Trenae' has sass, beauty and brains. She has everything she wants except a loving relationship, one that involves more than just sex. Jamal, an old flame, continues to burn very brightly in her life until she meets Korry. Korry is the perfect man and her ideal soul mate. Everything seems fine until Trenae's life is turned upside down, and she is forced to pick the man best suited for her life. Her best friend and family provide support and humor as she deals with love's battlefield.
A USA Today, New York Times, Washington Post BestsellerChauncey Greer, the suave and successful owner of the Cute Boy Greeting Card Company, never wants for the attention of guys just as hot as he is. After a couple of bad dates Chauncey finds himself in church, where the minister’s message inspires him to return to the singing career he had launched as a teenager. Things heat up when Chauncey’s rediscovered singing talent lands him in the middle of a protest over homophobia in the black church, and Chauncey’s old singing partner–and former lover–makes a dramatic and unexpected entrance.
Complementing a burgeoning area of interest and academic study, Roc the Mic Right explores the central role of language within the Hip Hop Nation (HHN). With its status convincingly argued as the best means by which to read Hip Hop culture, H. Samy Alim then focuses on discursive practices, such as narrative sequencing and ciphers, or lyrical circles of rhymers. Often a marginalized phenomenon, the complexity and creativity of Hip Hop lyrical production is emphasised, whilst Alim works towards the creation of a schema by which to understand its aesthetic. Using his own ethnographic research, Alim shows how Hip Hop language could be used in an educational context and presents a new approach to the study of the language and culture of the Hip Hop Nation: 'Hiphopography'. The final section of the book, which includes real conversational narratives from Hip Hop artists such as The Wu-Tang Clan and Chuck D, focuses on direct engagement with the language. A highly accessible and lively work on the most studied and read about language variety in the United States, this book will appeal not only to language and linguistics researchers and students, but holds a genuine appeal to anyone interested in Hip Hop or Black African Language.
Ta'leahya is your normal 4.0 high school graduate. Living in St. Louis can be very challenging with all that goes on. After her mom is said to have aids and is dying leahya have to make the biggest decision in her life. She has to come up with a lot of money and a house or the state will take her lil sisters. Determined not to let that happen leahya did something she never thought she would. Will she be able to save her family or will she fail at the frontline?
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Black Boy" by Richard Wright. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
An important new voice for African-American theatre, Katori Hall explores the lives of black and often invisible Americans with vivid language, dynamic narratives and richly textured characterisation. Hoodoo Love is Hall's debut play, a tale of love, magic, jealousy and secrets in 1930s Memphis, written in vivid language which captures the spirit of the Blues. Saturday Night/Sunday Morning is set in a Memphis beauty shop/boarding house during the final days of WWII. Rich with humor and history, it is a story about friendship and finding love in unexpected places. Winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Play 2009, The Mountaintop is a historical-fantastical two hander, portraying the penultimate day in the life of Martin Luther King. Hurt Village won the 2011 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Set in a real-life Memphis housing project, it explores in vivid and at times brutal detail a long-lasting legacy of drug abuse, child abuse, crime, and self-hatred within a poor, working-class, multi-generational Black family. This first collection of Katori Hall's dramatic works demonstrate her unique voice for the theatre, which is visceral, passionate and energetic. Hall portrays disenfranchised portions of society with fearless humanity and startling accomplishment.
"From one of rap's most personal and evocative writers comes a memoir in the vein of The Autobiography of Gucci Mane about how Boosie Badazz, one of the industry's most controversial figures, was able to overcome insurmountable odds--including a murder indictment, kidney cancer, and a diabetes diagnosis--to make his musical dreams a reality"--
On top of the world with a great job as a nurse at a local hospital, Dahlia Wiseman enjoyed her single life and her accomplishments her job afforded her until the death of her father and meeting Willis Jackson inevitably changed her life. Three short years found Dahlia homeless and on drugs after losing the beautiful home she worked so hard for, along with her car and finally her job, but most importantly, the relationships she shared with her beloved sisters. Ultimately imprisoned, Dahlia's eight-year sting gives her plenty of time to reflect on her past mistakes and she vows to make amends. When it is all said and done, will Dahlia's decisions and life reflect life lessons learned and make a way for a renewed lease on life and the blessings of God?
