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 "Women are sweeter than honey and more valuable than money," says New York Times bestselling author Mary B. Morrison.
Mary B. Morrison woke up one morning in 2000 and quit her near six-figure Management Analysis Officer position with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development after eighteen years of working for the government. Mary decided it was time for her to step out on faith--to stop talking about her dream of becoming a published author and to start living it.
Her gamble paid off. The success of her first novel SOUL MATES DISSIPATE which she self-published, led to a long-term contract with Dafina Books, an imprint of Kensington Publishing. Now, only seven years later, she is known nationally for her erotic fiction. And she doesn't seem to be stopping any time soon.
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 (August 6, 2007)--The largest gathering of African-American authors and black book clubs in the Midwest will take place August 25th in Chicago at a premiere event hosted by Black Issues Book Review magazine and the National Book Club Conference.
For the first time, those who love black books will have an opportunity to exchange ideas directly with some of their favorite authors. The all-day event will feature readings and discussions with the nation’s leading African-American writers, including Tina McElroy Ansa, ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Virginia DeBerry, Donna Grant, Mary B. Morrison, Kimberla Lawson Roby, Lyah Beth LeFlore, Eisa Nefertari Ulen and Terrie Williams.
A special guest appearance will be made by Grammy Award winning performer, Eddie Levert, who will talk about his latest book, I GOT YOUR BACK. This book is the second title that he co wrote with his late son, R&B super star Gerald Levert, who died unexpectedly in November of 2006.
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 The Boston Globe wonders if ethnic and racial diversity creates a weaker civil society, citing a recent study conducted by Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam. Putnam, a well-respected social scientist and a self-proclaimed liberal academic, is the author of “Bowling Alone," a book on declining civic engagement published in 2000. Putnam’s recent controversial study interviewed 30,000 residents of different races and ethnicities in 41 communities and found that “the greater the diversity in a community, the fewer people vote and the less they volunteer, the less they give to charity and work on
community projects.”
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 After stuff hit the fan with James Frey's memoir, A MILLION LITTLE PIECES, because he fabricated part of his story, Oprah, who contributed to the crazy success of the book, felt betrayed. So much so, that she had James Frey on her show to make a public apology. Frey was featured with his Doubleday editor Nan Talese to tell America he was sorry. During the show, Oprah definitely gave it to both of them.
So now Talese is bad-mouthing the Queen of television. During the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writer's Conference of the Southwest, she was quoted as saying, "the only person who should apologize is Oprah." She said she was "appalled at the way [Oprah] behaved," because, "it was mean and self serving.” She also stuck by Frey's book because she believed it held "essential emotional truth."
Whoa. Haven't heard someone go at Oprah like that in a long time.
Was Oprah wrong for going after Frey the way she did? Did he or did he not bring it upon himself? And is Talese justified in her opinion? 
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 Don't you love when someone turns you onto something new? And don't you love it even more when that something is a great book? BackList agrees. So from time to time, we will recommend books that we enjoyed, simply because we receive great joy in having someone tell us, "That book you told me about was dope."
There's no way we couldn't like Miles Marshall Lewis' second installment of his literary journal BRONX BIANNUAL. First we love the fact that it's a hip-hop inspired literary journal. Secondly, this time around, Lewis assembled another stellar cast of writers including BackList fam favorites Michael Gonzales, Sekouwrites, Carol Taylor, Staceyann Chin, Kenji Jasper, and Jerry A. Rodriguez (check out Rodriguez's essay he wrote for BackList called Takin' It to the Streets ). Featuring new fiction and essays through a powerful mix of creativity, talent, humor, politics, and art, BRONX BIANNUAL earns the right to be called the most important literary journal in hip-hop America.
We recommend it. Purchase your copy today.
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