Black Book Talk

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Airs at: Thu, 12/05/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Every first Thursday from 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM.

Monthly program featuring interviews and discussions of works by African American authors. Co-hosts Emma Jackson Ford, O B Hill and Patricia Welch review works in all genres by well-known and emerging authors. Occasional call-in shows allow audience members to talk directly to authors and/or share their opinions on works by Black authors.

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Black Book Talk

Airs at: Tue, 01/06/2009 at 9:30am - 10:00am
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Emma, Patricia and O B host a call in show with suggestions for good books to read for this year.   Read more

Good Books to read for this year

Airs at: Mon, 01/05/2009 at 4:00pm
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Emma, Patricia and O B host a call in show with suggestions for good books to read for this year. Read more

Black Book Talk

Airs at: Tue, 12/02/2008 at 9:30am - 10:00am
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Black Book Talk will not be heard today. Instead we'll hear an interview from the series Bookwaves. The guest is Edwidge Danticat, Haitian born writer, whose memoir "Brother, I'm Dying" was a National Book Award finalist in 2007. and is now out in paperback. She discusses h... Read more

Dr Deborah Smith Pollard, "When the Church Becomes Your Party"

Airs at: Tue, 11/04/2008 at 9:30am - 10:00am
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Dr. Deborah Smith Pollard discusses her work, "When Your Church Becomes Your Party," an examination of  contemporary gospel music. What distinguishes this book from other gospel music scholarship is its marriage of elements from the church, the academy, and the medium of r... Read more

Black Book Talk on 10/14/08

Airs at: Tue, 10/14/2008 at 9:30am - 10:00am
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Hosts Patricia Welch and Emma Jackson Ford speak with Jewell Parker Rhodes, who discusses her latest book, Yellow Moon, a sequel to 2006's Voodoo Season, in which a wazimamoto, or African vampire, stalks Dr. Marie Laveau, a 21st-century doctor, modern voodoo practitioner a... Read more

Black Book Talk on 09/02/08

Airs at: Tue, 09/02/2008 at 9:30am - 10:00am
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Hosts Patricia Welch, Emma Jackson Ford and O.B. Hill speak with Felicia Pride, an author and speaker. They discuss her  book The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop's Greatest Songs, (Running Press, 2007). Read more

Felicia Pride, about her book "The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop's Greatest Songs"

Airs at: Mon, 09/01/2008 at 5:00pm
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Hosts Patricia Welch, Emma Jackson Ford and O.B. Hill speak with Felicia Pride, an author and speaker. They discuss her  book The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop's Greatest Songs, (Running Press, 2007). Read more

Books by Black Authors

Airs at: Mon, 08/04/2008 at 5:00pm
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Emma Jackson Ford, Patricia Welch, and OB Hill talk about books by black authors. Read more

Black Book Talk on 07/01/08

Airs at: Tue, 07/01/2008 at 9:30am - 10:00am
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Hosts Patricia, Emma and O.B. bring you their recommendations for summer reading by black authors.  Read more

John Wolf

Airs at: Mon, 05/05/2008 at 5:00pm
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Emma Jackson Ford interviews John Wolf author of "Night of the Moray Eel". Read more