This weeks blogroll links to an article and documentary film, “Homegoings” about black funerals. The film brought on a rush...
On May 28th, I gave a book talk to 25 dynamic women at the Gatesworth Retirement Community. Their ages ranged...
When I got the email informing me “Sugar Hill” was a finalist for two Benjamin Franklin Awards, in Autobiography/Memoir and...
If there’s ever a phrase or tip that is tossed around more when it comes to a new writer getting...
In 1967, photographer Gordon Parks profiled an African American family living in Harlem for an essay that ran the next...
…who would it be? In an effort to cast a preview (yet remain as vague as possible), the plot in...
We’re happy to report that our fearless author cleaned up at the Independent Book Publishers Association awards on May 27,...
Why are Friends and family generally poor critics of your writing? ●They already have strong opinions about you. ●They want...
Last week I visited CCNY and Columbia on the same day. Their main campuses are twenty blocks apart. Columbia keeps...