Tag: Books
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Hair Story Gets a New Look!
Hi Meltingpot Readers, I’m sure you all don’t want to hear all of the backstage drama that goes into getting a book published. Once the book is written and sold to a publisher it should be all smooth sailing, but no. There’s so much more minutiae that can make you wonder why you got into…
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Soul Food: Deconstructed & Delicious
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Sometimes I really love my job as a writer and cultural thinker. It sounds very nebulous to describe myself that way and granted, there’s not a lot of money in the business of thinking and talking, but it does provide some wonderful opportunities. Like last night. I had the honor of playing…
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Book Review: The Wedding Gift
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Have you heard the buzz about The Wedding Gift? It’s seriously one of those great stories of an author self-publishing her work, thousands of people reading it and then a major New York City publisher swoops it up and makes the author a star. That’s kind of what happened to Marlen Suyapa…
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My Top-Ten List of Meltingpot-Flavored Fiction for the Summer
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Just because August is barreling down on us like a bat out of hell, doesn’t mean we have to pack up our bathing suits and start back-to-school shopping just yet. I say, summer isn’t over until it says September on the calendar. And for me, one of my favorite summer indulgences is…
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Wednesday Round-Up: A New Movie in “Black & White,” Mixed Race Riots and Questlove on Trayvon Martin
Hi Meltingpot Readers, It’s Wednesday and I have three meltingpot items to share in this week’s round-up. So, let’s get to it. 1) Kevin Costner and Olivia Spencer are getting ready to start filming on a new movie called Black and White. The film is about a custody battle between the grandparents – Costner and…
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My First Book ReBorn
Hi Meltingpot Readers, In case you’ve been wondering what I’ve been up to — besides my usual combination of teaching, parenting and blogging — and you want to know how I’ll be spending the next two months of my life, I can now officially report that I’ll be writing the updated version of my first…
