Black Like Us, edited by Devon Carbado and Dwight McBride, serves as an anthology for more than 100 years of gay and lesbian black fiction, featuring prominent writers such as James Baldwin, Alice Walker and Langston Hughes. Black Like Us puts the authors and their work in perspective, offering critical analyses of the periods in…

Toronto-based Bilingual Recruiters, Inc., is seeking a territory manager to explore and maintain new areas for sales both in Canada and around the world. The territory manager is responsible for seeking out new accounts and making potential accounts aware of the company’s offerings and opportunities. Bilingual Recruiters, one of Canada’s leading recruitment firms, caters to…

The crisis of growing violence on Chicago’s South Side is increasingly in the spotlight. The Interrupters — the latest internationally praised documentary from Hoop Dreams director-producer Steve James — takes a personal look at the epidemic. The film follows a Chicago violence-prevention organization’s yearlong campaign to combat crime in the city. Among the people highlighted…

New York legal-outsourcing firm Pangea 3 is looking for a determined person to help create and command a generation-focused marketing campaign for the company. Pangea 3, part of the Thomson Reuters conglomerate, provides legal-outsourcing services to large law firms and Fortune 1000 companies. The perfect candidate for Pangea 3’s lead generation-manager position has at least…

For many black families, prime-time television beats outdoor recreational activity. And while catching up on Monday’s Basketball Wives can be quite a bonding experience, OutdoorAfro.com wants to get more African Americans off the sofa and into nature. OutdoorAfro.com features a wealth of information and tools to help black families learn about outdoor recreational opportunities in…

Green California startup World Centric is looking for a new director of marketing to help advance the company’s brand from its Palo Alto, Calif., headquarters. World Centric sells plant-based, compostable food-industry products to help mitigate the use of petroleum-based products, such as plastic and Styrofoam. The director of marketing position is responsible for cultivating marketing…

The Global Buildings Performance Network, or GBPN, is looking for go-getters who want to help lower greenhouse-gas emissions across the country and around the world. The GBPN informs policymakers and legislators in the United States, India, China and throughout Europe on the implications of greenhouse gases and how governments the world over can help mitigate…

New York Times best-selling author Kimberla Lawson Roby has a knack for writing suspenseful, page-turning stories, and her latest novel, Secret Obsession, is no different. The plot contains the same unadulterated and brass story line as some of Roby’s other novels, including her best-selling book A Deep Dark Secret. Secret Obsession revolves around a resentful…