Black Book Talk KBOO Radio

We flipped the script for this program.  Black Book Talk co-host O B Hill
is our guest, along with Gloria McMurtry.  They are the founders of
Reflections Coffee and Books which, for 17 years, drew fans to the crossroads
of MLK Blvd and Killingsworth St.   More than a coffee...

     Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson
shares recollections of her childhood in Portland. These odes to Black
women of all ages are brilliantly illustrated by celebrated fine artist Ekua
Holmes .

     Black Girl You Are Atlas is Watson's fir...

     In the still-segregated town of West Mills, North Carolina, in 1976,
Marian, Marva, and Lazarus Harmon-three enigmatic siblings-are found shot to
death in their home. The people of West Mills- on both sides of the canal
that serves as the town's color line-are in a fre...

 In the 1920s, there were over one million black farmers; today there are
just 45,000.  "We Are Each Other's Harvest" explores this crisis, through
the farmers’ personal experiences. In their own words, middle aged and
elderly black farmers explain why they continue to farm...

   Hear six of our favorite book people describe their favorites this
year.  This should ease your gift-giving now and throughout 2024.

  Our guests are:

...Celeste Carey, KBOO's "An Evening of Afrotainment"

...FeLicia Elam, St John's Neighborhood Library 

...Patrick Ford...

     When Platt set out on her journey to live with less, she never
intended to become "The Afrominimalist". She just wanted to tame the chaos in
her closet! But after struggling with the austerity and whiteness of
mainstream minimalism, Christine realized why minimalism of...