Arts/Culture

The Underground: FEAR

Airs at: Wed, 10/23/2013 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: The Underground

From the Black Book Talk Vault: Wilmer Fields, "My Life in the Negro Leagues: An Autobiography"

Airs at: Fri, 08/07/2020 at 10:00am - 10:30am

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Wilmer Leon Fields (August 2, 1922 – June 4, 2004) was a household name in the Negro leagues and other baseball circuits between the 1940s and 1950s. His son, Bennie Fields, visits Black Book Talk to discuss his father's book, "My Life in the Negro Leagues: An Autobiograp... Read more

The Underground: YOU TUBE

Airs at: Wed, 09/25/2013 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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D'Norgia Taylor, "If By Chance"

Airs at: Thu, 09/05/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

D'Norgia Taylor writes science fiction for all ages and all kinds of people. "A lot of it is about escape -- getting away from whatever the issues...that you want to escape from -- or to." Her latest work, If By Chance, deals with a generational curse that besets a small ... Read more

Dr. Earl Bracy,c "The Making of a Psychologist"

Airs at: Thu, 08/01/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Dr. Earl Bracy -- a Vietnam War era combat medic, practicing clinical psychologist, and author of Too Young to Die: Inner-City Adolescent Homicides and The Making of a Psychologist -- has endured prejudice and discrimination the likes of which many Americans, black and whit... Read more

The Underground: VIDEO GAMES

Airs at: Wed, 07/24/2013 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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The Underground: The 1980s

Airs at: Wed, 06/26/2013 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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Maya Angelou, "Mom & Me & Mom"

Airs at: Thu, 06/06/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Legendary author Maya Angelou shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother in her new book, Mom & Me & Mom. Angelou's mother, Vivian Baxter, was an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence—a presence abs... Read more

Between the Covers on 04/04/13

Airs at: Thu, 04/04/2013 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Peter Rock, novelist and professor at Reed College, discusses his latest book, "The Shelter Cycle," which dramatizes the experience of a small group of children as they and their families prepare for the end of the world in Montana in 1990. It also focuses on the complicate... Read more

Author Jonathan R. Miller discusses mystery thriller, Delivery

Airs at: Thu, 04/04/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Author Jonathan R. Miller writes literary fiction thrillers that include multicultural or biracial characters and themes. His latest work, Delivery, features a biracial Somali man who is blinded while defending his daughter. Ambojeem, the protagonist, settles in the rel... Read more