Articles from Black Issues Book Review (November 1, 2005)

Title	Author	Type	Words
'The Color Purple' in restrospect: twenty years after the debut, the film's beauty never fades.	Davis, Bernadette Adams		1229
26A by Diana Evans.	Simon, Denise	Book Review	256
A feast of photographers.	Cox, William E.		475
A man of many gifts: for Oscar Brown Jr., music and words were a driving force: his art remains an enduring reminder of just how much he enriched American culture with his performances, wit, songs, plays, essays and activism.	Boyd, Herb	Biography	1044
At their level: seasoned children's author is at it again.	Williams, Grace L.	Interview	886
Bang!	Harrison, Desiree	Book Review	235
Best books of 2005.		Bibliography	329
Best photography books.	Williams, Grace L.	Bibliography	536
BIBR's best of 2005: a roundup of the year's best books from a bumper crop of new novels by seasoned African American talents, as well as noteworthy debuts.			1497
Black skins, silver screen: two early stars of Hollywood lived with stereotypes but held their own.	King, Woodie, Jr.	Book Review	630
Brickhouse.	Shaw, Nicole	Book Review	202
Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan.	Cameron	Book Review	139
Brotherwood.	Dykes, Antoinette	Book Review	147
Cherishing African heritage: preservers and scholars discuss the historic cultural values and contemporary significance.			1507
Confessions of a Video Vixen.	Luckett, Jonathan	Book Review	244
Dissolve.	Powell, Allen, II	Book Review	181
E-clubs: an update on online book clubs that unite eager readers and authors.	Sturgis, Ingrid		525
Easy Rawlins is back!		Book Review	90
Extending a heart.		Bibliography	483
Feast of love: a Kwanzaa celebration to remember.	Copage, Eric V.	Excerpt	1606
Fine art, fine books: a well-thought-out library for the serious collector.	Sutton, Cheryl		1900
Fledgling.	Davis, Bernadette Adams	Book Review	295
Flying off the shelves.		Bibliography	669
From stage to page: love of theater and books draws club members.	Dodson, Angela P.		681
Getting to Amen: 8 Strategies for Managing Conflict in the African American Church.	Weaver, Tracy D.	Book Review	320
Gordon Parks: a lion in winter: on living life as one "superb feast".	Willis, Deborah	Cover Story	1958
Grounded in the Word: A Guide to Mastering Standardized Test Vocabulary and Biblical Comprehension.	Mathews, Deja Lashuan	Book Review	153
Haarlem: A Novel.	Carter, Zakia Munirah	Book Review	193
Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood.	Jamison, Sandra L.	Book Review	472
Honoring a dad.	Muhammad, Hasna	Letter to the Editor	183
It Is the Wind.	Michael	Book Review	70
It's a Shame to Be a Negro.	Dykes, Antoinette	Book Review	125
Lift Up Your Hands: Raise Your Praise and Get Lost in God.	Johnson, Kevin Wayne	Book Review	291
Little Stevie Wonder.	Warner	Book Review	133
Me and my shadow: a remarkable first novel from a young Brit haunts the mind and soul.	Okorafor-Mbachu, Nnedi	Critical Essay	1626
Mercy.	Ellis, Kelly Norman	Book Review	324
Mixed media.	Dodson, Angela P.		1344
My Best Friend.	Sofia	Book Review	135
My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for the Ex-Slave Reparations.	Williams, R. Owen	Book Review	422
My Proposal: Nothing But a Gracechild.	Henning, Kristin	Book Review	262
Other noteworthy titles.		Book Review	65
Resurrecting Langston Blue.	Jones, Charisse	Book Review	336
Retail report--2005: Florida bookseller comes full circle, as others take off in new directions.	Osborne, Gwendolyn E.		1245
Righteous recipes: from Harlem to the Deep South, new cookbooks invite a fresh look at ethnic and regional cuisines.	Dodson, Angela P.	Book Review	641
Ring in the holidays.		Bibliography	552
Rise and Fly: Tall Tales and Mostly True Rules of Bid Whist.	Dawkins, Wayne	Book Review	453
Sam Cooke: legend: biography documents the roots of soul through a star's life.	Lima, Orlando	Book Review	336
Signings & sightings.		Calendar	317
Somewhere Else.	Hegamin, Tonya C.	Book Review	314
Sunshine Has Rain.	Dykes, Antoinette	Book Review	148
Teen Spirit: One World, Many Paths.	Mathews, Deja Lashaun	Book Review	185
The "talking head": with the "paid-mouthpiece" episode behind him, Armstrong Williams plans a book.	Dawkins, Wayne		572
The best of the best--for kids only.	Jamison, Sandra L.	Bibliography	355
The Blueprint for My Girls in Love: 99 Rules for Dating, Relationships and Intimacy.	Fleetwood, Yvonne	Book Review	256
The city that reads together ... as "One Book" programs mushroom, so do sales for a select few African American authors.	Young, Earni		1405
The Hot Spot.	Cash-Clark, Regina	Book Review	179
The Joshua Tree.	Dykes, Antoinette	Book Review	119
The Language of Saxophones: Selected Poems of Kamau Daaood.	Antonio, E.J.	Book Review	299
The Prodigal: A Poem.	Horton, Randall	Book Review	228
The Vow.	Johnson, Melissa Ewey	Book Review	243
Thoughts that count: some of our favorite authors choose the one book they would give as a gift this holiday.			1758
Transition noted: John H. Johnson, 1918-2005: a book publisher reflects on Ebony founder's legacy.		Obituary	487
What might have been: where research ends and imagination takes over in fiction.	Southgate, Martha		1290
What we can do.	Dodson, Angela P.	Editorial	554
Where the Edge Gathers: Building a Community of Radical Inclusion.	Jones, Monica C.	Book Review	291
Wise Fish: Tales in 6/8 Time.	Jones, Patricia Spears	Book Review	314