifestyle improvement.	Rust, Suzanne	Book Review	541
Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon.	Abdullah, Khalil	Book Review	329
Signings & sightings.			358
Sister strength: Yari Yari Pamberi at NYU on October 12-16 will draw black women writers from all over the globe.	Davis, Bernadette Adams		445
Slave Moth: a Narrative in Verse.	Hegamin, Tonya C.	Book Review	312
Soul City.	Reynolds, Clarence V.	Book Review	305
Still Grazing: The Musical Journey of Hugh Masekela.	Boyd, Herb	Book Review	211
Sweet Jasmine, Nice Jackson: What It's Like to Be 2, and to Be Twins!	Edgar, Carolyn	Book Review	68
Sweet Music in Harlem.	Garcia, Vance	Book Review	102
Take Back Higher Education: Race, Youth, and the Crisis of Democracy in the Post-Civil War Era.	Stewart, Pearl	Book Review	113
Taking aim at higher education: a selection of books that explore the progress, struggles and aspirations.	Stewart, Pearl	Book Review	819
Taking BIBR on vacation.	Hall, Lucy	Letter to the Editor	118
The Dinah Project: A Handbook for Congregational Response to Sexual Violence.	Chavous, Kathi R.	Book Review	203
The making of a people's pundit: writing about a dysfunctional political system and people who don't vote is as much about healing anger as it is about righting wrongs and affirming rights.	Chideya, Farai	Book Review	708
The Million Dollar Divorce.	Townes, Glenn	Book Review	180
The Second Life of Samuel Tyne.	Oluonye, Mary N.	Book Review	231
The soul of a songwriter: India.Arie talks about reading, writing and stoking her creative fires.	Cain, Joy Duckett	Cover Story	1311
The sound of silence: two books encourage open dialogue about the complexities of sexual abuse, gender bias and racism in our society.	Jones, Charisse	Book Review	815
Things My Mama Told Me: the Wisdom that Shapes Our Lives.	Stanley, Beatrice Perry	Book Review	205
Truth Be Told.	Johnson, Melissa Ewey	Book Review	202
Up close and personal with "Uptown Bill": because of two very special in-store appearances by the former President, black-owned bookstores in Harlem and Los Angeles sold out their My Life copies.	Boyd, Herb		735
Veronica Chambers.			32
Vince Carter: Choose Your Course.	Rust, Art, Jr.	Book Review	78
We shall not be moved: D.C.'s Sisterspace and Books fights to keep historic U Street location.		Brief Article	285
What do those big publishers want anyway? Editors for major publishing houses tell how they scout for acquisitions among self-published titles.	Murray, Victoria Christopher		526
What Is Goodbye?	Ward, Elise Virginia	Book Review	77
White Out: Blacks Screened Out on the Boob Tube--One Community's Story	Burroughs, Todd Steven	Book Review	635
Wil Haygood.		Brief Article	34
Zane, Inc.: she has much more on her mind than black erotica. Behind the best-selling author's pseudonym is a shrewd businesswoman, astute publishing entrepreneur and--oh, yes--a wife and mother of four.	Johnson, Kalyn	Bibliography	1768