The best of 2002.This year has been a banner one for black writers and the market for black books. Already, we've seen major launches for a number of books by black writers including established authors like Maya Angelou  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled until (UTC) due to vandalism. , perennial best-seller E. Lynn Harris E. Lynn Harris is an Black American author, (b. June 20, 1955). Harris writes primarily about African American men on the down low or in the closet; Harris confirmed that he is a homosexual. He lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas and Atlanta, Georgia. and fiction newcomer Stephen L. Carter “Stephen Carter” redirects here. For the self-help writer, humorist and educator, see Steven A. Carter.Stephen L. Carter born October 26 1954 is an American law professor, legal- and social-policy writer, columnist, and novelist. . At Black Issues Book Review, we decide to look back and recap the year in black literature by coming up with our own subjective list of favorites. The only criteria for the books selected: that they be 2002 releases. Best New Author Donna Hemans--River Woman Tayari Jones--Leaving Atlanta Toure--The Portable Promised Land Best Marketing Campaigns The Emperor of Ocean Park With the largest marketing budget for a first-time, African-American novelist, a 25-city tour and a plug from John Grisham, who selected Carter's book as the first Today's show "Book Club" selection, the book earned a place on the best-seller list and plenty of media attention. (Knopf) Who Killed Tiffany Jones?--A novel approach to promoting this murder mystery, the publisher is offering a $10,000 prize to the person who figures out whodunit. (Amistad/Harper Collins) 3 Black Chicks Review Flicks Packages of microwave popcorn were sent out with review copies of the new book. No butter please. (A mistad/HarperCollins) A Love of My Own--Bling-Bling's Sexiest Brothaman Alive Datebook date·book n. A notebook or calendar for listing appointments, events, and other work-related or social information. (Doubleday) Best Grassroots Promotion Leslie Esdaile for Rivers of the Soul--Her bookmarks, CDs, incense and gift baskets sent to reviewers were clever and unique promotional giveaways. Best Fiction The Queen of Harlem by Brian Keith Jackson P.G. County by Connie Briscoe Always True to You in My Fashion "Always True to You in My Fashion" is a 1948 show-tune by Cole Porter, written for the musical Kiss Me, Kate. In the lyrics, the singer protests that she is always faithful to her main love in her own way, despite seeing, and accepting gifts from, wealthy older men. by Valerie Wilson Wesley Best Literary Fiction Miracle at St. Anna by James McBride The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter Mr. Potter by Jamaica Kincaid Most Eagerly Awaited Character's Return Easy Rawlins in Bad Boy Brawly brawl·y adj. brawl·i·er, brawl·i·est 1. Engaged in brawling. 2. Tending to brawl. Brown by Walter Mosley Raymond Tyler/ Basil Henderson in A Love of My Own by E. Lynn Harris Best Historical Fiction The Bondwoman's Narrative by Hannah Crafts; edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr. Walk Through Darkness Walk Through Darkness is a critically acclaimed 2002 novel by American author David Anthony Durham. Publication Details
Douglass' Women by Jewell Parker Rhodes Jewell Parker Rhodes (b.1954 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American novelist. Rhodes is professor of Creative Writing and American Literature and former Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Arizona State University. Best Mystery/Thriller Bad Boy Brawly Brown by Walter Mosley Prayer of Prey by Tony Lindsay Best Inspirational Book Journey to the Well by Bishop Vashti M. McKenzie Best Cover The Portable Promised Land by Toure Best Nonfiction Nigger: The Strange Career of A Troublesome Word by Randall Kennedy Yet A Stranger: Why Black Americans Still Don't Feel at Home by Deborah Mathis The Condemnation of Little B by Elaine Brown Ethical Ambitions by Derrick Bell Keeping the Faith by Tavis Smiley When Race Becomes Real edited by Bernestine Singley Best Self-Published Book Twilight Moods edited by Jossel Flowers Green Best Art/Coffee Table Books The Black Female Body: A Photographic History by Deborah Willis and Carla Williams Authentic/Ex-Centric: Conceptualism conceptualism, in philosophy, position taken on the problem of universals, initially by Peter Abelard in the 12th cent. Like nominalism it denied that universals exist independently of the mind, but it held that universals have an existence in the mind as concept. in Contemporary African Art by Salah M. Hassan and Olu Oguibe Black Romantic: The Figurative Impulse in Contemporary African-American Art by Thelma Golden with Valerie Cassel, Lowery Stokes Sims Lowery Stokes Sims is currently adjunct curator for the permanent collection at The Studio Museum in Harlem and Visiting Professor at Queens College, Hunter College and Cornell University. , et al. Freedom: A Photographic History of the African Struggle text by Manning Marable and Leith Mullings; pictures edited by Sophie Spencer-Wood Best Anthology Making Callaloo cal·la·loo n. 1. The edible spinachlike leaves of the dasheen. 