January 29th, 2008 - Idea for First Feature
Recently I perused the African-American section of a local bookstore. To my dismay, my search for riveting literature was cut short by the intimidating prescence of erotica fiction and hip-hop novels. Alice, Toni and Maya say alone amongst the pop fiction, untouched or squeezed between scantily-clad women covers. What do our bookshelves say about the AA community?