Blog Archives
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Monthly Archives
- March 2010 (1 entries)
- February 2010 (7 entries)
- December 2009 (1 entries)
- November 2009 (6 entries)
- October 2009 (9 entries)
- September 2009 (4 entries)
- August 2009 (8 entries)
- July 2009 (9 entries)
- May 2009 (7 entries)
- April 2009 (4 entries)
- March 2009 (6 entries)
- February 2009 (7 entries)
- January 2009 (9 entries)
- December 2008 (14 entries)
- November 2008 (14 entries)
- October 2008 (9 entries)
- September 2008 (15 entries)
- August 2008 (12 entries)
- July 2008 (1 entries)
- June 2008 (2 entries)
- May 2008 (4 entries)
- April 2008 (3 entries)
- February 2008 (1 entries)
- January 2008 (2 entries)
- November 2007 (1 entries)
- October 2007 (2 entries)
- September 2007 (1 entries)
Category Archives
- Author's Hustle (9)
- BackList (11)
- BackList Archives (2)
- BackList in the Community (1)
- Bigger Than Hip-Hop (7)
- Culture (4)
- Education (19)
- Events (15)
- Felicia's News (13)
- Hip-Hop (19)
- Interviews (2)
- Music (1)
- My Writings (4)
- News (3)
- On the BackList (6)
- Patterson Heights (3)
- Politics (1)
- Publishing/Literary (111)
- The Message (26)
- Video blog (2)
Entry Archives
- 03/09/2010: Recap of Sarah Lawrence Women in Hip-Hop Conference
- 02/28/2010: International Women's History Month Literary Festival
- 02/28/2010: DC: Independent Film Summit on the Hill
- 02/11/2010: Schizophrenia as Political Weapon?
- 02/11/2010: PATTERSON HEIGHTS: Remixed
- 02/07/2010: PATTERSON HEIGHTS: ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers
- 02/07/2010: Consuming: José James
- 02/07/2010: To Blog or Not To Blog?
- 12/03/2009: Sunlight Gazing
- 11/26/2009: Another Great Review for THE MESSAGE
- 11/26/2009: Talkin' Books on UpFront with Tony Cox
- 11/26/2009: The Classics - Series 2: Soul
- 11/26/2009: Happy Anniversary to The Black Book!
- 11/26/2009: Reading List: The Poetry Edition
- 11/26/2009: Producing Precious
- 10/19/2009: First Review for PATTERSON HEIGHTS
- 10/15/2009: HAPPY BIRTHDAY to THE MESSAGE!!!
- 10/15/2009: Reading List: The Intellectual Edition
- 10/15/2009: Funny Man David Alan Grier
- 10/15/2009: Right-Wing Slinging about Obama Hits Author
- 10/15/2009: Books to Movies
- 10/15/2009: An Interview with Elizabeth Nunez
- 10/15/2009: Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat
- 10/15/2009: The Conversation: Do Black Men and Women Need to Have a Sit-Down?
- 09/01/2009: My Visit to Ocean County Public Library
- 09/01/2009: No More "Reading Rainbow"? Say it Ain't So!
- 09/01/2009: Human Observer
- 09/01/2009: Their Eyes Were Watching...
- 08/25/2009: Need a Speaker?
- 08/24/2009: HIV/AIDS in Jamaica: A Poet Responds
- 08/24/2009: Remembering The Women of Brewster Place
- 08/24/2009: Victor LaValle's Big Machine
- 08/24/2009: Incarcerated and Read: Coming of Age in Prison
- 08/24/2009: Changing Minds: The Youngest of the Little Rock Nine Talks Justice
- 08/24/2009: Brooklyn Bodega Peeps THE MESSAGE
- 08/05/2009: Do You Know Hubert Harrison?
