Writing

ARTICLES & NEWS PIECES
The Coldest Winter Ever Sequel| Publishers Weekly | 5.08
BAM Picks Brownstone Books| Publishers Weekly | 1.08
Book buying Trends of African Americans | Publishers Weekly | 2.08
The Lives of Jefferson's Slaves Documented | Publishers Weekly | 3.08
Akashic Takes Black Goat | Publishers Weekly | 10.07
Pocket Launches Karen Hunter Imprint | Publishers Weekly | 10.07
Kensington, Hudsons Ink Joint Pact | Publishers Weekly | 6.07
Kensington Cancels Shoshana Johnson Book | Publishers Weekly | 5.07
Novelist Launches Indie Press | Publishers Weekly | 4.07
Movie Star Joins Writers for Novel | Publishers Weekly | 4.07
PowerHouse Hails 1970s New York | Publishers Weekly | 3.07
Thomas Builds a Black List at Hachette | Publishers Weekly | 10.06
Akashic Launches Street Lit Imprint | Publishers Weekly | 8.06
Amber Shines| Publishers Weekly | 8.06
Atria's Adero to Launch New Book Festival| Publishers Weekly | 4.06

BACKLISTING
Interview: Abiola Abrams
Thembisa Mshaka on Longevity
Interview: Sofia Quintero aka Black Artemis
More coming soon....!

BLOGS
Books on the Root | The Root | 4.09 - 12.09 (sadly canceled because of budgetary concerns)
Pop This! | The Loop | 8.08 - 12.08
More than Words Blog| AOL Black Voices | 1.07 - 8.08
BackListed Blog | BackList | Originally started in 2005. Remixed 2008.


EDITORIALS, ESSAYS, & FEATURES

Black Women, Our Hair & The Economy | The Loop | 8.10
What Might James Baldwin Say? | The Loop | 8.10
On Fantasia | The Loop | 8.10
The Takeaways from the Essence Controversy | The Loop 21 | 7.10
Big Meech, Educated Brothers, and Rick Ross | The Loop 21 | 7.10
Networking with Writer-Director Nzingha Stewart | The Atlanta Post | 7.10
The Allure of Celebrity Wives | TheLoop21| 7.10
The State of Black Film: Black Filmmakers Speak
| TheLoop21 | 7.10
Wax Poetics: Thriving By Its Own Rules
| The Atlanta Post | 6.10
Ray Charles' Son Remembers Father | TheGrio.com |6.10
Poor Usher: On Commercialism | TheLoop21.com
24-Year-Old Executive Producer Ashley Grayson | Baltimore City Paper | 6.10
Love, Drama, Sex, Work: A Profile of Brenda Jackson | Publishers Weekly | 5.10
The Evolution of Jones Magazine | Atlanta Post | 5.10
When Bootstraps Aren't Enough | The Root | 5.10
Afro Picks: African American Books in the Marketplace | Publishers Weekly | 12.09
Sunlight Gazing | Baltimore Magazine | 12.09
Remembering E. Lynn | Publishers Weekly | 9.09
Remembering the Women of Brewster Place | National Book Foundation Blog | 8.09
What Becomes of the Big-Hearted? A Tribute to E. Lynn Harris | The Root | 7.09

Because That's What I Told Harry Belafonte | Aliyasking.com | 7.09
Summer Reading Recommendations | The Root | 7.09
Is the Coretta Scott King Book Award Racist? | The Root | 5.09
E-Race Literature: Black or Post-Black? | The Root | 5.09
If We Ruled the (Literary) World | The Root | 4.09
Global Book List | The Root | 3.09
The Prose of Passion | The Root | 2.09
The Root's Holiday Book Guide | The Root | 12.08
More (and Better) Books for Teens | Publishers Weekly | 12.08
The Root's Fall Book Suggestions | The Root | 10.08
Spirit of a Poet...Born in East Baltimore | Baltimore Sun | 10.08
Is Black Leadership out of Step? | The Loop | 8.08
My Father, the Tragic Hero| TheRoot.com | 6.08
Under the Sun: Some Excellent Reads| Baltimore Sun | 6.08
The Coates Family's Beautiful Struggle in Word and Deed| Baltimore City Paper | 6.08
Plus-Sized Plots a Big Hit with Black Women| Baltimore Sun | 4.08
Getting Out the Power of Hip-Hop| Baltimore Sun | 2.08
Edward P. Jones Keeps a Low Profile| Baltimore Sun | 12.07
Buyers Aware: Inside the Black Book Market| Publishers Weekly | 12.07
Where I'm From (excerpt from THE MESSAGE)| Baltimore City Paper | 10.07
Don't Believe the Hype. We Can Learn from Hip-Hop| AOL Black Voices | 10.07
Getting Children in on the Covenant| Baltimore Sun | 10.07
Waiting to Prevail: The Undervalued Talent of Kim McLarin| Baltimore City Paper | 9.07
Who, Me, A Self-Help Author?| Publishers Weekly | 8.07
Count the Ways: Marketing to the African American Book Market| Publishers Weekly | 12.06

