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Review: Hear Me by Kerry O’Malley Cerra

#HearMe, @KerryCerra, #KerryCerra, @LernerBooks, #LernerBooks. One year after being diagnosed with hearing loss, Rayne’s hearing keeps getting worse, even with aids. 

Freerunner by Kathy Cassel (Review & Giveaway)

Set against the backdrop of the sport of #freerunning, Kia must decide whether she will continue running or face her past #abuser in order to save another child.

Harlem Book Fair Update – Part 2

Hi again folks,The angst is over and I've finally received my location. I'll be at NW60 on the site map, between Lenox and Fifth Avenue. My cell # is 484-951-1445 (now... don't make me have to hurt nobody!) and y'all should know what I look like by now... but just in...

Looking for a Few Good Men … and Women

MEDIA CALL:Here's something I received through one of my Yahoo groups that might be of interest to you and forwarding is permissible: Hello Friends-I need black men and women. Period.I put this email out before and got tepid response. I am producing and co-hosting a...

Harlem Book Fair Update

(See Also - Harlem Update Part 2)Well, it's two days away from the Harlem Book Fair and I'm beset with a mix of expectancy (expecting 50,000 people), dread (it's supposed to be Africa hot out there) and doubt (little gremlin at the back of my head has been working...

Dee’s Announcement List

Hi Folks,I'm still trying to get organized, and I've come up with what I think is a brilliant plan to stay on top of thoughts as they occur, news as it occurs, treats to be offered and the like.So I've created an announcement lis t... I think it's kind of pretty too....

Girls Most Likely: A Novel

by Sheila WilliamsPublished by One World/Ballantinepaperback US$13.95ISBN: 0345464761About the book:"We didn't know then that the dramas we imagined weren't even warm-ups for what real life held for us."From the fifth grade to their fifth decade, Vaughn, Reenie,...

Excerpt: Girls Most Likely

OneI thought that I was fearless until the piece of paper that every sane adult over forty dreads arrived in my mailbox on a June afternoon: the invitation to my thirtieth high school class reunionPURPLE TIGERS, CLASS OF 1971IT'S REUNION TIME!DATE: FRIDAY, AUGUST...