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The Danny Tisdale Show Diane Richards and Sowa’s Red Gravy

Join Danny Tisdale as he talks with Diane Richards writer and Harlem Writers Guild member about her play Sowa’s Red Gravy opening this week downtown starring Lonette McKee.

Also, he talks about Breast Cancer Awareness Month, small businesses, presidential debate in Harlem and much more.

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HW Radio Pod and the Harlem Writers Guild Celebrate the Harlem Book Fair

Enjoy this HW Radio Pod show with host Danny Tisdale as he speaks to authors Dave Scott, Diane Richardson and Judy Andrew members of the 60 year old Harlem Writers Guild, they read excerpts from their books and celebrate the Harlem Book Fair today from 11 – 6 pm on West 135th Street from Malcolm X Boulevard to Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem.

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Hue-Man Books Closes: Harlem Responds

Ten-year-old Hue-Man Bookstore and Café in Harlem on St. Nicholas Avenue (between 125th and 124th Streets) is the latest bookstore to close its physical space in order to reinvent itself.

HW Radio Pod Special on Harlem’s Rosa Guy

Listen to the Special HW Radio Podcast show with host Danny Tisdale as we celebrate the life of Rosa Guy who passed last week. Join us as we speak with Betty Anne Jackson President of the Harlem Writers Guild. Ms. Guy was one of Harlem’s own, she was a mother, she produced plays, she was founder of the Harlem Writers Guild (founding members included Willard Moore, Walter Christmas, Maya Angelou, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Paule Marshall, Audre Lorde, Alice Childress, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, and Douglas Turner Ward. ), and a NY Times Book Award winner.

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Rosa Guy, Writer and Harlem Writers Guild Founder Passes

Rosa Guy, a Caribbean-born writer known for her unflinchingly direct novels for young people about black life in urban America, died on Sunday at her home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. She was 89. Continue reading

HW Radio Pod Mother’s Day Special with the Harlem Writers Guild

Listen to the HW Radio Podcast show today on The Danny Tisdale Show with host Danny Tisdale on a special Mother’s Day readings with Betty Ann Jackson and Margaret Ferguson members of the Harlem Writers Guild (the oldest book club in the USA) to celebrate Harlem mothers.

Today Tuesday, May 8th, at 2 pm.
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Harlem World Magazine Holiday Podcast with Harlem Writers Guild And More

Join us every Tuesday at 2 pm EST with host Danny Tisdale, guests and Harlem World Magazine contributors “Best Of” and “Top Spots”.

Today Eartha Watts-Hicks and Grace F. Edwards from the historic Harlem Writers Guild read for the holidays listen to it here.

Also, Walter Rutledge gives his Walter’s World: Weekend Picks for this week in Harlem.

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3 Picks For Reading This Fall In Harlem By Eartha Watts-Hicks (update)

I am a member of the Harlem Writers Guild. I used to be an avid reader. I readily admit that my relationship with books changed the moment I decided to become a writer. Before I read books the way I watched television, purely for enjoyment. Now, I read to study style, voice, and syntax.

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Oprah Reviews Maya Angelou’s ‘The Heart of A Women’ (Signed Edition)

Oprah Winfrey talks about Maya Angelou’s The Heart of A Women:

“In The Heart of a Woman Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to go to New York. There she enters the society and world of black artists and writers. Continue reading

Writer Woman: Why I Write

I don’t know how many times I heard my aunt, Eartha, after whom I am named, tell this one particular story. According to her, I was three years old—telling everybody’s business—outside in front of her building with pen and paper, writing “a book.” I don’t remember that. Or even if I was able to write my own name at the age of three. Continue reading