Huck Finn's been stirring emotions for a very long time

According to the American Library Association, in 2000 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ranked fifth among the 100 most frequently challenged books. At the same time, the Great Books Foundation placed Twain 's novel 10th on its list of the world's 100 greatest novels.

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African stories go to well of empathy

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Spike Lee and Nokia raise the curtain on cellphone movies

Spike Lee is pairing with mobile device manufacturer Nokia on a project meant to get people making cellphone movies

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Detective Agency to be serialised

The best-selling book 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' is to be made into a television series. Alexander McCall Smith's novel, which follows the adventures of detective Precious Ramotswe, is to be made into 13 episodes. Singer and actress Jill Scott will star in the lead role.

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Kensington Adds Another African American Unit

Continuing to aggressively expand its African American publishing program, Kensington Publishing will launch a new imprint focused on inspirational books that will be called Souls of My Sisters, a program based on a bestselling title of the same name by Dawn Marie Daniels and Can …

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A place online for writers to social-network

Redroom.com is an online social network for published authors. Bay Area writers started the site two months ago, and it has now swelled to 400 members.

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PBS Presents Documentary Revealing The True Story of an African Prince Enslaved In The American South

"Prince Among Slaves" will Kick-Off PBS's February Tribute to African-American History Month (Monday, February 4, 2008 at 10:00 PM (check local listings) by Depicting the True Story of an African Prince Enslaved in America

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HIV and Black Women: Not Hype, But The "Straight-Up Truth"

February 7, 2008 is the 8th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This year's theme is "Prevention is Power". This day should be a reminder to all women, especially black women, to love, protect, and value their bodies.

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New Meaning of Dirt Poor: Hungry Haitians Resort to Eating Dirt

With food prices rising, Haiti's poorest can't afford even a daily plate of rice, and some take desperate measures to fill their bellies. The mud has long been prized by pregnant women and children here as an antacid and source of calcium.

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Actor Will Smith Did Not Praise Hitler

A Jewish group said this week that it accepts Will Smith's explanation that he never praised Adolf Hitler in remarks the star says were misinterpreted.

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Denzel Washington: The Great Debaters Interview

Denzel Washington stepped behind the camera for the second time to make The Great Debaters, an inspirational bio-pic about Professor Melvin Tolson, the debate coach at a small black college in the South, whose inexperienced team, in 1935, shocked the world by taking on some seaso …

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Looking back over 2007

Dawn Meehan is earning a substantial income from her blog and has started another one. She's got a two-book deal and her literary agent is chatting with a movie producer. It is absolutely amazing how blogging and the Internet has transformed the lives of ordinary people!

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