• RT @mikecane: Forget Ads In Books, Lit-Lovers Face An Even More Hideous Prospect http://t.co/v1Yj16P PRODUCT PLACEMENT. #
• RT @aalbc: Why is Black Literary Fiction Languishing? – http://aalbc.com/tc/index.php?/topic/372-why-is-black-literary-fiction-languishing/ #
• A story from @tayari about the mysterious confidence-boosting case of mistaken identity http://twurl.nl/cqas8p #

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• I'm not surprised @Nnedi. She felt like a character who wouldn't want to let go easily, if that makes any sense. #
• Ha! I wouldn't be surprised @mikecane. My RSS feed is chockablock with breathless! raving! reviews. It has become an annoyance. #
• OK, I get it, book reviewers. Jonathan Franzen has a new book. It's called 'Freedom.' Y'all think it's great. Can we move on now? #
• Haven't read any Calvin Trillin in a while. Mayhaps I should put one of his on the list after I finish Negro With A Hat. #
• RT @sarahw: Remember the headlines saying the city of Laredo would have no bookstore? That's no longer true. http://is.gd/en8F1 #
• Yes, this. RT @negrita: RT @DiggsWayne: #note2females "females" is a term usually applied to animals, not humans. #girls #women #
• RT @meljean: Oooh, giveaway. @NaliniSingh giving away mass market copies of MUST LOVE HELLHOUNDS at Odd-shots: http://www.theoddshots.com #
• Testing (having some problems with this account in Tweetdeck). #
• And now…back to my book. #
• RT @furthamucka: Expanding the Horizons and Products of Archie Comics – http://nyti.ms/9XAUA9 #
• Baby woke in middle of night, now *I'm* wide awake. Thx to #Kindle #iphone4 app, can read in bed w/o getting up/waking hubby again. #
• RT @alexanderchee: Provocative and largely but not entirely wrong slam of American fiction: http://ow.ly/2p6ji #
• Exciting! Please let us know when it will air. RT @Nnedi: The Africa Channel is coming to my house today to film me. Kinda nervous. #

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• RT @mosaicbooks: comparative eBook sales triple http://nyti.ms/b9GY2J adding pressure to book retailers #
• RT @PurpleZoe: RT @BlueBlkAtlantis: Sci Fi Author Nnedi Okorafor talks Literature and #Afrofuturism http://tiny.cc/9rwwh #scifi #syfy #black #
• Finally getting around to experimenting with Apple's iBooks. Likey. #
• $15 for somebody to sharpen my pencil? I'm gonna go with 'no.' http://bit.ly/azZgqv #
• If I ever finish with this Marcus Garvey bio, I'll get on with the WEB Dubois 2-volume bio. Should be finished circa 2017. #
• RT @Mdotwrites: RT @whattamisaid What "so ghetto" really means http://ht.ly/2nNLI On a slang word loaded with race & class bias #

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This made me pause for a second: Porn star Mr. Marcus is now a published author.

The Black Voices book blog, BV On Books, has an interview with the actor (government name, Marcus Spencer) who has written The Porn Star Guide to Great Sex.

Apparently, the book arrives to popular demand:

BV: What prompted you to write ‘Great Sex?’
MM: I think it was just time. It was all in my brain. It also was things I was kind of fascinated with. So I just kinda started gathering information about it. That’s where the book comes from, pulling together all the different kinds of sex you can have and answers to questions random people would ask me.

BV: Who would ask you?
MM: It’s crazy, people in uniform, people at the doctor’s office, the pharmacy, grocery store — just random people, who would always ask for insight about sex. Some wanted better sex, while others were having a sexual problem.

I admit to not being well-versed in the world of professional sex on film; it generally looks unpleasant for the actresses. I’m skeptical about what Spencer has to say that could be valuable for everyday folks hoping for mutually pleasurable relations.

But I guess other people think differently. After all, thrice-married Steve Harvey is now considered a so-called expert on successful relationships between men and women.

Spencer’s on a tour to promote the book right now.

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Below, the author Sana Butler talks about her book, Sugar of the Crop: My Journey to Find the Children of Slaves.

It came out last year, and is on my reading list.

• Romance writers raise $61,550 for literacy http://bit.ly/cWdPyj #
• MT @Nnedi: interview w/ cyberpunk writer from Ghana. RT @johnnylaird The Afrocyberpunk Interview | johnnylaird http://bit.ly/9wBAYZ #
• Orlando's hot as romance writers share their passion, prose http://bit.ly/b4CGyt #
• Unauthorized celeb bios don't sell well http://yhoo.it/cTOZWK Haven't given this much thought, but it surprises me for some reason. #
• Now reading, finally: Colin Grant's 'Negro With a Hat,' which is a bio of Marcus Garvey. #

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Via Jezebel

Check out my review of the Nnedi Okorafor’s newest book, the sci-fi/speculative/fantasy work Who Fears Death, over at Carleen Brice’s White Readers Meet Black Authors.

Spoiler: I liked it, mostly.

• 56 pages into @nnedi's 'Who Fears Death,' and so far riveted. #
• Via @claudia_m, Frederick Douglass on "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?". http://bit.ly/cj3BV2 #

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