This week’s book list: Amazing careers of Dwight Gooden, Rita Moreno
POST SCRIPT'D - This week we look back on the amazing career of Dwight Gooden. It was a career that could have been historic, if not for Gooden’s chronic drug addiction...
Berry Gordy memoir reissued as e-book
NEW YORK (AP) - The Berry Gordy memoir which inspired the Broadway hit 'Motown: The Musical' is being reissued as an e-book...
This week’s book list: The sequel to Sapphire’s 'Push' and more
POSTSCRIPT'D - We kick off The Hit List this week with a hard, tough read in Sapphire’s The Kid. After more than 15 years, we’re thrown back into the world of Precious and it’s not pretty...
Maya Angelou: 'My mother's love liberated me'
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK - At 85 years old, Dr. Angelou confessed to me that she’d tried to write this book years ago but never could...
Chinua Achebe honored in Nigeria funeral
OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) - Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria's corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticize those he felt ruined his country...
'I am a mother' hails famous, everyday moms
ATLANTA -- Veteran broadcaster Karyn Greer has added another string to her bow. The longtime anchor for NBC's Atlanta affiliate, 11 Alive, has just published a book celebrating the trials and triumphs of motherhood...
Jason Collins denies seeking book deal
NEW YORK (AP) - Jason Collins, the NBA veteran who last week announced he was gay, is disputing reports from publishing insiders who say he is shopping a book deal...
Teacher buys student 'Fifty Shades of Grey' for reading class
NBC Philadelphia - A Philadelphia mother wants her son’s high school teacher fired after he bought the teen the erotic novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" for in-class reading.
Maya Angelou honors mom, grandmother in new book
NEW YORK (AP) — Writer, actor, dancer. Activist, teacher, composer. In the melange of Maya Angelou's 85 years is also daughter, of two women who deserved one with a good memory...
Grisham sequel to 'A Time to Kill' to be published
NEW YORK (AP) - The defense attorney in John Grisham's first novel, 'A Time to Kill,' is returning to the courtroom...
