Book Recommendation | The Ex-File by Victoria Christopher Murray
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Victoria Christopher Murray reads from her book, The Ex-Files: A Novel About Four Women and Faith at bernardsbookshelf.com
The Ex-Files: A Novel About Four Women and Faith Victoria Christopher Murray Touchstone, June 2007 $14.00 US; ISBN: 1416535519
From Publishers Weekly In Murray's powerful testament to Christian fellowship and friendship (after 2006's A Sin and a Shame), four members of an L.A. prayer group find spiritual growth and heartache as they struggle with broken dreams. Drawn together by Hope Chapel's Pastor Beverly Ford, these African-American women stand at crossroads in their lives.
For Sheridan Hart it's trying to choose between marrying her lover or going back to the bisexual Ex who left her for a man. Kendall Stewart deals with her rage over her younger sister and Ex falling in love, but must make a life or death choice when her sister becomes seriously ill. Asia Ingram wants revenge on the father of her six-year-old daughter, a retiring, married LA Laker who's decided to end their decade-long affair. Vanessa Martin copes badly in the aftermath of her husband Reed's shocking suicide, grappling with a growing depression that threatens her ability to go on.
The engrossing transitions the women go through make compelling reading, but some readers might find some of Pastor Ford's wisdom a little off as she assures Sheridan that Quentin, her bi-sexual Ex, "wasn't born that way." Still, Murray's vivid portrait of how faith can move mountains and heal relationships should inspire her growing conservative fan base.
Book Recommendations | Weddings with an Afrocentric Twist
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If April showers bring May flowers, what does the month of June bring? Weddings, of course! According to the National Association of Wedding Ministers, every year an average of 2.4 million weddings are performed in the U.S. with 10.8% of them taking place in the month of June. Therefore June, compared to other popular wedding months (August with 10.2%, May with 9.8% and September with 9.6%), is considered to be the most popular month for brides and grooms to enjoy intimate or spectacular wedding events with their families and friends.
This association also reports that about 15% of the weddings performed each year include ethnic customs and that number will steadily rise as more couples, African-Americans in particular, break away from old wedding traditions to make a cultural statement on one of the most important days of their lives. In years past, finding the perfect attire and equipment for an Afrocentric style wedding was a daunting task because very little information was available for couples to refer to. Today, all that has changed and below are some of the best books and wedding guides written for those who want to add an Afrocentric, "I DO" on their wedding day.
Jumping the Broom is newly revised for the twenty-first century. This bestselling and first comprehensive wedding guide written and designed expressly for African Americans, presents everything you need to know to plan an event that is truly an expression of your personal style and heritage.
This month we recommend books that present a variety of perspectives on fatherhood - past and present. But more importantly, these titles simply prove how much –Fathers We Need You!
If you are, then we invite you stop by our online reading community to check out our video series, courtesty of Black Eye TV - a look at the life of James Baldwin - which is being shown in three parts. Parts I and II are already online. Part III is scheduled for release early Sunday morning. So join us!
The In Love Virtual Book & Podcast Tour is uderway and our second tour stop is at the Faith Channel @ AAKultureZone.com where Kimberly Cash Tate ask tour travelers: What does it mean to be in love?
Tune in to the On The Air Podcast Show with host, Marlive Harris, for the kick-off of Kimberly Cash Tate’s In Love Virtual Book and Podcast Tour celebrating the release of her fictional debut, Heavenly Places!
Tune in to hear poet, producer and actor, Spencer Allen, aka “Spin Doctor,” talk about his poetry projects and upcoming performance lecture/seminar with Poet-On! host, Kenneth Bowens.
Author Kimberly Cash Tate’s In Love Virtual Book and Podcast Tour is coming to a computer monitor near you May 26-June 1, 2008. Click for more information!
Listen to Christian Fiction author, Valerie A. Howard, talk about her debut novel SASSY and all the challenges and rewards facing her as a new published author with host, Marlive Harris!
Tune in to the Poet-On! show right now to catch the charismatic and talented Ronald Herd, II aka R2C2H2, Tha Artivist (activist meets artist) keeping it real with host, Kenneth Bowens about the cultural, political, and historical issues that blacks face in American.
Western novelist, Sean Chandler chats with Writers Interlude host, Ann Brown about his new release Gospel of the Gun - an exciting new story that mixes elements of religious theology with western lore. So tune in!
iRockTalkRadio.com is looking for over 100+ Poets to perform online
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Category: Writing and Poetry
iRockTalkRadio.com is looking for over 100+ Poets to perform online, unplugged and unedited in the "comfort of your own home" to our quarter million listeners world-wide. And, we're heavy in Africa, Asia, Canada, and the UK.
"100 Poets Project 08" is an unplugged and unedited show for the performers of the arts. We're looking for 100 poets to perform via the Internet on our Internet Radio Show.
The performance (MP3 recordings) will be recorded and unedited, and launched to iRockTalkRadio.com for many to enjoy globally!
This project is sponsored by SuperStar Broadcasting Group-net and a few of our partners of iRockTalkRadio.com. This is for entertainment purposes only and please read your own work. iRockTalkRadio and SSB group-net will not be responsible for any liabilities or misfortune due to you for plagiarism or the use of poetry without written or verbal consent of the owner.
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