| Featured Books

Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment: The Military Career of Charles Young

It’s Military Appreciation Month, so first and foremost we’d like to say THANK YOU to all of the servicemen and women giving their all to protect our rights and freedoms.  You are all heroes! In celebration of Military Appreciation Month we are going to highlight one book each week that deals with African Americans in [...]

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| Interviews

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Chicago native, RM Johnson is an #1 Essence Magazine best-seller, who landed a contract with one of the “big six” publishers with his debut book, The Harris Men (Simon & Schuster, 1999). But like most authors, Johnson will tell you that the road becoming a novelist is never quite a straight path, and advises artists [...]

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| Events

Destiny's Divas

Join bestselling author, Victoria Christopher Murray, to celebrate the release of her new book, Destiny’s Divas.   Wednesday, June 20th at 7pm Oxon Hill Library 6200 Oxon Hill Rd. Oxon Hill, MD 20745 Ph:   (301-839-2400) Victoria Christopher Murray is the author of nine Essence bestselling novels, including The Ex Files; Too Little, Too Late; [...]

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| Events

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Meet Pulitzer Prize Winning Author, Leonard Pitts, Jr. Wednesday, July 11th at 7pm! Bowie Library 15210 Annapolis Rd. Bowie, MD 20715 Ph:   (301-262-7000) Join us as we host the incomparable Leonard Pitts, Jr., as he signs his latest book, Freeman! Freeman Freeman, the new novel by Leonard Pitts, Jr., takes place in the first [...]

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Unchaining Black Writers (Response Post)

by Candace HabteMay 2, 2012

Should authors’ first obligation be to their Blackness, and secondly to their art? My response is, ‘no.’ There’s no one definitive answer to what Black is. Hell, some of us are still arguing over what to be called (African-American, Black, etc.); what’s Black enough; or what’s too Black. While pride in one’s culture, knowledge, and [...]

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Meet the Author with Walter Mosley

by MahoganyBooksApril 12, 2012

Meet Legendary Award Winning Author, Walter Mosley Saturday, May 26th at 2pm! Oxon Hill Library 6200 Oxon Hill Rd Oxon Hill, MD 20745 Ph:   (301-839-2400) Join us as we host the incomparable Walter Mosley, as he signs his latest book, The Gift of Fire/On the Head of a Pin:  Two Short Novels from Crosstown [...]

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MahoganyBooks — Share the Vision

by MahoganyBooksMarch 19, 2012

Add our logo to your blog or website and link back to www.MahoganyBooks.com to demonstrate your support for an independent bookstore that believes in serving its community with essential programs and services that ‘big box’ retailers just don’t bother with.  The greater our reach, the better we can serve our authors and the more complete [...]

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From Me To You 3/16/12

by MahoganyBooksMarch 16, 2012

Thanks to A. Jarrell Hayes for last weeks ‘Recommended Read of the Week,’ Love Taps: Mynes, written by Jovanna Rodriguez and Jerome Dickens.  Love Taps: Mynes explores the possibilities of communication, honesty, and love on paper. These are moments when one opens up to their partner, allowing time to build a foundation, and navigating life together. As [...]

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Go On Girl! Book Club Announces 2011 Award Winners

by MahoganyBooksMarch 14, 2012

For More Information Contact: Tracey Y. Smith National Media & Author Relations (646) 489-6873 – Phone tsmithwd@aol.com Lynda Johnson Co-Founder lyndajgog@gmail.com Go On Girl! Book Club Announces 2011 Award Winners   New York, NY – March 5, 2012 – During this Women’s History Month, Go On Girl! Book Club, one of the largest national reading organizations [...]

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Recommended Read of the Week–Love Taps: Mynes

by MahoganyBooksMarch 13, 2012
Love Taps: Mynes

Thanks to A. Jarrell Hayes this weeks “Recommended Read of the Week” is a poetry book by two emerging authors, Jovanna Rodriguez & Jerome Dickens, called Love Taps: Mynes. We are excited to showcase this book as our “RROW” because it features two new voices that add to the dynamic and varied perspectives that create [...]

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From Me to You 3/9/12

by MahoganyBooksMarch 9, 2012

Last week Annetta provided our ‘Recommended Read of the Week,’ Wild Seed, written by the late great Octavia Butler.  Wild Seed is the story of Doro, an entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts by reflex — or design. He fears no one — until he meets Anyanwu. Anyanwu is a shapeshifter who can [...]

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Recommended Read of the Week: Wild Seed

by MahoganyBooksMarch 5, 2012
Wild Seed

Today we are introducing our “Recommended Read of the Week,” Wild Seed by Octavia Butler, that was suggested by Annetta from last weeks ‘From Me to You’ blog post. Because of her recommendation, this whole week, Wild Seed will be on sale at our online store.  We encourage you all to check out this book [...]

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