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Tonya
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Tonya
Post Number: 1760
Registered: 07-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 11:36 pm: | 
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Giiiirl, I'm at the heart of your book and daaaayuuuuuummmmmm!!!
You said you were gonna come raw, but gottdaaaayuuuummmm!!!
This book is off the hook...do you hear me???
It's the first of it's kind.
Don't get me wrong, Morrison, Walker, Thurman and others were pioneers, yes.. and it's because of them that you are even possible, that too.. but nobody.. I mean nobody.. has come close to what you've done with this book.
It's completely honest.. completely raw.. and it's beyond revolutionary.
And, girl, you were not lying when you said you'd have to go into hiding after this book. Half of black America is pissed at you! LOOOOOL
This book is the bomb Kola.. explosive! |
Prettybabygirl
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Prettybabygirl
Post Number: 254
Registered: 04-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 02:44 am: |
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Told ya. 
Where are you at? Past page 300?
My favorite chapter was the one about Kola and her kid's dad. I cried and read that three times.
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Roxie
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Roxie
Post Number: 677
Registered: 06-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 07:33 am: |
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I'm still waiting for my copy.  |
Crystal
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Crystal
Post Number: 263
Registered: 01-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 12:08 pm: |
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Me too Roxie.
You guys stop talking about it until we get ours! |
Doberman23
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Doberman23
Post Number: 110
Registered: 01-2006
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 12:13 pm: |
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if it's an autobiography i would like to get it just to see why her pms is always on autopilot.
ooops was that insenstive? |
Chrishayden
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 1846
Registered: 03-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 12:40 pm: |
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Yeah don't spoil it for those of us who still have to get to it. |
Prettybabygirl
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Prettybabygirl
Post Number: 256
Registered: 04-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 01:32 pm: |
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Kola's book is a love story actually. It's profound.
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Renata
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Renata
Post Number: 684
Registered: 08-2005
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 12:23 pm: |
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Beautifully written, so clear and concise, and not at all pretentious.
She's one of the few writers who can actually make you feel like you're right there eating the same food, seeing the same clouds, etc.
Those who dislike her are going to dislike her even more, and those who have helped her are going to feel honored that she thanked them in such a public manner.
But I must say that this is story is HAD TO BE TOLD even if it only happened to one person. I'm pretty sure that parts of this is the story of thousands of African orphans, if not more. IT HAS TO BE TOLD. |
Enchanted
Veteran Poster
Username: Enchanted
Post Number: 66
Registered: 11-2005
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Votes: 2 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 02:57 pm: |
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Is it possible that you all could start a fan club away from the board and not ram this woman down our throats? I'm so sick of her I couldn't possibly leaf through a whole book about her.
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Renata
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Renata
Post Number: 688
Registered: 08-2005
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 03:47 pm: |
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This is where the fan club meets. Could you possibly just not read things you're sick of reading to begin with? |
Renata
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Renata
Post Number: 689
Registered: 08-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 03:48 pm: |
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Fearless and unapologetic. Traits I WISH I possessed. |
Libralind2
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Libralind2
Post Number: 318
Registered: 09-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 06:21 pm: |
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Kola, I have read comments about your book on other groups ALL positive..! You Go Girl..! I hope it hits the Black Expressions,New York Times and any other bestseller list..!
LiLi |
Tonya
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Tonya
Post Number: 1786
Registered: 07-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 01:10 pm: |
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I agree LiLi....
And I also think "Authentic Black Man" should become a famous essay one day.. sooner than later.
That essay brought ME to my knees. Powerful. |
Kola_boof
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Kola_boof
Post Number: 1420
Registered: 02-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 01:29 pm: |
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LILI---hello sister, I've been missing you. And thanks so much
Tonya,
your praise and acknowledgement means so much to me.
Thank you so much.
I was on radio in Buffalo today and the local Black men's group offered to fly me there to speak in person. I am getting so many black men responding with understanding and acceptance.
The host (Pat Freeman) called my book the best that he's read in years.
I am not selling enough copies to hit the New York Times list or even Essence.....but I am selling stronger than any book in my career has ever sold---at least 20 copies a day. The second printing was 10,000 copies with the first printing of 5,000 sold out before the release date. And that's very gratifying.
I am breaking through "politically" with this book.
And my next one is from the nation's largest publisher, so it's a wonderful time for me.
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Tonya
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Tonya
Post Number: 1788
Registered: 07-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 13, 2006 - 02:10 pm: |
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It's a wonderful time for us all. |
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