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From the Black Book Talk Vault: "We Are Each Other's...

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2025/11/06

In the 1920s, there were over one million black farmers; today there are just 45,000. "We Are Each Other's Harvest" brings together essays, poems, photographs, quotes, conversations, and first-person stories that examine black people’s connection to the American land f...

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K. IBURA, author, TEMPEST

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2025/10/02

TEMPEST follows Veronique (a.k.a. V) who, after her parents' death in Hurricane Katrina, moved to her MawMaw’s house in the Louisiana countryside. MawMaw always said that Veronique needed to hide her control and power over the wind, but one day, she has to use it to save...

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From the Black Book Talk Vault: Renee Watson and "The...

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2025/09/04

As attempts to ignore, refute, or even remove African-Americans' contributions to the American record, we at "Black Book Talk" continue to affirm Black history and culture as expressed through our literature. To this end, we rebroadcast our November 2021 conversation ...

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Black Book Talk on 08/07/25

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2025/08/07

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Brendan Slocumb, THE DARK MAESTRO

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2025/07/03

Author Braendan Slocumb introduces Curtis Wilson, a cello prodigy, in his third mystery, The Dark Maestro. Curtis is growing up in the Southeast D.C. projects with a drug dealer for a father. But through determination and talent, and the loving support of his father’s ...

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Katherine Morgan/Grand Gesture Books

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2025/06/05

Katherine Morgan is the energetic owner of Portland's first all-romance bookstore. Her enthusiasm for the genre is sincere and contagious. Perhaps that's why this Black-woman-owned business, located on 10th Avenue, right across from Multnomah County's Main Library, ca...

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Black Book Talk on 06/05/25

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2025/06/05

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Black Book Talk on 05/01/25

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2025/05/01

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Keenan Jones, author of SATURDAY MORNING AT THE 'SHOP

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2025/04/03

It’s Saturday morning. We hop in the car. Mom’s heading to work, and I’m geeked to go spend the day at the ’shop! The barbershop is a sound booth, an art gallery, a playground, a classroom, and so much more. It’s a place for artistry and comradery and, most importantly,...

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Black Book Talk on 03/06/25

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2025/03/06

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LOVE, RITA

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2025/03/06

In Love, Rita Bridgett M. Davis tells the story of her beloved older sister Rita, a vivacious woman who attended Fisk University at age sixteen, and went on to become a car test driver, an amateur belly dancer, an MBA, and later a popular special ed teacher. In doing so...

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Remembering Nikki Giovanni

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2025/01/02

Nikki Giovanni. a national treasure, was a frequent visitor to the Portland area. Hosts Emma Ford, O B Hill and Patricia Welch will be reading our favorite poems, sharing highlights of her life and welcoming listeners to call in and do the same. Everyone has a favorite...

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From the Black Book Talk Vault: Troy Johnson,...

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2024/12/05

Founded in 1997, AALBC.com is a widely recognized source of author profiles, book and film reviews, book recommendations, event information, active discussions, writer resources, interviews, articles, videos, and more. By providing a forum for the exchange of constructive ...

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The Savion Sequence

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2024/10/03

In this metaphysical mystery, historian Brigham Elijah embarks on a mind-bending journey triggered by his uncle's mysterious murder. Delving into his own past, Brigham encounters cryptic clues, forbidden secrets, and a clandestine society guarding ancient knowledge...

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Troy Johnson, founder, AALBC.com (African American...

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2024/09/04

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From the Black Book Talk Vault: Avel Gordly:...

Black Book Talk ·

2024/08/05

When President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential race and endorsed his vice president to succeed him, the country's attention focussed on Kamala Harris. The notion of this dynamic, Afro-Asian woman (mother emigrated from India, father from Jamaica) has b...

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Reflecting on Reflections Coffee and Books

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2024/05/02

We flipped the script for this program. Black Book Talk co-host O B Hill is our guest, along with Gloria McMurtry. They are the founders of Reflections Coffee and Books which, for 17 years, drew fans to the crossroads of MLK Blvd and Killingsworth St. More than a coffee...

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Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renee Watson

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2024/04/04

Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson shares recollections of her childhood in Portland. These odes to Black women of all ages are brilliantly illustrated by celebrated fine artist Ekua Holmes . Black Girl You Are Atlas is Watson's fir...

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Decent People, author De'Shawn Charles Winslow

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2024/03/07

In the still-segregated town of West Mills, North Carolina, in 1976, Marian, Marva, and Lazarus Harmon-three enigmatic siblings-are found shot to death in their home. The people of West Mills- on both sides of the canal that serves as the town's color line-are in a fre...

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We Are Each Other's Harvest by Natalie Baszile

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2024/02/01

In the 1920s, there were over one million black farmers; today there are just 45,000. "We Are Each Other's Harvest" explores this crisis, through the farmers’ personal experiences. In their own words, middle aged and elderly black farmers explain why they continue to farm...

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