Do you have a story, essay, novel chapter/excerpt, or poem honoring black males? In the month of June, a different member work will be featured on the Main page of the Black Author Showcase each da...
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Started this discussion May 15
In today's world there is a niche or affinity group for everyone. Moms that write are no different and definitely have lots of web resources. You'll find forums, magazines, blogs, and lots of commi...
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Started this discussion May 10
Excellent site. I'm happy to see the effort from Amistad.
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April is National Poetry Month and on the Black Author Showcase™ we are celebrating by posting a new member poem each day in April on the Main page. Days one and two were Marc Lacy and Afrika Midni...
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Started this discussion Apr 4
“Graphic novel” is a weak name. For one thing, it sounds like smut. (“Man, that novel was so…so graphic!”) Besides, it implies that a book-length comic book must be fiction.
And that’s a rotten shame, because nonfiction graphic novels have a huge potential readership. The Zogby polling group just released a new survey on books and reading. It found that the most popular genres after general fiction are nonfiction: history, current events / politics / international affairs, biographies, and religion / philosophy. Library Journal’s 2008 book-buying survey says that the books with the highest circulation are in the medicine/health category. An Associated Press / Ipsos poll says that the most-read books in 2007 were the Bible and other religious works; history and biography were popular, too. Nonfiction sells.
So why does nonfiction account for only two percent of all graphic novels?"
Continued: Why aren't there more nonfiction graphic novels?




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