Category: books
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In the Company of These Pages
Dream Reachers, collected interview profiles of legendary figures. I’ve been lucky enough and survived long enough to share pages, via such outlets as anthologies and magazines, with some fairly extraordinary company, including luminous folks like Amiri Baraka, Pearl Cleage, Sean “Puffy” Combs, the singer Maxwell, Eugene Redmond, Kalamu ya Salaam,…
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Book Business Wisdom Discovered “Outside the Box”
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Slavery by What Other Name?
Unidentified African American undergoing punishment in labor camp in 1932. (photo by John Spivak) Ask any student of American history what year the enslavement of African Americans ended in the United States and she or he will answer with cheerful confidence, “1865.” Ask that same question of author Douglas A.…
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Some Call It “Zafonmania”
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, author of The Shadow of the Wind, and The Angel’s Game. I think I’ve figured out why I am just now learning about the fantabulous works of author Carlos Ruiz Zafón. At the time that his novel The Shadow of the Wind enjoyed a year-long run on…
Bridge of Silver Wings 2025 