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UNF recently hosted author Simone Blair-Walker for brunch and a book signing for her book, “How Can I Win.”  Participates had the opportunity to win door prizes and hear words of wisdom from the author […]

By Richard Rothstein   In The Color of Law (published by Liveright in May 2017), Richard Rothstein argues with exacting precision and fascinating insight how segregation in America—the incessant kind that continues to dog our major cities […]

W. Kamau Bell By W. Kamau Bell c.2017, Dutton $28.00 / $37.00 Canada 352 pages You are a very different kind of person. You like things that others don’t like, you’re good at something that […]

No Love, No Charity: the Success of the 19th Child is the debut book by Paul Lamar Hunter. Paul discusses his life, his upbringing, his parents and his life as the 19th child. The book brings […]

In an effort to diversify the bookshelves of literature connoisseurs, Derick Brewer and Zellie Imani have launched Noir Reads. The subscription service delivers two to three fiction and nonfiction book selections from writers throughout the […]

By Jonathan Chait c.2017, Custom House / William Morrow $27.99 / $34.99 Canada 272 pages If you can’t say something nice… Sometimes, it’s hard to say nothing at all. There are times when you need […]

THE BOOKWORM SEZ By Maurice White with Herb Powell c.2016, Amistad $27.99 / $34.99 Canada       385 pages Your needs are very simple. Food, shelter, water. Those are the essentials, but then there are the things […]

This holiday season people can give the gift that keeps on giving with “Against All Odds: Celebrating Black Women in Medicine.” The inspirational coffee-table book, by Crystal R. Emery, highlights the trailblazing careers of Black […]

Jacksonville native, Joyce G. Moore announces the release of three new children’s books. These three books incorporate stories that feature some of the social issues that children are dealing with within their schools and communities. […]

By Rhonda Silver  – “Survivor” A True Story by Denise Jenkins James Conners was launched last Saturday at a book signing held at James Weldon Johnson’s YMCA. In her presentation she engages participants with vignettes […]