The PBS Blog

Truth is Stranger than Fiction

September 1, 2015

What is a Book Review (and how to schedule yours)

What is a Book Review? A book review is a form of literary criticism in which a book is analyzed based on content, style, and merit. A book review can be a primary source opinion piece, summary review or scholarly review. Part of the purpose of a good book review is to help the reader… Continue reading

Audience Participation, Social Media Shout

#Book #Review, blog, blogger, book reviews, books, critique, google, literary criticism, read, reading, social media, writing
August 28, 2015

Interracial Blog Feature – Interviews This Fall

In 1968, a year after the release of the film Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, about a black man who wanted to marry a white woman, a Poll revealed that just 20 percent of Americans thought it was OK for a white person to marry a black person. According to a recent 2011 Gallup Poll,… Continue reading

Audience Participation

blog, blogger, Feature, Gallup Poll, Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, interracial, Interracial Relationships, interviews, marriage, movies, pbs, relationships, Sidney Poitier, Who’s Coming to Dinner, wordpress
August 28, 2015

Book Launch Day Trivia! *New Winners!*

Yall thought it was over didn’t ya? Nope, Launch Week is still on and popping. Now, we have a new winner to the following question. I have let it stay up all week to give more people a chance to answer. The question was: Stella’s life takes place during many historical events, one of which… Continue reading

Articles

amazon, blog, blogger, book launch, books, ebook, games, historical events, pbs, questions, trivia, winners, writer, writing
August 28, 2015

Movie Night Friday – Soul Food

Welcome back to another segment of Movie Night Friday. Where I present some of my favorite movies and why I love them. Today I would like to discuss Soul Food, one of my favorite movies. Soul Food is a movie about one family and their ability to stay a family through their willingness to endure… Continue reading

Articles

blog, blogger, community, food, Friday, movie night, Movie Night Friday, movies, Post, soul, soul food, tradition, wordpress
August 27, 2015

Living History

Continue reading

Quotes N Notes

african americans, Black Literature, black writers, fiction, general, google, historical fiction, history, notes, quotes, Richard Wright, wordpress, writers, writing
August 27, 2015

My New Author Website!

Important Update: My Website has moved and is now available at: http://literarykornerpublishing.net/ ATTN: This is the permanent website of Yecheilyah Ysrayl. Please go here to purchase books from now on. The old site will remain open for a while during this transition. Thank you for your patience as we strive to improve your buying experience. Continue reading

General Topics, Social Media Shout

author, blog, blogger, change, ebooks, goals, google, Indie Author, new, social media, technology, website, wordpress
August 26, 2015

Are you in an Interracial Relationship?

As many of you know by now, this is Book Launch Week for me of my new book, “Beyond The Colored Line”, which deals with racial passing in the age of Jim Crow. What I would like is this: If you are in an interracial relationship (especially if you have bi-racial children) and you would… Continue reading

Audience Participation, General Topics

blog, blogger, book launch, experiences, Feature, general, google, guest, interracial, interviews, participation, race, wordpress

About Me

My name is Yecheilyah (e-see-li-yah), and my work confronts historical erasure and advocates for a more inclusive understanding of Black history. Through my literature and poetry, I uncover and preserve the rich, often underrepresented stories of African Americans. I also host an annual poetry contest.