The Importance of Image and Ownership in African American Literature
By Dr. Maxine E. Thompson
It is no secret that the economy has affected the sales of African American books. The business side of publishing is becoming a hot topic of late. ...
Posted Thursday, March 11th 2010 at 1:23PM
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Excerpt Hostage of Lies by Dr. Maxine E. Thompson
The story is a vivid portrait of Reverend Godbolt's family and his forebears. The family's secrets set the stage for a profound and provocative debate about black identity and destiny in America' ...
Posted Thursday, March 11th 2010 at 1:20PM
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Coping with Huntington’s Chorea and Dementia as a Writer
by Dr. Maxine Thompson
There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
--Zora Neale Hurston
“Cookie.” The words come out in a stammer or, better yet, maybe a sputter.
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Posted Thursday, March 11th 2010 at 1:15PM
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Hostage of Lies by Dr. Maxine E. Thompson
How important is the past? For 40-year-old Titi, who’s always felt like an outsider in her own family, it’s vital.
Titi has returned home for her father’s seventy-fifth birthday celebration, but sh ...
Posted Thursday, March 11th 2010 at 1:08PM
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BLACK PEARLS MAGAZINE INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS
Interviewed by founder, Ella D. Curry
Nanette M. Buchanan -- An Author with New Drama, Page after Page
Nanette M. Buchanan was born, raised and educated in Newark, New Jersey. After ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 6:18PM
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Self Published? Are You Really An Author?
by Nanette M. Buchanan
• Questions posed by Black Pearls Magazine:
As a self-published author, do you get the same respect as authors produced by traditional publishing houses? Are you really an aut ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 6:11PM
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Poem- What If by Nanette M. Buchanan
Celebrating those who heard the call to lead
What if......
There had been no ships approaching the coast, no overseers,
No masters, no plantations, no whips, no chains.
No slaves,
Those things that ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 5:57PM
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As They Slept by Nanette Buchanan
- The Black Legacy
While they slept.....
Their life was torn from it's roots
The land robbed and invaded.
While they slept....
They were shipped across the world,
Their freedom masqueraded.
Whil ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 5:53PM
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Do you know your Family’s Composition?
It was immediately after the sensational “Roots” saga and “The Next Generation” by Alex Haley that many of our families began to embrace the concept of family unity. The family no matter what the compositio ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 5:50PM
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The Definition of Love by Nanette M. Buchanan
He said he knew a little about "true love", my ears tuned in.....
It had been weeks, no months, a few years.....since we had been just friends.
We had gone to heights where I felt pure ple ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 5:39PM
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Take a Poetic Journey- Taking It A Step Further
by Nanette M. Buchanan
Taking it a step further...takes a motivational force
Taking it a step further...
Is the difference between self destruction or a positive course.
Taking it ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 5:35PM
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