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2009All OCTOBER POSTS (6)
Too Much Sarah Palin?
Why is there so much interest in reading about Palin?
No Coloreds Allowed? Book Party Turns Racist?
Turned-away partygoers are seeking one billion after being denied entry into author Teri Woods' book party.
I Didn't Work This Hard Just to Get Married
Newsflash: Not all women want to get married and single women can be happy too.
Reading List: The Intellectual Edition
New biography of Thelonious Monk, memoir from Cornel West, and other books to feed the mind.
Funny Man David Alan Grier
Comedian and now author David Alan Grier talks about his new book, the angry black man syndrome, Dancing with the Stars and the pressure to always be funny.
Do African-American Studies Departments Need to be Revamped?
Writer John McWhorter proposes a new plan for Black Studies departments. Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses the strained relationship between South Africans and Nigerians. And more lit-related news.
