When Race Becomes Real at CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, 22 November 2002. The Griffiths brought out so many friends and neighbors that we sold 48 books in two hours at this booksigning!

"Books flew!"


Front, L-R: Hanna Griffiths, the youngest writer in the book, and Singley; back, L-R: Debbie and Richard Griffiths, Hanna's parents.


Seen & Heard


...in print


Appleton Post-Crescent (WI)

Amsterdam News (NYC)

Austin Chronicle (TX)

Austin American-Statesman (TX)

Black Issues Book Review

Booklist

Choice (American Library Association)

Council Chronicle (National Council of Teachers of English)

Dallas Morning News (TX)

Dallas Observer (TX)

Daytona Times (FL)

Hartford Courant (CT)

Harvard Law Bulletin

Harvard Magazine

Louisville Courier-Journal (KY)

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (WI)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)

UF Lawyer (FL)

Washington Post

...and on the air


(Partial List)

“The Tavis Smiley Show,” National Public Radio - 7-part series featuring Natalie Angier, Susan Straight, Les Payne, Leonard Pitts, Kimberly Springer, Robert Jensen, and Bernestine Singley at active links at www.npr.org


“Black, White and Read All Over” with Toure and Robert Jensen, KERA-FM, Dallas, TX


“People’s Agenda” with Jim Schutze, KERA-TV, Dallas, TX


“Commonwealth Agenda” with Barbara Neely, WUMB-FM, Boston, MA


“Vox Pop” with Lisa Phillips, WAMC-FM, Albany, NY


“St. Louis in the Morning” with Carlton Winfrey, KASL-FM, St. Louis, MO


“The Morning Show” with Willis Johnson, November 2003, KKDA-FM, Dallas, TX


“Stephanie Gaines,” WHUR-FM, Washington, DC


“The Dean’s Talk Room,” XM Satellite Radio, Chicago, IL


“8 O’clock Buzz” with Lucy Gibson, WORT-FM, Madison, WI


“Metro” with Marjorie Ford, WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX

Outstanding Links



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ON THE ROAD

~2004~


22 January
Lecture//discussion, "Ethics, Diversity, and the Law," University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, FL, organized by JaDawnya C. Butler and sponsored by the Thornal Campbell Moot Court.

6-7 February
Attending "Cross-Cultural Issues in Counseling Education, Georgia Southern University, Savannah, GA

9 February
Lecture/discussion, Paul Baker Annual Writers Conference with Jimmy Santiago Baca, Shin Yu Pai, & Lawrence Welsh. Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (alma mater of Erykah Badu, Roy Hargrove, Nora Jones, et al.), Dallas, TX.

26 March
Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA, panel discussion w/ Les Payne (Newsday) & Robert Jensen (University of Texas), organized and hosted by Enid Krieger and the African American Authors Book Club of Charlottesville.


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Please include your name, contact information, the name and description of your organization, the date of the event, the number of attendees expected, and any special requests.

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More Info


For press kits, review copies, or other information, contact:

Catherine Bosin, Publicity Manager
Independent Publishers Group
814 North Franklin Street, Chicago, IL 60610
312-337-0747 ext. 240
cbosin@ipgbook.com
www.ipgbook.com


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~2003~


*13 February – University of Texas, Dallas – Theresa Towner & Joycelyn Moody


20 February – Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA w/ Lisa Dodson


*20 March – The Black Academy of Arts & Letters, Dallas, TX w/ Ira Hadnot


*10 April – W. Dallas Community Center, Dallas, TX w/ Kimberly Stringer, Kalamu ya Salaam, Ira Hadnot, & Lucile Gibson


15 April – “Howard Thurman Guest Lecturer,” Stetson University, Deland, FL


*15 May – KERA-FM – Reading and panel discussion before live audience w/Toure & Robert Jensen


*18 June – Black Images Book Bazaar - Dallas, TX – Theresa Towner, Kiini Ibura Salaam & Ira Hadnot

30 June-4 July - Dublin, Ireland

5-13 July - International Conference on Narrative Therapy and Community Work, University of Liverpool, England

15-21 November – Dulwich Centre for Narrative Therapy, Adelaide, Australia


*Monthly discussions to create sustained race dialogue and to build audiences for the upcoming anthologies in the “Beyond Black & White” series.

~2002~


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BOOK LAUNCH

25 June 2002

Co-hosted by New School University and University of Missouri School of Journalism at New School, NY, NY

Reading and panel discussion with Natalie Angier (New York Times), Patricia J. Williams (The Nation & Columbia Unviersity Law School), and Les Payne (Newsday); introduction by author and journalism professor Mary Kay Blakely (University of Missouri).
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3 August – National Association of Black Journalists Convention, Milwaukee, WI w/ Les Payne, Shawn Rhea, Lucile Ebisch Gibson, & Ira Hadnot


23 Sep – Cambridge Public Library w/ Lisa Dodson, Odessa Dorian Cole & Noel Ignatiev


24 Sep – WUMB-FM, Commonwealth Agenda – with host BarbaraNeely


26 Sep – Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, w/ Noel Ignatiev & Lisa Dodson


*10 October - The Writer's Garret, Dallas, TX w/ Susan Straight & Ira J. Hadnot


11-13 October - SisterSpace & Books, Washington, DC, w/ Robert Jensen, Julianne Malveaux, Leonard Pitts, and Tim Wise


15-17 October - University of Texas, Austin w/ David Bradley & Robert Jensen


12-14 November – Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA


*14 Nov – Mesquite Arts Center, Mesquite, TX, w/ David Bradley, Ira J. Hadnot, Theresa Towner, & Robert Jensen


16-18 Nov - Texas Book Festival, Austin w/ David Bradley & Robert Jensen


22 Nov – CNN Center, Atlanta, GA w/ Hanna Griffiths


23 Nov - National Council of Teachers of English Convention, Atlanta, GA


*5 December – Writer’s Garret, Dallas, TX - Ira Hadnot & Theresa Towner

*Monthly discussions Singley conceived to create sustained race dialogue throughout city and to build audiences for the upcoming anthologies in the “Beyond Black & White” series.



Featured Pieces from the "Other Works" Section

A peek inside WHEN RACE BECOMES REAL
Table of Contents
A listing of authors and anthology chapter titles
Review Excerpts
Clips from reviews
Book chapter excerpt
"Jasper, Texas Elegy"
Audio Clips on NPR
Links to selected authors reading chapter excerpts on NPR
Bernestine in Literary Journals
"The Old Wink and Nod"
Why bother with the facts when it's so easy to keep believing the hype?
"Murder and the Reasonable Man"
Mix evidence and prejudice with a jury, then stir.
"Heat"
Sun isn't the only thing that sets stuff on fire.
"The Tutu"
You're never too young to learn the hard lessons of desire.
Bernestine in Other Anthologies
"Bearing Witness"
When the thing you most fear finally happens, then what?
"White Friends"
Some of my best friends are white. Some aren't.
"Take Me to the Water"
A piece of Texas fiction...or is it?
Bernestine's Magazine Articles
South African Safari
In 1998 we saw the Garden of Eden.
"The New South Africa: Warm and Welcoming"
Five years ago, reality hadn't yet trumped hope.

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