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Lynn harris, james baldwin, walter mosley and eric jerome dickey, black expressions helps readers to keep up with their favorite authors and genres for a low price. Each month, theyll choose a book or essay written by, for, or about women of color and use it as a framework to discuss their own lives as young black women. Find over 14 african american book club groups with 3963 members near you and meet people in your local community who share your interests. I dont do clubs page 2 connecting black professionals. View the complete oprahs book club list for 2009, which features the moving collection of. Learn about the many types of book clubs that will meet your reading interests, including mystery, military, history, fantasy, sci fi, romance and everything in between. We will read classic works of the past and present, and will help each other identify talented new writers of the future. We were launched in january 2012 and welcome new members who wish to both profile and sell their work. A symposium of literary and artistic expressions by men and women distinguished in journalism, art, romance, literature, finance, diplomacy, politics, and statecraft. Inside black book clubs book clubs are so popular these days that you could probably find a book club for just about every kind of book and every. Book clubs have advanced far beyond the small gettogethers in someones living room, says carol mackey, editorinchief of directtoconsumer book club black expressions. Black expressions best books of 2011 bestselling author. The black expressions book club has a big selection of books by black authors, including famous black authors like teri woods, lynn harris, sister soulijah, maya angelou and toni morrison. The parent book club the black expressions book club is the parent book club for twenty other big book clubs including book of the month, quality paperback book club and doubleday book club.
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