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by David Plotz onMarch 3, 2009
What I learned from reading the entire Bible. An adaptation from David Plotz's "Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible."
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by Joshunda Sanders onJanuary 30, 2009
From the broad physical humor of Bernie Mac to wry, deadpan jokes on “The Daily Show,” Larry Wilmore has done every kind of black joke imaginable. In his first book, the comedian and writer serves up a series of mostly funny op-eds on race that you’ll never find in any national newspaper.
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by Bijan C. Bayne onJanuary 30, 2009
Most Obama books are pegged to politics, history or culture. Jabari Asim’s ‘What Obama Means’ successfully tackles all three. In the coming wave of books on the new president, this one will stand the test of time.
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by Eugene Robinson onJanuary 20, 2009
In the much talked about 'The Breakthrough,' Gwen Ifill adds depth and perspective to a political narrative we thought we already understood.
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by Bijan C. Bayne onDecember 24, 2008
In 1969, James Brown graced the cover of LOOK magazine, with the headline "Is This The Most Powerful Black Man in America?" James Sullivan's new biography, The Hardest Working Man: How James Brown Saved The Soul of America, makes a compelling case that on one night, in the midst of unspeakable tragedy, he was.
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by Erin E. Evans onNovember 15, 2008
Sister Souljah's The Coldest Winter Ever remains one of the most compelling novels of a generation, a cult classic that catapulted her to street-lit fame. So why does Winter's sequel Midnight suck so bad?