2. A soup or stew made of these leaves or other greens, okra, crabmeat, and seasonings. : 25 Years of Black Literature edited by Charles Henry Rowell Best Romance Novels Testimony by Felicia Mason Love Potion by Leslie Esdaile Doctor, Doctor by Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. Green Best Romance Writers Turned Mainstream Donna Hill Francis Ray Felicia Mason Best Erotic Collection After Hours edited by Robert Fleming Black Silk edited by Retha Powers Best Short Story Collection Skin Folk by Nalo Hopkinson The Portable Promised Land by Toure Free by Anikah Nailah Best Audio Cane River by Lalita Tademy, performed by Shari Belafonte, Edwina Moore, J. Payton Finding Fish: A Memoir by Antwone Quenton Fisher, read by Alton Fitzgerald White A Song Flung Up to Heaven by Maya Angelou, read by t he author Sally Hemings: An American Scandal by Tina Andrews, read by the author Best Poetry Books Bellocq's Ophelia by Natasha Trethewey The Revenge of the Dandelions by OLU Woods Most Provocative Title Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word by Randall Kennedy Books With Staying Power Addicted by Zane (self-published in 1999) The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah (published in 1999) Best New Bookstores Karibu in Bowie, MD Hue-Man in Harlem, NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City Best Books for Book Club Discussion This Bitter Earth by Bernice Mc Fadden Leaving by Richard Dry A Child of God by Lolita Files Book Club Favorites No Regrets by Patricia Haley Child of God by Lolita Files Married Men by Carl Weber The Red Moon by Kuwana Haulsey I Know Who Holds Tomorrow by Francis Ray What We'll Miss From 2002 Oprah's Book Club Claude Brown (1937-2002) June Jordan (1936-2002) Phillipe Wamba (1971-2002) BIBR BIBR Bay Islands Beach Resort (Roatan, Honduras) BIBR Backward Indicator Bit Received Recommended Fiction 2002 Satisfy My Soul by Colin Channer River Woman by Donna Hemans Skin Folk by Nalo Hopkinson Child of God by Lolita Files Erasure ERASURE, contracts, evidence. The obliteration of a writing; it will render it void or not under the same circumstances as an interlineation. (q.v.) Vide 5 Pet. S. C. R. 560; 11 Co. 88; 4 Cruise, Dig. 368; 13 Vin. Ab. 41; Fitzg. 207; 5 Bing. R. 183; 3 C. & P. 65; 2 Wend. R. 555; 11 Conn. by Percival Everett Miracle at St. Anna by lames McBride The Fall of Rome by Martha Southgate Discretion by Elizabeth Nunez Bombingham by Anthony Grooms Thieves' Paradise by Eric Jerome Dickey Eric Jerome Dickey (born July 7, 1961) is a best-selling American author best known for his novels about contemporary African-American life. Biography Eric Jerome Dickey was born in Memphis, Tennessee and attended the University of Memphis, where he earned a degree in The Bondwoman's Narrative by Hannah Crafts; edited by Henry Louis Gates Ir. The Queen of Harlem by Brian Keith Jackson Walk Through Darkness by David Anthony Durham Lion's Blood by Steven Barnes Bad Boy Brawly Brown by Walter Mosley Interesting Women by Andrea Lee Mr. Potter by Jamaica Kincaid I'm Telling by Karen Quinones Miller The Portable Promised Land by Toure Love the One You're With by James Earl Hardy A Conversation With the Mann by John Ridley P.G. County by Connie Briscoe A Love of My Own by E. Lynn Harris Black Like Us edited by Carbado, McBride, and Weise After Hours: A Collection of Erotic Writings by Black Men edited by Robert Fleming Never Again Once More by Mary B. Morrison BIBR Recommended Nonfiction 2002 Remember Me to Harlem edited by Emily Bernard Discovering Black New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of by Linda Tarant-Reid The Life of Langston Hughes, Vol I/Vol. II by Arnold Rampersad The Collected Works of Langston Hughes Volumes 1-17 Various editors Mahalia: A Life in Gospel Music by Roxanne Orgill Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement From 1830 to 1970 by Lynne Olson London Crossing by Mike Phillips Richard Wright: The Life and Times by Hazel Rowley Not Guilty: Twelve Black Men Speak Out on Law, Justice and Life edited by Jabari Asim Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word by Randall Kennedy Vernon Can Read! A Memoir by Vernon E. Jordan with Annette Gordon-Reed The Pact by Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins and Rameck Hunt with Lisa Page Yet A Stranger: Why Black Americans Still Don't Feel At Home by Deborah Mathis Spike Lee: Interviews edited by Cynthia Fuchs Sister Circle: Black Women and Work edited by Sharon Harley No Free Lunch by Rodney Carroll with Gary Karton The Essential Harold Cruse edited by Jelani Cobb The Skin That We Speak edited by Delpit and Dowdy dow·dy adj. dow·di·er, dow·di·est 1. Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby: a dowdy gray outfit. 2. Old-fashioned; antiquated. n. pl. In the Black: A History of African-Americans on Wall Street by Gregory Bell The Condemnation of Little B by Elaine Brown A Song Flung Up to Heaven by Maya Angelou The African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. Guide to Writing and Publishing Nonfiction by Dwell Parker Rhodes Ethical Ambitions by Derrick Bell Keeping the Faith by Tavis Smiley When Race Becomes Real edited by Bernestine Singley |
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