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So I have a lot of books. I love to read. Love walking into my local Borders, looking around, and walking home with a book. Books are like my kryptonite. My crack. I love getting lost in words, reading and writing. Devouring them. But once I’m done [...]
Journalist Erica Kennedy first burst onto the fiction scene in 2004 with her debut novel, BLING, a satirical look at the over-the-top, champagne popping world of hip hop. After garnering commercial and critical success for BLING, she’s back with the hysterical sophomore follow-up, FEMINISTA.
FEMINISTA follows thirty-something heroine Sydney Zamora as she writes and shops her [...]
In her debut novel, Kiss the Sky, famed journalist Farai Chideya weaves a juicy tale of 30-something has-been indie rocker, turned TV music critic, Sophie Lee, as she struggles to overcome her demons and finally reach superstar status.
About a month ago, I reached out to Farai on Twitter and asked if I could ask her [...]
Kiss the Sky, Farai Chideya’s debut novel, follows 30-something has-been indie rocker, turned TV music critic, Sophie Lee, as she struggles to overcome her demons and finally reach superstar status. When we meet Sophie, her band, Sky, is preparing for a benefit show that could catapult her back onto the rock scene. After stumbling upon [...]
Years ago I was perusing Borders’ African-American Lit section when it was still fun to look at and I saw the stunning cover of Blues Dancing, Diane McKinny-Whetstone’s third novel. I prescribe to judging a book by its cover, and that book was begging for me to pick it up. I bought it, took [...]

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