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*Recommended
for Teens
THE
AFRICA COOKBOOK: Tastes of a Continent by
Jessica B. Harris. Part history, part travelogue,
featuring over 200 recipes. TX725.A1 H284
1998
ALMA
W. THOMAS: A Retrospective of the Paintings by
Alma Thomas. Essays on the noted Modernist with
accompanying color plates. ND237.T5517 A4
1998
*AS
I AM: Young African American Women in a Critical
Age by Julian Okwu. Personal vignettes and
portraits of 36 accomplished women. E185.86.O37
1999
COLLECTING
AFRICAN AMERICAN ART: Works on Paper and Canvas
by Halima Taha. An invaluable resource for both
the new and seasoned collector as well as the
curator. N6538.N5 T34 1998
FINDING
A PLACE CALLED HOME: A Guide to African-American
Genealogy and Historical Identity by Dee
Woodtor. E185.96 .W69 1999
GO
GATOR AND MUDDY THE WATER: Writings by Zora Neale
Hurston from the Federal Writers' Project by
Zora Neal Hurston. A recovery of
Hurston’s lost and neglected folklore pieces.
GR111.A47 H84 1999
THE
GO ON GIRL! Book Club Guide for Reading Groups
by Monique Greenwood, et al. Tips for starting
and sustaining a literary circle. LC6651 .G74
1999
HEARTLOVE:
Wedding and Love Poems by Haki Madhubuti.
PS3563.A3397 H43 1998
*HIP
HOP AMERICA by Nelson George. An insider’s
look at the history, the business and the culture.
ML3531 .G46 1998
HOW
TO BE: Contemporary Etiquette for African Americans
by Harriette Cole. A resource for the
empowerment of the upwardly mobile. BJ1857.A37 C65
1999
*JAZZ
PROFILES: The Spirit of the Nineties by
Reginald Carver. Forty musicians: interviews,
photographs and selected discographies. ML394.C37
1998
LABELLE
CUISINE: Recipes to Sing About by Patti
LaBelle. Soulful recipes mixed with spicy anecdotes
and a dash of the eccentric. TX715 .L127
1999
MEN
OF COLOR: Fashion, History, Fundamentals by
Lloyd Boston. Photo essays of styles and stars
through the 20th century. E185.86 .B637
1998
MY
ONE GOOD NERVE by Ruby Dee. Poems,
essays and stories adapted from her one-woman show.
PS3554.E3432 M9 1999
THE
NEW SOUL FOOD COOKBOOK for People with Diabetes
by Fabiola Gaines and Roniece Weaver. RC662
.G346 1999
ON
THE BUS WITH ROSA PARKS: Poems by Rita Dove.
New poems by the former Poet Laureate. PS3554.O884
O52 1999
TOUCHED
BY GOD: America’s Black Gospel Greats Share
their Stories of Finding God by Bobby Jones.
Includes stories by Kirk Franklin, Shirley Caesar
and Vickie Williams. ML385 .J66 1998
VICE:
New and Selected Poems by Ai. "…burning
rocks of racial and sexual lies. Her poems are
frightening but necessary." National Book Award
winner for poetry. PS3511.12 .V53 1999
This
selected list was compiled by: Kendall
Brothers, General Library, Teen Services,
Marylou Coveney, Dudley Branch, Joseph
Fisher, Dudley Branch, Jacqueline Hogan,
Grove Hall Branch, Janice Knight, Mattapan
Branch, Amy Manson, Chairperson, Connolly
Branch, Margaret Phillibert, General
Library, Adult Services, Amy Short, West Roxbury
Branch, Georgia Titonis, South
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