Black Book Talk

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Airs at: Thu, 01/02/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Hosted by: 
Patricia Welch, Emma Jackson Ford, O.B. Hill
Produced by: 
KBOO
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Every first Thursday from 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM.

Monthly program featuring interviews and discussions of works by African American authors. Co-hosts Emma Jackson Ford, O B Hill and Patricia Welch review works in all genres by well-known and emerging authors. Occasional call-in shows allow audience members to talk directly to authors and/or share their opinions on works by Black authors.

http://kboo.fm/BlackBookTalk
Topic tags: 
African American, Race, History, Humor, Education, Fiction, Arts/Culture, Activism
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Current

Angela Tucker, host of the Web series Black Folk Don't

Airs at: Thu, 07/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Hosts O B Hill, historian and bookseller, and Patricia Welch ("Library Lady"), and Emma Jackson Ford ("Bookwoman") interview Angela Tucker, producer of the web series Black Folk Don't.  ABOUT BLACK FOLK DON’T Black Folk Don’t is a satirical documentary web series in its s... Read more

Celebration of Black Music Month

Airs at: Thu, 06/07/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Hosts O.B. Hill, Patricia Welch and Emma Ford share their favorites titles of books featuring Black Music in celebration of Black Music Month. Read more

The Poetry of Langston Hughes, Walter D. Myers, Charles R. Smith Jr. and others.

Airs at: Thu, 04/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
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Hosts Emma Jackson Ford ("Bookwoman"), O B Hill, historian and bookseller, and Patricia Welch ("Library Lady") read the poetry and play audio clips of the Poetry of Langston Hughes, Walter D. Myers, Charles R. Smith Jr. and others. Read more

Author, columnist Leonard Pitts on his latest book "Freeman"

Airs at: Thu, 03/01/2012 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Leonard Pitts on his latest book "Freeman"   Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Leonard Pitts is the guest on the March 2012 edition of Black Book Talk. Since 1994, Pitts has penned a syndicated column of commentary on pop culture, social iss... Read more

Heidi W. Durrow, author of The Girl Who Fell from the Sky

Airs at: Thu, 02/02/2012 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
"Black Book Talk's" February interview is with Heidi W. Durrow, the New York Times best-selling author of The Girl Who Fell from the Sky (Algonquin Books). The novel tells the story of Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I. who becomes the sole survivor of... Read more

A look at the best books of 2011 by black authors.

Airs at: Thu, 01/05/2012 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
A look at the best books of 2011 by black authors. Your phone calls welcome. Read more

Dr. Thabiti Lewis, author of Ballers of the New School : race and sports in America

Airs at: Thu, 12/01/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
      Dr. Thabiti Lewis, author of  Ballers of the New School : race and sports in America, shares insights into the realities of race in sport culture. Ballers of the New School is one of the first and best books to come along that effectively explains contemporary athlete... Read more

Black Book Talk 11/03/2011

Airs at: Thu, 11/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Monthly discussion of books by African-American authors.  Hosted by Emma Jackson Ford ("Bookwoman"), O B Hill, historian and bookseller, and Patricia Welch ("Library Lady"), program features interviews by local and nationally known writers.  This is a round-table discuss... Read more

Journalist Carole Simpson's memoir, "Newslady"

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Newslady is the memoir of Carole Simpson a trailblazing African American woman journalist. Simpson was the first woman the first African American woman national network television correspondent, the first African American woman to anchor a national network newscast and the ... Read more

Author Carla Peterson, "Black Gotham"

Airs at: Thu, 09/01/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Part detective tale, part social and cultural narrative, Black Gotham is Carla Peterson's riveting account of her quest to reconstruct the lives of her nineteenth-century ancestors. As she shares their stories and those of their friends, neighbors, and business associates, ... Read more