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November
23, 2005 |
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Immediate |
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| CONTACT: |
Aimee
Fisher (609) 777-5058; afisher@njn.org |
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Authors
Benilde Little and Bebe Moore Campbell on
NJN’s Another View: Bookshelf
Tuesday, December 20, at 6:30 pm ; rebroadcast
Friday, December 23, at 11:30 pm
STATEWIDE – Hosted by Candace Kelley, NJN’s Another
View: Bookshelf flips through the pages and cozies
up with Benilde Little’s Who Does She Think She
Is and Bebe Moore Campbell’s 72 Hour Hold. Another
View Bookshelf airs on Tuesday, December 20, at 6:30
pm and is rebroadcast on Friday, December 23, at 11:30
pm . Another View is web cast at njn.net and can
be seen on NJN’s JerseyVision and on Time Warner
Cable on channel 750 in New York . Closed-captioning is
provided. Linda L. Coles is the executive producer of Another
View.
Bestselling author Benilde Little shares the reasons that
compelled her to write Who Does She Think She Is.
The book is a multigenerational story of three women grappling
with family, love and themselves. Set in New York City and
Newark , New Jersey , alternating chapters present readers
with the rich past and the present of each woman. Little
tells how her own personal life shaped the book and its characters.
Bebe Moore Campbell discusses her book 72 Hour Hold,
the story of a woman whose world is shattered when her child
develops a mental illness. After becoming fed up with the
bureaucracy of the mental health community, she goes beyond
the law to save her daughter by any means necessary. Campbell
explains why she chose to write about such a this subject.
Another View: Bookshelf also
profiles the book club Bibliophiles, Inc., based in Maplewood
, New Jersey . Together for over 17 years, Bibliophiles
has mastered the art of being successful. The club’s
savvy approach to reading books remains unmatched. From
raising funds for the United Negro College Fund to themed
years and traveling together for retreats, Bibliophiles,
Inc., and groups like it have become a driving force in
the book business. Learn from the experts what it takes
to get a book club started and keep it going!
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