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Mother to MotherFrom the time of conception, we have evolved into this beautiful being, If fulfilling no other purpose, for God, to nurture and birth another.For nine months transforming, preparing, and understanding, The blessing conceived in a moment, a miracle, will become a lifetime of loveAnticipating, the what ifs, the how and why of it all, the pain We are willing to endure, for the angel, has promised we are blessedWe learn, we grow, we watch, we know that it won’t be long Before we can…See More
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Charity Mixer - The Performing Arts Steps It Up

, PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 4, 2012Charity Cocktail Mixer and Silent Auction to Kick Off Launch of a New Newark Performing and Visual Arts AcademyNewark, NJ, May 4, 2012 -- Potential Performing and Visual Arts Academy, founded by L. Diane Jones-Brown, will kick off its inception with a Charity Cocktail Mixer and Silent Auction, Saturday, May 26, 6:00 pm, at The Woman’s Club of Upper Montclair, 200 Cooper Avenue, Upper Montclair, NJ.“The evening will certainly be about promoting…See More
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Bonded Betrayal.......Take a Look

BONDED BETRAYAL....... FOLLOW THE SIX FRIENDS WHO FIND THOSE THEY ARE COMMITTED TO MAY BE THEIR WORSE ENEMIES...... Enjoy the excerpt below....Kyle couldn’t remember the time of the welcome reception on the invitation Cherese showed him. He was sure it would conflict with his plans for Friday night. Cherese received two calls from Kalliah confirming their lunch date at twelve. If he played his cards right, he could pack an overnight bag and leave before she got back to the house. His wife’s…See More
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Reflections of Us

My prayer is that Reflections of Us will speaks to the Black woman's heart like a Mary J. Blige CD.This book is dedicated to our struggle, its a celebration of our beauty and it relates to our pain.This book is dedicated to the single and fly red…
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Happy Mother's Day

Mother to Mother

From the time of conception, we have evolved into this beautiful being,

If fulfilling no other purpose, for God, to nurture and birth another.

For nine months transforming, preparing, and understanding,

The blessing conceived in a moment, a miracle, will become a lifetime of love

Anticipating, the what ifs, the how and why of it all, the pain

We are willing to endure, for the angel, has promised we are blessed

We learn, we grow, we…

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Posted by Nanette Buchanan on May 13, 2012 at 1:37pm

Charity Mixer - The Performing Arts Steps It Up

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PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 4, 2012

Charity Cocktail Mixer and Silent Auction to Kick Off Launch of a New

Newark Performing and Visual Arts Academy

Newark, NJ, May 4, 2012 -- Potential Performing and Visual Arts Academy, founded by

L. Diane Jones-Brown, will kick off its inception with a Charity Cocktail Mixer and Silent Auction, Saturday, May 26, 6:00 pm, at The Woman’s Club of Upper Montclair, 200 Cooper Avenue, Upper Montclair,…

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Posted by Nanette Buchanan on May 10, 2012 at 6:05pm

Bonded Betrayal.......Take a Look

BONDED BETRAYAL....... FOLLOW THE SIX FRIENDS WHO FIND THOSE THEY ARE COMMITTED TO MAY BE THEIR WORSE ENEMIES...... Enjoy the excerpt below....

Kyle couldn’t remember the time of the welcome reception on the invitation Cherese showed him. He was sure it would conflict with his plans for Friday night. Cherese received two calls from Kalliah confirming their lunch date at twelve. If he played his cards right, he could pack an overnight bag and leave before she got back to the house. His…

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Posted by Nanette Buchanan on May 8, 2012 at 6:34pm

Hood Bible:King Pin Version @ Barnesandnoble.com

Hood Bible: King Pin Version is a street-literature novel about a Jacksonville,Florida drug-lord. Rah'hem Bilal  has two sons. One wants to live in his image and the other one wants him dead! He also has a bestfriend that is tired of living in his shadow and will do anything for the crown.....even if it means crushing the empire secrets and causing the most horrific rapture in Street-Literature history!!! Must read!!!!

 

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Books in the Hood
By Emily Brady in Books, Featured Friday, May. 8 2009
When LaVerne Harris decided to open a bookstore in the South Bronx two years ago, she knew she it wasn't going to be easy. The area is known for a lot of different things -- urban blight, crime, poverty -- and a healthy book culture wasn't one of them.
But Harris, a 61-year-old primary school teacher who grew up on Simpson Street, was walking with some friends when she wondered aloud what it would take to put a bookstore in among the liquor stores, Laundromats, and take-out places.


Hip-Hop Lit Is Hot
February 11, 2008 by Kara Gebhart Uhl
Once limited to street-corner sales, hip-hop lit now can be found in major bookstores—and mainstream publishers are taking note.

From the Streets to the Libraries
Yolanda Degraff, a part-time employee, arranged books in the urban fiction area of the public library in Far Rockaway, Queens.

Gossip Girls and Ghetto Girls
Why are so many librarians—advocates of the uncensored right to read anything on all points of view—panic-stricken over teens reading street lit? As Amy Patee wrote in the July 2008 issue of School Library Journal, “There’s no getting around it: urban fiction forces many of us out of our comfort zones...

 
 
 

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