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Black Book Blog: October 2010
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News and notes on Black authors, books, literature and the like. Sunday, October 31, 2010. Yesterday I went to the Orlando Natural Hair and Beauty Expo, a new one-day event celebrating natural hair. I heard about it on Facebook, I think and, once I saw that Felicia Leatherwood of Loving Your Hair with Natural Care. Was giving a workshop, I put it on my calendar. I heard about Felicia Leatherwood earlier this year from a post by Afrobella. Until now. Thanks to Chase Ford Productions. But I didn't make a b...
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Black Book Blog: Cover turn offs (a.k.a. Read Platinum)
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News and notes on Black authors, books, literature and the like. Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Cover turn offs (a.k.a. Read Platinum). One of my least favorite things is seeing a display in bookstore that prominently displays “urban” fiction, when the kinds of stories by and about people I want to read are harder to find. Really if someone wants to read something labeled “urban” that also may not be up to my standards, it’s none of my business. (Yes, I need to continue to repeat this). The cover for the sequel...
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Black Book Blog: July 2011
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News and notes on Black authors, books, literature and the like. Friday, July 01, 2011. In June the Asia Yoga Conference. Was held in Hong Kong. I saw an ad about it and immediately thought I should go. (At the time I was in Hong Kong - so it was close and easy). Many of the yoga sessions were free and there would be vendors to check out as well. I began to think that I wouldn't belong there and that maybe I shouldn't go. I mean, really, I've never even been to a yoga conference or retreat. Then, as I st...
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March | 2015 | Heirloom Mothering
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Come have a beer, and tell me how you did your hair like that. Happiness is the color red. The beat goes on. Read * hear * say * see * eat. On happiness is the color re…. On happiness is the color re…. On happiness is the color re…. On feed the Bern. On the beat goes on. On mothers & writing. I went with my friend Anjali. To this Q&A talk. For starters) we finally plopped into our chairs close to the front and found ourselves with a few minutes of idle chitchat to spare. That feeling couldn’t compa...
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Drawing Board › Mothers Who Write (Boston Globe Ideas Section)
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Cartoons by Sage Stossel. Mothers Who Write (Boston Globe Ideas Section). ON MARCH 29, at the Cambridge Public Library, PEN New England. Hosted a conversation on “Mothers & Writing,” about the challenges and pleasures of writing while raising children. The discussion, moderated by novelist Heidi Pitlor, and featuring writers Lily King. Was frank and wide-ranging, addressing everything from ambivalence about parenthood to tricks for getting work done, and the unheralded advantages of writing as a mother.
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Free Flow: September 2006
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Viewing identity and society through a pop culture lens. Tuesday, September 26, 2006. L-r: Myra Allen, Regina Jean-Paul, Dion Robinson, Shaday Festus). Can a celebrity's message inspire teens? That's the question I put to a group of students from Benjamin Franklin High School. In Philadelphia. Last week, their school made headlines when rap impresario Diddy. Came to talk to them about personal responsibility. In this week's column. Non-students, feel free. We need all the answers we can get. Who refused ...
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Black Book Blog: Re-thinking my investments
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News and notes on Black authors, books, literature and the like. Wednesday, May 04, 2011. In the past month I’ve had more time to myself than I’ve had for more than 10 years. I’ve been in Hong Kong without my family for nearly 5 weeks now. I also don’t make the necessary investment in my writing. I don’t put my whole self into it; I am still holding back (fear! And I don’t act as though I own it. I know myself. I love research and sharing information and writing. I also know that I need someone t...So, I...
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Black Book Blog: Being a novice
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News and notes on Black authors, books, literature and the like. Friday, July 01, 2011. In June the Asia Yoga Conference. Was held in Hong Kong. I saw an ad about it and immediately thought I should go. (At the time I was in Hong Kong - so it was close and easy). Many of the yoga sessions were free and there would be vendors to check out as well. I began to think that I wouldn't belong there and that maybe I shouldn't go. I mean, really, I've never even been to a yoga conference or retreat. Then, as I st...
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Black Book Blog: February 2011
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News and notes on Black authors, books, literature and the like. Sunday, February 20, 2011. Blacklitchat with Dolen Perkins-Valdez. We just finished a wonderful chat with Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of Wench. The novel raises questions about the nature of love in the midst of slavery and whether or not the slaves, given the opportunity, will try to escape. Check out the transcript. One of her upcoming events is the UCF Book Festival. In Orlando, April 16, so I'll get to hear her in person! I know, panca...
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