by Derrick YoungDecember 24, 2008
I came across this article, Reading Too Much Into Race, written in the Washington Post thanks to Bernice McFadden’s Facebook page. The article basically talks about December being National Buy a Book by a Black Author and Give It to Somebody Not Black Month and why this holiday is necessary for African American authors. Essentially [...]
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by Derrick YoungDecember 8, 2008
Can it really be done? After the demise of Karibu Bookstore every one and their mama was screaming that Black bookstores could never make it in this day and age of “Big Box” retailers & e-tailers. Amazon…B&N…discounts, discounts, discounts! AAARGH!!! Actually, double AAARGH!!! Sorry, I needed to release that.
But why has it become “common knowledge” [...]
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