- 07/28/2009: Request for Proposals: Mosaic Literary Conference
- 07/27/2009: What Becomes of the Big-Hearted? A Tribute to E. Lynn Harris
- 07/26/2009: The Itchyfooted Melvin Van Peebles
- 07/26/2009: Another Great Review for The Message
- 07/26/2009: How To Be A Publishing Superstar
- 07/26/2009: Sharon Draper Interview
- 07/26/2009: Free Books!
- 07/26/2009: The Day I Finally Called Myself a Writer
- 07/26/2009: Summer Reading Recommendations
- 05/26/2009: Interracial America
- 05/26/2009: Is the Coretta Scott King Book Award Racist?
- 05/26/2009: Former NPR Host Farai Chideya Kisses the Sky
- 05/12/2009: Sag Harbor: Black or Post Black?
- 05/12/2009: Who's Your Mama?
- 05/12/2009: Creating in the Shadows: A Talk with Nelson George
- 05/03/2009: Staceyann Chin Talks The Other Side of Paradise
- 04/30/2009: Issue 3 of THE BRIDGE IS OVER Available Now
- 04/16/2009: Listen to Me on Marc Steiner
- 04/16/2009: Free Book! Put Your Dreams First
- 04/07/2009: New Column at The Root
- 03/18/2009: New Interview with Me on ThisisRealMusic.com
- 03/18/2009: It's All Love Readings in Baltimore!
- 03/18/2009: Global Book List
- 03/10/2009: Looking for a Freelance Book Editor?
- 03/09/2009: Percival Everett's Erasure to Big Screen
- 03/09/2009: Common Launches National Online Book Club
- 02/27/2009: Fake Maya Angelou on Twitter
- 02/27/2009: Kindred Graphic Novel
- 02/23/2009: The North Country Institute for Writers of Color
- 02/09/2009: Walter Mosley on His Latest Book
- 02/04/2009: New issue of Mosaic
- 02/04/2009: Librarians on Street Lit
- 02/02/2009: The Corner: Online Teen Book Club
- 01/29/2009: Words of Wisdom Essay Contest
- 01/28/2009: Innovations in Reading Grant
- 01/25/2009: On the BackList - Week of 1.25.09
- 01/22/2009: New Queen Latifah Book
- 01/22/2009: The Message Hits Oregon
- 01/22/2009: Sapphire's PUSH finally turned into a movie
- 01/16/2009: Interview with Jacqueline Woodson
- 01/16/2009: New Issue of THE BRIDGE IS OVER. Got one?
- 01/09/2009: Q&A with Javaka Steptoe
- 12/29/2008: Fire & Ink Request for Proposals
- 12/28/2008: People Don't Buy Your Books Because They're Lousy
- 12/22/2008: Comics in the Classroom
- 12/19/2008: You'll Be Able To Purchase Elizabeth Alexander's Inauguration Poem
- 12/17/2008: Holiday Book Suggestions
- 12/09/2008: On the BackList - Week of 12.14.08
- 12/08/2008: More Books for Black Teens
- 12/07/2008: The Hemingses of Monticello
- 12/04/2008: Atlantic City: More than Casinos - BackList in the Community
- 12/03/2008: National Buy a Book by a Black Author and Give it to Somebody Not Black Month
- 12/02/2008: Will Barack Obama Help Black Writers?
- 12/02/2008: Can the Publishing Industry Learn from Houghton?
