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2012All OCTOBER POSTS (113)
Too Much Sarah Palin?
October 27, 2009 at 12:19 PM
Why is there so much interest in reading about Palin?
No Coloreds Allowed? Book Party Turns Racist?
October 20, 2009 at 9:25 AM
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
October 19, 2009 at 8:21 AM
Newsflash: Not all women want to get married and single women can be happy too.
Reading List: The Intellectual Edition
October 13, 2009 at 11:48 AM
New biography of Thelonious Monk, memoir from Cornel West, and other books to feed the mind.
Funny Man David Alan Grier
October 9, 2009 at 12:15 PM
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?
October 6, 2009 at 8:54 AM
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.
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