Black Book Talk

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Hosted by:

Patricia Welch, Emma Jackson Ford, O.B. Hill

Produced by:

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Every first Thursday from 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM.

Monthly program featuring interviews and discussions of works by African American authors. Co-hosts Emma Jackson Ford, O B Hill and Patricia Welch review works in all genres by well-known and emerging authors. Occasional call-in shows allow audience members to talk directly to authors and/or share their opinions on works by Black authors.

http://kboo.fm/BlackBookTalk

Topic tags:

African American, Race, History, Humor, Education, Fiction, Arts/Culture, Activism

Streams:

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Program status:

Current

Felicia Pride, about her book "The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop's Greatest Songs"

Airs at: Mon, 09/01/2008 at 5:00pm

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Hosts Patricia Welch, Emma Jackson Ford and O.B. Hill speak with Felicia Pride, an author and speaker. They discuss her book The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop's Greatest Songs, (Running Press, 2007). Read more

Books by Black Authors

Airs at: Mon, 08/04/2008 at 5:00pm

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Emma Jackson Ford, Patricia Welch, and OB Hill talk about books by black authors. Read more

Black Book Talk on 07/01/08

Airs at: Tue, 07/01/2008 at 9:30am - 10:00am

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Hosts Patricia, Emma and O.B. bring you their recommendations for summer reading by black authors. Read more

John Wolf

Airs at: Mon, 05/05/2008 at 5:00pm

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Emma Jackson Ford interviews John Wolf author of "Night of the Moray Eel". Read more

Best selling author, James McBride on the horrors of slavery and the power of hope and redemption.

Airs at: Sun, 03/02/2008 at 4:00pm

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Hosts Patricia Welch and Emma Jackson Ford talk with James McBride about his latest book: Song Yet Sung, the story of a runaway slave, shot and captured; hovering near death and dreaming of the future and the Code that leads her to survival. Read more

Nathan McCall, author of "Them"

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2008 at 4:00pm

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Hosts Patricia Welch, Emma Jackson Ford and O.B. Hill interview Nathan McCall about his new book, Them, a novel about gentrification. Read more

Award winning writer J. California Cooper

Airs at: Mon, 12/31/2007 at 4:00pm

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hosts O.B. Hill, Patricia Welch and Emma Jackson Ford special guest is writer J. California Cooper. The author of seventeen plays, she was named Black Playwright of the Year in 1978. Her books include Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns: Stories and Some People, Some Other P... Read more

Kwanzaa Black Book Talk

Airs at: Mon, 12/03/2007 at 4:00pm

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December Black Book Talk, hosted by Patricia Welch and Emma Jackson Ford, focusing on the Kwanzaa holiday and favorite holiday books by black authors. Read more

Black Book Talk on 3/21/07

Airs at: Wed, 03/21/2007 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

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Black Book Talk hosts Emma Jackson Ford and Patricia Welch interview Rebecca Walker, author of the memoir, "Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence." Walker is an author, speaker and teacher, and an award-winning activist in the fields of intergenerat... Read more