- 12/01/2008: On the BackList - Week of 12.7.08
- 12/01/2008: The Library as a Place You Want to Go
- 11/26/2008: Felicia and Phonte
- 11/16/2008: On the BackList - Week of 11.23
- 11/16/2008: Anthology on The Wire - Call for Submissions
- 11/15/2008: Report from the Cornell University Hip-Hop Conference
- 11/14/2008: Barack's Plan for Artists
- 11/14/2008: YA Authors: Writing Tips from a Teenager
- 11/11/2008: On the BackList - Week of 11.16
- 11/10/2008: Jeff Chang Named 2008 USA Ford Fellow in Literature
- 11/06/2008: Writers: It's Worth the Struggle
- 11/06/2008: BackList interview with Sofia Quintero (from the Vault)
- 11/06/2008: Alice Walker Launches New Website
- 11/06/2008: Check Me Out at Clutch
- 11/03/2008: On the BackList - Week of 11.9.08
- 11/02/2008: It's All Love: New Anthology from Marita Golden
- 10/22/2008: The "Urban" Debate
- 10/17/2008: Fall Book Suggestions at The Root
- 10/15/2008: Afaa Michael Weaver: Spirit of a Poet
- 10/15/2008: Barack & Curtis
- 10/14/2008: Teen Read Week October 12-17, 2008
- 10/13/2008: BackList TV: Episode 1 - An Interview with Ron Kavanaugh
- 10/07/2008: Tina Fey and Little, Brown
- 10/07/2008: Video Games and Reading
- 10/02/2008: Are Young Black Urban Teens Invisible in the YA Publishing Game?
- 09/30/2008: Nikki Giovanni: Hip-Hop Speaks to Children
- 09/26/2008: New Sex & The City Book?
- 09/25/2008: BackList TV: Episode 0
- 09/22/2008: Percy Carey Talks Comics
- 09/18/2008: Ishmael Reed in Conversation
- 09/18/2008: Felicia & BackList in Upscale Magazine
- 09/16/2008: New York! Tonight! State of Black Media!
- 09/15/2008: Celebrate Mosaic's 10 Year Anniversary!
- 09/15/2008: Omar Tyree: Children's Book Author
- 09/15/2008: Remixing the Art of Social Change
- 09/12/2008: Faith Evans Tells Her Story
- 09/12/2008: BackList at the Baltimore Book Festival
- 09/10/2008: YA for Black Teens
- 09/06/2008: Me, A NY Pier, The Message, Great Music, and Lots of Book Lovers
- 09/06/2008: BackList Interview (from the Vault): Abiola Abrams
- 08/26/2008: A Case for Re(definition)
- 08/26/2008: The Darker Mask is Here
- 08/22/2008: Ft. Greene Park Summer Literary Festival
- 08/20/2008: Phelps, Hip-Hop & The Message
- 08/19/2008: New Mosaic Issue: Nikki and Walter
- 08/18/2008: Hip-Hop & Literacy: Gabriel "Asheru" Benn and H.E.L.P.
- 08/17/2008: BackList is Seeking Interns!
- 08/16/2008: An Author's Hustle: When Is it Time to Move On?
- 08/16/2008: Editor Opportunity in South Africa
- 08/16/2008: Re:Verse Festival Call for Proposals
- 08/15/2008: I've Got a New Attitude
- 08/06/2008: Coldest Winter Ever Sequel Coming
- 07/16/2008: Vote for THE MESSAGE for The Pink List!
- 06/17/2008: The Beautiful Struggle
- 06/13/2008: My Father, the Tragic Hero
- 05/29/2008: I'm Not the Only One
- 05/14/2008: What Hip-Hop Song Empowered You? Win An Autographed Copy of The Message
- 05/06/2008: Check Me Out in the April/May issue of GIANT Magazine!
- 05/06/2008: So You Want to Be Published?
- 04/21/2008: DC Launch Party for THE MESSAGE...Finally
- 04/14/2008: An Author's Hustle: Renewal
- 04/09/2008: 2008 Hip-Hop Appreciation Week
- 02/01/2008: An Author's Hustle: Convincing and Cosigning
- 01/23/2008: An Author's Hustle: NPR, Amazon, Prospects
- 01/05/2008: An Author's Hustle: Who Let the Beast Out?
- 11/07/2007: An Author's Hustle: Sleep? Who Needs It?
- 10/24/2007: An Author's Hustle: I Purchased My Book
- 10/02/2007: An Author's Hustle: Hustle Now, Cry Later
- 09/20/2007: An Author's Hustle: The Series
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