Q&A'S, INTERVIEWS & PROFILES
Networking with Writer-Director Nzingha Stewart | The Atlanta Post | 7.10
The Evolution of Jones Magazine | The Atlanta Post | 5.10
Schizophrenia as Political Weapon? Q&A with Jonathan Metzl | The Root | 1.10
Producing Precious: An Interview with Lisa Cortes | The Root | 11.09
Q&A with Sharon Draper | Publishers Weekly | 7.09
Farai Chideya Kisses the Sky | The Root | 5.09
Talk with Nelson George | The Root | 5.09
Staceyann Chin Talks Other Side of Paradise | The Root | 5.09
Q&A with Tony Dungy| Publishers Weekly | 7.08
Winfrida Mbewe: Power Publishing Publicist| Publishers Weekly | 7.08
Nikki Giovanni: Three Answers| Publishers Weekly | 6.08
Chris Jackson: Executive Editor| Publishers Weekly | 6.08
Karen Thomas: Executive Editor| Publishers Weekly | 3.08
Raising Online Life: Esther Iverem of Seeingblack.com| Baltimore City Paper | 2.08
Kadir Nelson: Artist Extraordinaire| Publishers Weekly | 12.07
M.F. Grimm Turns His Life Around| Publishers Weekly | 10.07
Her Story: Three Sistahs Press| Baltimore City Paper | 4.07
King Carl Weber| Publishers Weekly | 1.06
With the Flo: Flo Brown| Baltimore City Paper | 6.03
Talib Kweli: Kwelity is Back| Popmatters.com | 10.02

REVIEWS
My Mic Sounds Nice | The Loop | 8.10
Something Like a Business: A Review | The Loop | 7.10

Other People's Property by Jason Tanz| Baltimore City Paper | 3.07
Yellowblack by Haki Madhubuti| Vibe.com | 12.06
Mandela (movie)| Vibe.com | 8.06
Bronx Biannual edited by Miles Marshall Lewis| Vibe.com | 6.06
The Dead Emcee Scrolls by Saul Williams| Baltimore City Paper | 4.06
Wanderlust edited by Carol Taylor| Baltimore City Paper | 3.06
The Dead Emcee Scrolls by Saul Williams| Vibe.com | 2.06
Wounded by Percival Everett| Baltimore City Paper | 8.05
Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi| Baltimore City Paper | 7.05
Scars of the Soul by Miles Marshall Lewis| Popmatters.com | 10.04
Seeking Salamanca Mitchell by Kenji Jasper|Popmatters.com | 7.04
Reunited: Mary J. Blige's Love and Life| Baltimore City Paper | 9.03
Thug Rife: Contrast of Ginuwine and Donnie| Baltimore City Paper | 6.03
Feemcees Ms. Dynamite and Lil'Kim | Baltimore City Paper | 3.03
Voyage to India| Popmatters.com | 10.02
Tweet: Southern Hummingbird| Popmatters.com | 8.02
The Gospel According to Raphael Saadiq| Popmatters.com | 8.02
Amerie: All I Have| Popmatters.com | 7.02

NEWSLETTERS
BackListing - Educator Edition | 1.09
The Message Update #6 | 11.08
BackListing |11.08
BackListing - Educator Edition | 10.08
BackListing | 9.08
BackList| 7.08
BackList| 4.08

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The Author

Felicia Pride

Upcoming Event

What
Tuition-Free Teen Creative Writing Workshop
When
July 13, 2010, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where
Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex