Black Book Talk

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Airs at: Thu, 07/03/2025 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: 
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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... 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 athl... 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 disc... 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 t... 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 associate... Read more

Author Jumata Emill Jones, "Never Dead"

Airs at: Thu, 08/04/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
About Never Dead by Jumata Emill Jones Emerson McGee has spent most of his life living with a secret, and the first-year law student’s menacing struggle with his sexuality is only the half of it. His wife, Danielle, has her own scars, thinly veiled behind her upper-midd... Read more

Author Sabur I M, Journey into a Man’s Broken Heart.

Airs at: Thu, 07/07/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Black Book Talk starts its "summer reads" series with an interview with novelist Sabur IM. This Gen-Xer discusses his book Journey into a Man’s Broken Heart with co-hosts Emma Jackon Ford and Patricia Welch.  Says IM, "I always heard people say, 'It's better to have love... Read more

Lillian Whitlow on "A Soldier Without a Country: Based on the Life of Sgt. Carlis Calvin"

Airs at: Thu, 06/02/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
 Hosts Patricia Welch, Emma Jackson Ford and O.B. Hill, interview Lillian Whitlow about her book A Soldier Without a Country: Based on the Life of Sgt. Carlis Calvin.   "A Soldier Without A Country tells the story of Sgt. Carlis Calvin's struggle to survive after he was... Read more

Avel Gordley talks about her memoir "Remembering the Power of Words"

Airs at: Thu, 05/05/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
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Hosts Patricia Welch, O.B. Hill and Emma Jackson Ford speak with former Oregon State Senator Avel Gordley about her memoir Remembering the Power of Words. Avel Gordly is the first African American woman elected to the Oregon State Senate. Remembering the Power of Words i... Read more