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……so, three white women enter the café and take the booth in front of me. From what I overhear, they seem to be talking about an interracial relationship that one of them is currently involved in. Marcella seemed to be more concerned with some of the serious issues of interracial dating. As they look over the breakfast …
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Willie: To the ladies, what are the qualities you look for most in alpha men? More important, what first impression when meeting turns your clock? Africa: It’s horrible to get into “lists” of qualities but since you said ‘first impressions,’ I kind of like that better my brother. For me, a man who is able …
MG Hardie’s recent book, It Ain’t Just The Size, had sat on my desk a full week after I’d retrieved it from the post office. (I decided to read IAJTS before my hedonistic trip to San Diego, just after I’d completed Svetlana Lavochkina’s interesting short story, Like a Real Man.) Hardie’s book will be the last …
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In Bell Hooks’ seminal book, Ain’t I A Woman: black women and feminism, she is angry, disappointed, highly critical, and leaves no stone unturned. Everyone and everything falls under her critical magnifying glass of historical observation of white male patriarchal oppression, critically examining the failure of various historical freedom movements to include black women. Hooks argues …
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Instead of reading Dale Ray Lewis’s highly anticipated book of short stories, My People’s Waltz; instead of reading Cheryl Lynn Greenberg's To Ask for an Equal Chance: African Americans in the Great Depression; instead of taking a chance with Robert Goolrick’s new book, A Reliable Wife; instead of taking time to read Anton Chekhov’s “Murder” …
I met holistic health educator and author Versandra Kennebrew at a popular Downtown Detroit breakfast spot to discuss her new book, Thank God for the Shelter: memoirs of a homeless healer. She was 30 minutes late. Over a supple breakfast of eggs, bacon, English muffin, grits, hash-browns, coffee and cigarettes - and Kennebrews vegetarian omelette …
I just didn’t need another kid at this point in my life. So when Denicio Barbier invited me to dinner just so she could tell me to my face that she was pregnant and the kid is mine I freaked out, pushed her out of my way, jumped in my car and headed straight to …
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Scottie Lowe: Until conscientious, progressive white people start addressing this overwhelming racism that is spreading throughout the country, unless they start to deal with the xenophobia, bigotry, hatred, and fear that is growing and festering in white people, there will be a race war. Push Nevahda: The only race war I see happening is the …
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Tell us a little bit about you outside of being an author. Wow, that’s a good question…who am I? There are so many sides to me I can’t even begin to explain. It’s funny because people that know me seem to think that Seth St. James is my alter ego, so go figure! I currently reside …
Tell us a little bit about you outside of being an author. In addition to being an author, I spend a great deal of time marketing and promoting my brand outside of the Urban Fiction genre. I have an entertainment blog. I write articles for magazines and blogs as well. I also write press releases and …
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