…..Experience is the most effective teacher, and with 16 years of a prior marriage, a divorce, three children, years of singles party hosting under her belt and yes, a second husband in the mix, Ms. Nash uses a Sincere Sister Mode to break down what she’s learned singleness, dating, finding eligible men, getting to exclusivity… Continue reading Niecy Nash’s “It’s Hard To Fight Naked,” Knowshi Book Review/MOC Preview Link
Category: Authors and Books
Interviews with authors; book reviews
Recipe Of A Racist: An Open Letter To Paula Deen
Dear Ms. Deen, When it comes to recipes, dining and food preparation, few can match your hustle. Over the years, you turned ambition and an affinity for cooking from an out-of-home business into a national empire, parlaying your Southern Belle charm and delicious dishes into books, magazines, and an Emmy-Award-winning television show. But all of… Continue reading Recipe Of A Racist: An Open Letter To Paula Deen
Poignant And Provocative, New Book Asks Blacks “Where Did Our Love Go?”
Due to an avalanche of “Successful But Single Black Woman” news stories, celebrity-fueled talk show panels and the success of Steve Harvey’s book “Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man,” there’s been buzz aplenty about the shrinking rate of black marriages and the exploding rate of black single-parent homes. But instead of pointing fingers… Continue reading Poignant And Provocative, New Book Asks Blacks “Where Did Our Love Go?”
“Where Did Our Love Go?”: A Gil Robertson Q&A
Raise your hand if you’re tired of the assembly-line of smug and self-congratulatory ‘relationship manuals’ written by folks like Tyrese and Steve Harvey that make Black women into paupers and Black men into princes that are always right and always capable of moving on if WE don’t care enough to acquiesce. Yawn. Fortunately, however, Atlanta-based… Continue reading “Where Did Our Love Go?”: A Gil Robertson Q&A
Chatting With Gabby, a MOC/Knowshi Interview & Preview Link
When it comes to sacred subjects like marriage and motherhood, most of us are eager to lighten our loads and look forward to reading, or seeing, what the rich and famous say about how they keep it together….until their words are construed as a burden that can only make things worse. That’s what happened last… Continue reading Chatting With Gabby, a MOC/Knowshi Interview & Preview Link