John Oliver Killens By Keith Gilyard

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Title	:	John Oliver Killens
Author	:	Keith Gilyard
ISBN	:	0820335134
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	456

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John Oliver Killens s politically charged novels And Then We Heard the Thunder and The Cotillion or One Good Bull Is Half the Herd, were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize His works of fiction and nonfiction, the most famous of which is his novel Youngblood, have been translated into than a dozen languages An influential novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and teacher, John Oliver Killens s politically charged novels And Then We Heard the Thunder and The Cotillion or One Good B...

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Silverchest By Carl Phillips

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Title	:	Silverchest
Author	:	Carl Phillips
ISBN	:	0374261210
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	80

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A bracingly beautiful new collection from the author of Double Shadow After the afterlife, there s an afterlife In Silverchest, his twelfth book, Carl Phillips considers how our fears and excesses, the damage we cause both to others and to ourselves, intentional and not, can lead not only to a kind of wisdom but also to renewal, maybe even joy, if we re willing to commi A bracingly beautiful new collection from the author of Double Shadow After the afterlife, there s a...

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Second House from the Corner By Sadeqa Johnson

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Title	:	Second House from the Corner
Author	:	Sadeqa Johnson
ISBN	:	1250074142
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	304

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Second House from the Corner centers on the story of Felicia Lyons, a stay at home mother of three drowning in the drudgeries of play dates, lost pacifiers and potty training who occasionally wonders what it would be like to escape the demands of motherhood But when an unexpected phone call threatens to destroy her life, Felicia is forced to return to her childhood home w Second House from the Corner centers on the story of Felicia Lyons, a stay at home mother of three drowning in the drudg...

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Beacon Hills High By Mo'Nique

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Title	:	Beacon Hills High
Author	:	Mo'Nique
ISBN	:	0061121061
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	208

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Getting into Millwood High, the tightest high school in Balti, is all that s been consuming thirteen year old F.A.T Fabulous And Thick, that is Eboni Michelle Imes When she s accepted, all that she can think about are four years of fun with her best friends, Michelle, Yolanda, and Charisse the TTC the Too Tight Crew.But life has other plans for Eboni When her Getting into Millwood High, the tightest high school in Balti, is all that s been consuming thirteen year old F.A.T Fabulous And Thick, th...

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The Warmest December By Bernice L. McFadden

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Title	:	The Warmest December
Author	:	Bernice L. McFadden
ISBN	:	0452282918
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	256

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Buoyed by the lyrical, redemptive voice that distinguished McFadden s acclaimed debut novel, this new book tells the powerful, deeply moving story of one family and the alcoholism and abuse that marked their lives forever Moving fluidly between the past and the present between a young girl choosing which belt she ll be whipped with each night and her older self at the b Buoyed by the lyrical, redemptive voice that distinguished McFadden s acclaimed debut novel, this new book tells the powerful, ...

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The Chronicles of a Crazy Chick By Katina Pittman

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Title	:	The Chronicles of a Crazy Chick
Author	:	Katina Pittman
ISBN	:	0615716741
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	190

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Chronicles of a Crazy Chick recounts the misadventures of Pittman a brutally frank, flippant and sometimes sexually frustrated female through the ins and outs of relationships, including the one with herself where she pens a letter to the Lord asking for guidance when her life is in disarray Katina explores surviving a sexless relationship where she employs extreme meas Chronicles of a Crazy Chick recounts the misadventures of Pittman a brutally frank, flippant and sometimes sexually frustrated ...

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God Help the Child By Toni Morrison

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Title	:	God Help the Child
Author	:	Toni Morrison
ISBN	:	0307594173
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	178

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Spare and unsparing, God Help the Child the first novel by Toni Morrison to be set in our current moment weaves a tale about the way the sufferings of childhood can shape, and misshape, the life of the adult At the center a young woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue black skin is only one element of her beauty, her boldness and confidence, her success in li Spare and unsparing, God Help the Child the first novel by Toni Morrison to be set in our current moment weaves a tale about the way the...

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Getting Mother's Body By Suzan-Lori Parks

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Title	:	Getting Mother's Body
Author	:	Suzan-Lori Parks
ISBN	:	096575488X
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	280

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Like a country quilt, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Suzan Lori Parks s spellbinding first novel, Getting Mother s Body, is pieced together from rags short and slanted scraps of narrative recounted by various friends and members of the hard luck Beede clan of Ector County, Texas These sad, wily, bickering voices tell the story of Billy Beede poor, unmarried, and preg Like a country quilt, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Suzan Lori Parks s spellbinding first novel, Getting Mother s Body, is pieced tog...

