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 BAN at the Black Writers Reunion & Conference
The 2008 Black Writers Reunion & Conference was held at the Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk on the banks of the Hillsborough River in downtown Tampa, Florida.

Intimate Conversation with Kimberla Lawson Roby

XYP is Growing!
 

 Versatility was one of author S.B. REDD'S strengths during his fifteen-year career in print journalism. Although he worked primarily as a sports reporter, he also wrote capably on topics like religion and politics as a free-lance writer for a national magazine. Read More about S.B.!

  PATRICIA ANN BRIDEWELL was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. A love for reading and writing began in early childhood. Three years ago, she started attending writers’ workshops and creative writing classes, which influenced her decision to pursue the challenge of writing her first fiction novel, Reflections of a Quiet Storm. Read More about Patricia!

   ALLYSON DEESE, aka “Caramel Vixen,” is an author and a poet as well as a student majoring in Medical Office Administration. She resides in North Carolina.  Although only in her twenties, she has been writing poetry for most of her life and has now began penning her poetry into the pages of her fictional stories of multiple genres. Read More about Allyson!

  JOHN R. WILLIAMS-THE AUTHOR was born and raised on the Southside of Chicago, Illinois and is the eldest of three sons. A product of a single parent home, John discovered a deep appreciation for the arts at an early age through music, poetry and writing. As a child he was exposed to both the bitter and sweet parts of life growing up in the inner city. Read More about John!

  CHLOE R is a published author and poet.  Her short stories can be found in Erogenous Zone (Xpress Yourself Publishing), Mental Seductions (Diva Books Publishing) and Mocha Chocolate (Shanibooks, Inc.).  Read More about Chloe R!

   BABA EVANS MOORE is an award-winning author of While the Village Sleeps, The Pastor’s Letter, and Just A Picture in a Frame. As the recipient of the Falcon Edge Male Taskforce’s Men of the Millennium award, Baba is now blazing trails in family literacy. He is a strong advocate for parents to read a variety of books and to urge their children to read. Read More about Baba!

 LESSY'B was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She began writing in high school, where her English teacher encouraged her to go into Journalism because she wrote so well, but she had other career goals; well as you can see from her work, writing has still been her passion.  Read More about Lessy'B!

Born and raised in Sacramento, California, ROBIN RENEE ROBINSON moved to LA to pursue a career in front of the camera in the early ‘80s.  Although she had stars in her eyes, Robin was not one to waitress or to starve for that matter, so her nine-to-five’s included stints at ABC-TV, Lorimar Productions, Motown Productions, Eddie Murphy Productions, Wing Records, Ivory Way Productions (Keenen Wayans' production company) Sony Pictures Entertainment, and 20^th Century Fox Television.  Her duties were varied and included working in casting, creative affairs, marketing, post and pre production, and business affairs.  Read More about Robin!  Robin's debut novel, Chocolate Lemons and Peppermint Tears: The Bittersweet Life of Xena, will be released in Spring 2009!

  CHRIS BERMAN resides in Saint Augustine, Florida with his wife, Lareesa Polyakova and daughters Marina and Sabrina.  Chris has an extensive background in astronomy and is a spaceflight enthusiast; familiar with the space programs both here in America and in Russia.

Chris' debut novel, The Hive, will be released Winter 2009! Take a peek, and read an excerpt!

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Coming June 15, 2008, you could receive an advance copy of All or Nothing by Delorse A. Brown, and many other exciting books!

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...Coming Winter 2009!

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Bare Necessities: Sensuous Tales of Passion
by Hazel Mills

Whether newly discovered or rekindled, there is no feeling in the world like pure passion coursing through our veins. It erupts at our core and allows us to be free and uninhibited.  Read More!

Price:        $12.95
On Sale:     4/01/2008
Format:     Trade Paperback

A Special Summer
by Victoria Wells

Price:        $15.00
On Sale:     3/04/2008
Format:     Trade Paperback

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The First Chronicle of Zayashariya: OUT OF NIGHT
by Violette L. Reid

Sorcery, slaughter, and struggle with self, Out of Night provides a spiritual twist that unites fantasy and science fiction with the battle with faith and the numinous world.

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Price:        $16.95
On Sale:     3/04/2008
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Xpress Yourself Publishing

An Extra Ordinary Affair
By Baba Evans Moore

Leaning over the rail of the wooden pier, contemplating suicide, Siobhan’s bad experiences with the men in her life flashed before her. First, her handsome “mama’s boy” caved in to his mother’s dislike for her, terminating their storybook marriage. Dejected by his rejection and pregnant, she fled a world of glamour as a successful model in New York and relocated to Atlanta. Read more!

All or Nothing
By Delorse A. Brown

After a night out on the town, in celebration of her 18^th birthday, Loni, once a mother figure to little sister Lou, slowly hits rock bottom and becomes a useless junky. The street life forces Loni to neglect her responsibilities as a caretaker and leads her to a street hustler named B-Style. Over time, she falls madly in love with B-Style and bears a son. Read more!

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