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Comment on Laws of Depravity by Eriq La Salle by JavaNoir

JavaNoir — Tue, 28 May 2013 01:46:12 +0000

Eriq La Salle is a featured author of the 2013 Leimert Park Village Book Fair, taking place in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 29, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Comment on The Young and the Ruthless: Back in the Bubbles by Victoria Rowell by JavaNoir

JavaNoir — Mon, 27 May 2013 17:35:51 +0000

Victoria Rowell is a featured author of the 2013 Leimert Park Village Book Fair, taking place in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 29, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Comment on When is Strong, Strong Enough? by Souraya Christine by JavaNoir

JavaNoir — Mon, 27 May 2013 16:44:12 +0000

Check out NCM’s own, Souraya Christine, author of “When is Strong, Strong Enough?”, as she participates in the panel discussion, “How to Change Your Mind From Adversity on Wendesday, April, 24, 2013. Some of the other women that will be featured at the conference are as follows: Trina Braxton, Lisa Nichols, Lillian McMorris, and a host of many more at this prestigious event!

Comment on The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss by JavaNoir

JavaNoir — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:43:56 +0000

Tom Reiss ’86 Wins Pulitzer for Biography For telling the long-overlooked story of Alex Dumas, the French Revolutionary soldier whose exploits and fate inspired his novelist son, Tom Reiss ’86 today received the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. The Pulitzer committee called The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Crown) “a compelling story of a forgotten swashbuckling hero of mixed race whose bold exploits were captured by his son, Alexander Dumas, in famous 19th century novels.” (For a taste of the book, read Reiss’s Vita of General Dumas from this magazine’s November-December 2012 issue.) The book was previously a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Read more....

Comment on Devil in the Grove by Gilbert King by JavaNoir

JavaNoir — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:29:03 +0000

Author Gilbert King wins Pulitzer Prize for book about the notorious Groveland Four case
April 16, 2013
By Eloísa Ruano González, Orlando Sentinel

Author Gilbert King stumbled on the 1949 Lake County case surrounding four black citrus pickers accused of raping a 17-year-old white girl while he was researching a book about Thurgood Marshall, the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Marshall had defended one of the pickers, dubbed the Groveland Four. King thrust the case back into the limelight last year with his book, “Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America.” And on Monday, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction.

Comment on Land of Smoke and Mirrors: A Cultural History of Los Angeles by Vincent Brook by JavaNoir

JavaNoir — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:53:58 +0000

Wed., April 24, 7 pm: Vincent Brook will speak on and sign his new book, Land of Smoke and Mirrors, at Esowon Book Store, 4327 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles 90008.

Comment on Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson by JavaNoir

JavaNoir — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:58:23 +0000

See the Los Angeles Times feature, The Writer's Life, on Nalo Hopkinson's science fiction and real-life family as she talks talks about illness, community and her new novel, 'Sister Mine.' By Mindy Farabee, March 21, 2013, 12:40 p.m. http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-nalo-hopkinson-20130324,0,4217315.story

Comment on Little Green: An Easy Rawlins Mystery by Walter Mosley by JavaNoir

JavaNoir — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:24:20 +0000

Eso Won Books, Los Angeles:
Walter Mosley will sign and discuss The New Easy Rawlings Book
Tuesday, May 14, 7:00pm
Location to be announced

Easy Rawlins is back (almost literally from the dead after the car wreck that ended Blonde Faith, his last outing) and cruising the hippified streets of the Sunset Strip circa 1967, in search of a young black man who has gone missing-and maybe of his own rebirth.

The 12th book in the series and one of the Very Best… EsoWon is so pleased to host this the very first reading on the day the book goes on sale.

Comment on The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis by JavaNoir

JavaNoir — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:15:10 +0000

Five Questions for Author Ayana Mathis: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/01/30/ayana-mathis-oprahs-latest-book-pick/1873845/

Comment on Blind Evidence by Derrick Burke by JavaNoir

JavaNoir — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:39:34 +0000

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A native of the eastern shore of Maryland, Derrick Burke spent many years in his career as a youth case manager. Although he continues to be a part of the everyday work force, he has the desire to pursue his career in writing full time as he currently resides in Washington, DC. His single mother raised Derrick and his sisters, with no male figure in the household. He learned to become a man through strong influence, support and guidance from his grandfathers and many uncles as well as other positive male role models that God placed in his life. He also gives credit for his growth and pursuit of writing to an array of female cousins who motivated and encouraged him to utilize his gift and share his ability of putting words on paper and creating characters that people can identify.

Growing up, Derrick was a three-sport athlete but put most of his focus and energy into basketball. His hard work ethic and skill in basketball allowed him to travel to many different places in and out of the country allowing him to gain not only athlete experiences but also life long lessons to help enhance his creating writing talents that had been in the making since he was 11. At this age, he put his vulnerability on the line by writing his first poem to get the attention of an older girl whom he liked.

With a million dollar smile and old school wisdom, he s known by many as, Country Boy with City Swag know Derrick. Using people he has met and experience in his life, Derrick presents Blind Evidence the first release of many easy to read erotic fiction, who done it thrillers with twist and turns that will keep the reader engaged from start to finish.