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Robert Greer, cowboy detective writer

Airs at: Thu, 06/01/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Author Robert Greer returns to " Black Book Talk" to discuss the latest work in his cowboy series set in Colorado.   Astride a Pink Horse,  we must question if the Cold War ended years ago or not.  For Thurmond Giles, a decorated African American Air Force veteran found dea... Read more

For your summer reading consideration

Airs at: Thu, 05/04/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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"Black Book Talk" hosts offer their summer reading favorites for your consideration.  Whether you love fiction, non-fiction, children's or adult literature, we have something for you.  Print, streaming or books-on-CD will all be included.  On the beach or in your backyard, ... Read more

Black Book Talk on 04/06/17

Airs at: Thu, 04/06/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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The Power of a Rose - An interview with Portland author Mario DePriest regarding his new book, The Power of a Rose. Subtitled "Man-to-Man on Women, Romance and Communication," this is a primer for men who want to improve their relationships with the opposite sex.  DePriest,... Read more

Black Book Talk on 03/02/17

Airs at: Thu, 03/02/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Author Renee Watson, "Piecing Me Together"

Airs at: Thu, 02/02/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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     Jade believes she must get out of her poor neighborhood if she's ever going to succeed. Her mother tells her to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way. And Jade has:  Every day she rides the bus away from her friends and to the private school where she ... Read more

Author Isabel Wilkerson and "The Warmth of Other Suns"

Airs at: Thu, 01/05/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Hosts Emma Jackson Ford, O.B. Hill  and Patricia Hill Welch talk with Pulitzer Prize winning author Isabel Wilkerson in this rebroadcast of their November 2010 interview.  Wilkerson discusses “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration,” a New Yor... Read more

Artist Behind Kwanzaa Stamp

Airs at: Thu, 12/01/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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The US Postal Service issued a Kwanzaa Forever stamp this year. The artist, Synthia Saint James, created the original Kwanzaa stamp in 1997. The colorful stamp art features a young African-American woman as the embodiment of Africa. She wears a lavender dress with a collar ... Read more

Interview with Portland author D'Norgia Taylor, SEEDLINGS

Airs at: Thu, 11/03/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Interview with Portland author D'Norgia Taylor re her new book, SEEDLINGS    SEEDLINGS is a speculative/time travel novel about Seth, a beekeeper living on the northern coast of Oregon, and Melody a collector and preserver of heirloom seeds.  Through Melody, Seth learns how... Read more

Conversation with SEEDLINGS author, D'Norgia Taylor

Airs at: Thu, 11/03/2016 at 4:30am - 5:00am
            SEEDLINGS is a speculative time travel novel about Seth, a beekeeper living on the northern coast of Oregon, who is concerned with the mysterious deaths of  his honeybees. While searching for a swarm that escaped from a collapsed hive, Seth meets Melody, the wo... Read more

African-American Male School Adaptability Crisis

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Author Joe L. Rempson, states:  "Division and differences marked both the founding of our nation and the adaptation of our people. However, the fathers of our nation's founding were able to compromise and overcome their differences. Not so of our African American Adaptation... Read more