A New Crop of Black Authors Offer Insight, Inspiration and Controversy at Book Showcase
Summary
Eliminate the Behaviors That Sabotage Your Success; James A. Jimason, Dantes Destiny; Howard alumnus Angeline Bandon-Bibum, Sojourners Dream; Howard faculty member Henriette Edmonds, The Georgia Avenue Bus; Stafford L. Battle, co-author of AFROCyberSpace: 1000+ African American Websites That Will Change Your World; Shaun Mathis, This Hurts; Thomasina Wren, Small, Brown Wren; and Leutrell "Mike" Osborne, Black Man in the CIA.Stafford Battle, a digital designer at Howard University and co-author of AFROCyberspace, added, "Its great to see so many new faces publishing books by traditional and nontraditional means.On demand production services and the Internet allow small books to create big names in American literature based on talent and writing skill; and not solely on profit margins for foreign investors.These new Black writers are challenging readers with topics that big name, establishment publishers often choose to ignore.A sampling of the authors presenting their works includes: Dr. Rey Harris, Motivational Morsels; Sylvia Henderson., Why You Talk So White?On demand production services and the Internet allow small books to create big names in American literature based on talent and writing skill; and not solely on profit margins for foreign investors.