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11/4 RADIO INTERVIEW: R. Kayeen Thomas, Author of ANTEBELLUM

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  Rhymes, Views & News Radio hosted by DuEwa Frazier is all new on Sunday, November 4, 2012 @ 5pm EST!  Featuring author R. Kayeen Thomas .  R. Kayeen will discuss his latest book ANTEBELLUM (July 2012, Atria/Strebor Books).   Listen to the interview via Blog Talk Radio or call in to join the discussion at (646) 716-9474 ! ABOUT THE AUTHOR R. KayeenThomas is one of Washington, D.C’s hottest writers.  Having lived in the nation’s capital since the age of 3, he self-published his first book, Light: Stories of Urban Resurrection , during his junior year at Carleton College in Northfield, MN.  Upon returning home to D.C to market his first work, Thomas sold 1,000 copies of his book in the Washington Metropolitan area before returning back to finish his undergraduate studies.  Now, at age 27, he is an author, poet, playwright, hip-hop artist, journalist, and social justice advocate.  He resides in Southeast D.C. with...

9/30 RADIO INTERVIEW: Tony Medina, Author of The President Looks Like Me

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The President Looks Like Me is a new book a poems forthcoming by poet, children's author and Howard University professor, Dr. Tony Medina.  The President Looks Like Me will be published by Just Us Books .   Tony Medina featured on RHYMES, VIEWS & NEWS TALK RADIO hosted by DuEwa Frazier on Sunday, September 30th @ 5pm EST!  Listen to the interview now!

Book Release: L. Divine author of Drama High Series

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Notable young adult fiction author, L. Divine releases her fifteenth installment of the highly acclaimed DRAMA HIGH series.  Street Soldiers by L. Divine is now available from Ebb & Flow Publications.   Set against the backdrop of contemporary Los Angeles, the DRAMA HIGH series follows the continuous struggles of Jayd Jackson, a seventeen-year-old high school student who seeks to simply live a drama-free existence while attending South Bay High, a.k.a. Drama High. DRAMA HIGH has the best of both young adult worlds: keep-it-real drama with a touch of the supernatural, and specifically highlights the multifaceted nature of today’s multicultural youth.       Visit www.dramahigh.com and connect with L. Divine via Twitter.com/DramaHigh for more information.  

Publication News: Tidal Basin Review Summer 2012 Issue

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T ∫ B ∫ R tidal basin review   Tidal Basin Press Launches the Summer 2012 E-Issue ! The complete E-Issue of the Tidal Basin Review is available at www.TidalBasinPress.org .  September 14, 2012 – Washington, DC   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tidal Basin Press, Inc. launches the SUMMER 2012 Issue of the Tidal Basin Review . Tidal Basin Review is an electronic literary journal with a print-on-demand option. Tidal Basin Press, Inc. seeks to amplify the voice of the human experience through art that is intimate, engaging, and audacious. We make every effort to include work that propels the present artistic landscape and to publish the wide spectrum of American voices. The Summer 2012 Issue features artist, Monica Ong , and the works of 31 writers, many of them reflecting on their respective cultures. Also, meet Erik Mortenson , Summer 2012 center-featured Series Poet, whose poem “From the Fifteenth Station” graces the print ver...

Conference: 11/10/12 Mosaic Literary Conference

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DuEwa Frazier is presenting a Writing Workshop at the 2 012 Mosaic Literary Conference sponsored by Mosaic Literary Magazine .  The Mosaic Literary Conference presents creative ways for keeping books and reading valuable sources of knowledge and creativity. The conference is a day of professional-de velopment workshops that helps high-school educators incorporate literature into existing curricula to further explore course work focused on culture and history.  Saturday November 10, 2012  Hostos Community College  450 Grand Concourse Bronx NY 10451   http://mlc2012. org/

Radio Interview: 4/15 Patricia Spears Jones

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Rhymes, Views & News Talk Radio is all NEW on Sunday, April 15, 2012 featuring poet and author PATRICIA SPEARS JONES !  APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!    The interview will air live at 5pm EST.  Listen live or call-in to join the conversation at 646-716-9474.  Patricia Spears Jones is an award winning poet, professor, and author of Swimming to America (2011) from Red Glass Books; Painkiller (2010) and Femme du Monde (2006) from Tia Chucha Press and The Weather That Kills (1995) Coffee House Press; Swimming to America; Repuestas! and Mythologizing Always, chapbooks.  She resides in New York.  Visit her website at http://www.patriciaspearsjones.com

2/19 RADIO INTERVIEW: Poet Monica A. Hand - Author of me and Nina

Poet Monica A. Hand - Author of me and Nina 02/19 by DuEwa Frazier | Blog Talk Radio