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News & Features » July 2013 » Albert “Prodigy” Johnson talks H.N.I.C. at AALBC

Albert “Prodigy” Johnson talks H.N.I.C. at AALBC

Our friends at AALBC asked Albert “Prodigy” Johnson about his new novella, H.N.I.C., while he appeared with Laura Checkoway (journalist and coauthor of Prodigy’s autobiography, My Infamous Life) at the Queens Library’s Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center this past weekend. Many thanks to AALBC President Troy Johnson!

In addition, AALBC has released its Summer 2013 Power List, a list of best-selling books written or read by African Americans, compiled quarterly by AALBC.com, Cushcity.com and Mosaicbooks.com. This quarter’s list includes:

  • The Cartel 4 by Ashley & JaQuavis (#1 Paperback Fiction)
  • Little Green by Walter Mosley (#1 Hardcover Fiction)
  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (#1 Paperback Nonfiction)
  • Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou (#1 Hardcover Nonfiction)

To view the complete list, please click here, and please see below for AALBC’s video of Prodigy.

Posted: Jul 29, 2013

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