It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
I'm kinda back. Will post more after I go on vacation in the middle of this week.
This is an annual list compiled be writer and editor Diane Patrick:
Publishers Weekly | African-American Interest: Adult and Children's Titles 2008
The following is a list of African-American interest adult books, fiction and nonfiction, publishing between September 2007 and March 2008.
[ I'm highlighting what caught my interest; read the lists at the above link ]
AMISTAD
Alek: From Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel (Sept., $24.95) by Alek Wek chronicles her life from Sudan to young London model to New York supermodel.
Mr. and Mrs. Prince: How an Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Family Moved Out of Slavery and Into Legend (Feb., $24.95) by Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina looks at the history of a pre-Civil War black family.
From Harvey River: A Memoir of My Mother and Her Island (Mar., $24.95) by Lorna Goodison chronicles the story of her family and their trials and tribulations in Jamaica.
Ida: A Sword Among Lions (Mar., $35) by Paula J. Giddings recounts the life of Ida B. Wells, a crusader embroiled in the struggle against lynching.
BASIC/CIVITAS
Introducing Bert Williams: Burnt-Cork, Broadway, and the Story of America’s First Black Star (Jan., $26) by Camille F. Forbes uses the life of a black performer to look at the issues surrounding race and artistic expression in American culture. Author tour.
Party Crashing: How the Hip-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence (Mar., paper, $16.95) by Keli Goff shows how changing attitudes of young black Americans will alter America’s political landscape. Author publicity. Author tour. 20-city radio satellite tour.
DALMATIAN PRESS
Voices: Reflections on an American Icon Through Words and Song (Dec., $24.99). A book/CD set celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King through quotations, stories and remembrances of his supporters.
FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX
Coltrane: The Story of a Sound (Sept., $24.95) by Ben Ratliff explores the sources of power in Coltrane’s music.
Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black: And Other Stories (Dec., $20) by Nadine Gordimer features a new collection of stories that cross the frontiers of politics, memory, sexuality and love.
UNIV. OF WISCONSIN PRESS
̉ŕsà Devotion as World Religion: The Globalization of Yoruba Religious Culture (Mar., $85; paper $34.95) edited by Jacob K. Olupona and Terry Rey explores the emergence of ̉ŕsà devotion and its worldwide growth.
BOYDS MILLS/CALKINS CREEK
We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin (Oct., $17.95) by Larry Dane Brimner presents the civil rights activist's life through his own words and archival photos.
This is another remarkable success from Jobs & Co.
FORTUNE: Apple 2.0 iPhone's Q3 sales second only to Blackberry in U.S....[T]he iPhone's debut at second place is particularly noteworthy because:
...The iPhone was only being sold in the US, and is only available through AT&T; all of the other mobile platforms are available to Sprint, Verizon Wireless, and T-Mobile as well as AT&T. The iPhone wasn't available in the significant markets of Canada and Mexico, along with parts of the US that AT&T does not service, including much of Vermont, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Alaska.
Think Secret will no longer be published.
I was never conflicted: Think Secret never suffered due to it's journalistic zeal, but rather, because of its immoral actions. Encouraging the stealing and dissemination of trade secrets had nothing to do with journalism. Apple screwed up by being too harsh in the beginning of its lawsuit. But they had a right and obligation to pursue the leaker and those that encouraged them and profited from them. End of story.
[ headsup via Bernie ]
Restless and daring AMAA "Best Director 2005," Dickson Iruegbu is set for another first. He is currently shooting Nigeria's first gay movie entitled "Sinful Saints.""'Sinful Saints' is a very controversial movie. It deals with a very sensitive but neglected topic; homosexuality. The movie will explore homosexuality in Nigeria," Iruegbu revealed. According to him, the movie would seek answers to such questions as whether it is African or a burrowed culture.
How did it creep into our society? How do we discuss issues relating to sex with our children? Do we frighten them with or experiences. The family is the ultimate unit of society but unfortunately, most homes lack good ways of teaching sex relayed issues.
"Sinful Saints" is the story of a sheltered kid, whose over protective mum (Clarion Chukwura) sheltered him so much that at age 19, he'd had no contact with a woman.
Meanwhile his hormones were raging but Ignorance has set in and he clings unto his fellow man to satisfy his sexual needs. Soon he is enmeshed in homosexuality.