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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Randy Thompson, author of Ski Mask Way

Posted on August 30th, 2009 in 5 minutes 5 questions with, african american author, african american authors, african american book, african american books, amazon.com, interview, urban lit

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Randy “Ski” Thompson, author of Ski Mask Way (Flowers In Bloom Publishing) Isiaah “Ski” Thompson is a young man who plans to get his family out of the hood with his basketball skills. When tragedy strikes, he trades his hoop dreams for street dreams. He and six [...]

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Essence Bestseller Angela Benson, author of Sins of the Father

Posted on August 28th, 2009 in 5 minutes 5 questions with, african american author, african american authors, african american book, african american books, amazon.com, interview

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Angela Benson, author of Sins of the Father (Avon Publications) Successful media mogul Abraham Martin has great wealth, an elegant wife, Saralyn, and a rebellious son, Isaac. He also has a secret: a second family that no one knows about. Now, after thirty years—driven by the urging [...]

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JoeyPinkney.com Video Presentation… Author Alvin C. Romer, The Soul of a Man Anthology

Posted on August 23rd, 2009 in african american author, african american authors, african american book, african american books, amazon.com

I had the opportunity to ask Mr. Romer a few questions about his contribution to The Soul of a Man: A Triumph of My Soul Anthology. This clip was filmed during a book signing in Border in The Mall at Stonecrest in Lithonia, GA on 08-08-09. Please click on the banners to learn more about [...]

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Book Review: Reflections of a Mississippi Magnolia – A Life in Poems by Patricia Neely-Dorsey

Posted on August 21st, 2009 in african american author, african american authors, african american book, african american books, amazon.com, book review, book reviews, poems, poet, poetry

Reflections of a Mississippi Magnolia by Patricia Neely-Dorsey (GrantHouse Publishing) 4 out of 5 Stars In a time where most people shun being called “country”, Patricia Neely-Dorsey’s Reflection of a Mississippi Magnolia embraces all that is Mississippi country living. Before you can even open this collection of poetry, you are greeted with the beauty of [...]

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Essence Bestseller Pamela Samuels Young, author of Murder on the Down Low

Posted on August 20th, 2009 in 5 minutes 5 questions with, african american author, african american authors, african american book, african american books, amazon.com, essence best seller, interview

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Pamela Samuels Young, author of Murder on the Down Low (Goldman House Publishing) A brazen gunman is targeting African-American men on the streets of L.A. and police are completely baffled. The victims are all quintessential family men. Well-educated. Attractive. Successful. But appearances can be deceiving. Meanwhile, attorney [...]

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… John “Survivor” Blake, author of Warm Tequila and Cold Blood

Posted on August 19th, 2009 in 5 minutes 5 questions with, interview, poems, poet, poetry

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Intervie 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… John “Survivor” Blake, author of Warm Tequila and Cold Blood “John “Survivor” Blake enters a place in his writing that few others I know dare to. With a pristine voice of epic magnitude, Blake’s words pull the reader or listener into the heart of his raw, fragmented [...]

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Thank you Elissa Gabrielle and Peace in the Storm from Joey Pinkney

Posted on August 18th, 2009 in african american author, african american authors, african american book, african american books, amazon.com

I have to continually thank Peace in the Storm Publishing and Elissa Gabrielle. Both the publishing company and the publisher have afforded me an experience I imagined but never thought would really happen. My inclusion in The Soul of a Man: A Triumph of My Soul Anthology has afforded me the opportunity to travel around [...]

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Book Review: Her Little Secret by T. Freeman, Jr.

Posted on August 15th, 2009 in african american author, african american authors, african american book, african american books, love, sex, street lit, urban lit, violence

Her Little Secret by T. Freeman, Jr. (Sleepy Eye Publishing) 5 out of 5 Stars T. Freeman, Jr’s Her Little Secret is a masterpiece which encompasses gritty situations, the perfect use of slang and picturesque scenes from the roughest hoods to the absolutely luxurious locales from the East and West Coasts. Freeman invades the mind [...]

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Tracie E. Christian, author of The Black College Sabbatical Series

Posted on August 13th, 2009 in 5 minutes 5 questions with, african american author, african american authors, african american book, african american books, interview

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Tracie E. Christian, author of The Black College Sabbatical Series (Trafford Publishing, Infinity Publishing) The hotties of Heritage State University becomes your friends too… In FALL, Cierra “Cee-Cee” Folsom is a chocolate angel in disguise who grew up dirt poor with an addict mother and a huge [...]

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Pashin, author of The Other Man

Posted on August 10th, 2009 in 5 minutes 5 questions with, african american author, african american authors, african american book, african american books, amazon.com, interview

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Pashin, author of The Other Man (HBF Publishing) Destiny, Chanel and Tesa were three completely different women with two things in common: Laz and the fact that they are all married. Laz Moore was successful, educated, handsome and quite happy with being one of Miami’s most eligible [...]

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