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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman By Ernest J. Gaines

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Title	:	The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Author	:	Ernest J. Gaines
ISBN	:	0553263579
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	272

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This is a novel in the guise of the tape recorded recollections of a black woman who has lived 110 years, who has been both a slave and a witness to the black militancy of the 1960 s In thiswoman Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure,a woman equipped to stand beside WilliamFaulkner s Dilsey in The Sound And TheFury Miss Jane Pittman, like Dilsey, has endured, h This is a novel in the guise of the tape recorded recollections of a black woman who has lived 110 years, who has been both a slave ...

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Invisible Life By E. Lynn Harris

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Title	:	Invisible Life
Author	:	E. Lynn Harris
ISBN	:	0385469683
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	304

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Invisible Life is the story of a young man s coming of age Law school, girlfriends, and career choices were all part of Raymond Tyler s life, but there were other, terrifying issues for him to confront Being black was tough enough, but Raymond was becoming and conscious of sexual feelings that he knew weren t right He was completely committed to Sela, h Invisible Life is the story of a young man s coming of age Law school, girlfriends, and career choices were all part of Raymond Tyler s life, but there...

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Bicycles By Nikki Giovanni

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Title	:	Bicycles
Author	:	Nikki Giovanni
ISBN	:	0061726451
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	109

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In a career that has earned her accolades, honorary degrees, and awards from both fellow poets and everyday poetry lovers, Nikki Giovanni has established herself as a writer who can entertain and challenge, inform and inspire Sometimes controversial, sometimes ethereal, but always beautiful, her poems move readers of all hues and generations.With Bicycles, she s collected In a career that has earned her accolades, honorary degrees, and awards from both fellow poets and everyday poetry lovers, Ni...

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Blue Laws By Kevin Young

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Title	:	Blue Laws
Author	:	Kevin Young
ISBN	:	038535150X
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	608

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A rich and lively gathering of highlights from the first twenty years of an extraordinary career, interspersed with B sides and bonus tracks from this prolific and widely acclaimed poet Blue Laws gathers poems written over the past two decades, drawing from all nine of Kevin Young s previously published books of poetry and including a number of uncollected, often unpubl A rich and lively gathering of highlights from the first twenty years of an extraordinary career, interspersed with B sides and bonus tra...

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Pernicious By James Henderson

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Title	:	Pernicious
Author	:	James Henderson
ISBN	:
Format	:	Kindle Edition
Number of Pages	:	373

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Noir femme fatale seduces men, marries them, then slays them for insurance money This video does not depict the storyline...

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Harlem Stomp! By Laban Carrick Hill

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Title	:	Harlem Stomp!
Author	:	Laban Carrick Hill
ISBN	:	0316040487
Format	:	ebook
Number of Pages	:	0

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When it was released in 2004, Harlem Stomp was the first trade book to bring the Harlem Renaissance alive for young adults Meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated, the book is a veritable time capsule packed with poetry, prose, photographs, full color paintings, and reproductions of historical documents Now, after than three years in hardcover, three starr When it was released in 2004, Harlem Stomp was the first trade book to bring the Harlem Renaissance alive for...

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Elsewhere, California By Dana Johnson

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Title	:	Elsewhere, California
Author	:	Dana Johnson
ISBN	:	158243784X
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	304

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We first met Avery in two of the stories featured in Dana Johnson s award winning collection Break Any Woman Down As a young girl, she and her family escape the violent streets of Los Angeles to a gentrified existence in suburban West Covina This average life, filled with school, trips to 7 Eleven to gawk at Tiger Beat magazine, and family outings to Dodger Stadium, We first met Avery in two of the stories featured in Dana Johnson s award winning collection Break Any Woman Down As a young girl, she and h...

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Red Polka Dot in a World Full of Plaid By Varian Johnson

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Title	:	Red Polka Dot in a World Full of Plaid
Author	:	Varian Johnson
ISBN	:	1585711403
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	199

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Maxine Phillips is a walking oxymoron She d rather spend her Saturday nights reading comic books and eating burritos than going on dates like other eighteen year olds She hasn t been to church or even attempted to pray in the last three years, yet her best friend, Deke, is a devout Christian And while Deke claims her caramel complexion, wild cherry brown hair, and gray Maxine Phillips is a walking oxymoron She d rather spend her Saturday nights reading comic books and eating burritos than going on dates l...

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Lighthead By Terrance Hayes

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Title	:	Lighthead
Author	:	Terrance Hayes
ISBN	:	0143116967
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	95

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Winner of the 2010 National Book Award for PoetryIn his fourth collection, Terrance Hayes investigates how we construct experience With one foot firmly grounded in the everyday and the other hovering in the air, his poems braid dream and reality into a poetry that is both dark and buoyant Cultural icons as diverse as Fela Kuti, Harriet Tubman, and Wallace Stevens appear Winner of the 2010 National Book Award for PoetryIn his fourth collection, Terrance Hayes investigates how we construct experie...

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