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Books by Kola Boof
Nile
River Woman (Poems, Feb. 10, 2004) /
Long Train to the Redeeming
Sin-Stories About African Women
(April 6, 2004)
Flesh and the Devil: A Novel
(May 11, 2004) /
Diary of a Lost Girl
(2007)
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"Virgins in the Beehive" by Kola Boof
Release Date: To Be Announced
Reviewed by Miss Egypt
XM-Radio Morning Drive
*Revised version
Hey kiddies,
Kola Boof sent me a special
preview copy of her upcoming novel "VIRGINS IN THE BEEHIVE", and
I just had to tell you about it now!OK, I'm going to start this
review by just calling a spade a spade. "VIRGINS IN THE
BEEHIVE". . . the story of three beautiful black girls who
become superstars by forming a Hip Hop singing group...IS
THE SHIT
But a fair warning to those
high brow Kola Boof literary fans who will be expecting the
serious "literary novels" that you're used to reading by her (Flesh
and the Devil,
Long Train to the Redeeming Sin)—this ain't that type of book. She calls this one a "pop novel", a
"departure" and "pure escapist fun". I call the book fierce,
because despite what Kola said in her letter, she still brings
up some very serious issues (the explosion of white women
getting "butt implants" is covered in grim detail through blond
bombshell Koko-Tee for instance), the only difference is that
for this novel, she used the breezy back drop of hip hop, glam
life and the bling bling set. Everybody's here—even the Joss
Stone/Black Cherry types "doing you know what for beats", LOL!
I loved the book's
insistence that Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain was murdered and
I loved the way the book salutes Cobain, Kurtis Blow, the Mary
Jane Girls, Diana Ross and so many others—I also love how the
characters featured in the book are obviously based on real life
superstars.
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Like I'm sure DESTINY MATTHEWS is
really Buffie the Body and Kola Boof combined into
one character, I'm sure JENNASET JONES, the stunning
leading lady of the book, is really Whitney Houston
(maybe with some Courtney Love traits) and I'm
positive that the group's sensitive but gifted
songwriter, DARLING NIKKI, is based on Alicia Keys
(Every story in here is the bomb, but I loved
Darling Nikki's story).
Back to characters I think are
based on celebrities. I'm not even going to name who
the Super-Bitch of the story "Athena Hornet" is
supposed to be, but I do wish the book's sexy
LEADING MAN, chocolate fine ass "too good to be
true" STEVEN FRAME would come to life so I could
rock his world. The way Kola writes, she makes you
dream about that man! He's like a Spike Lee
filmmaker in the book only he's SUPER FINE (in more
ways than one—wink*). If they ever do a movie of
this (which they really need to), then Idris Elba or
Morris Chestnut should play STEVEN FRAME. |
Which reminds me . . . the
"sex" in this book is obscene!
Not since Sister Souljah's
The Coldest Winter Ever has there been a "street-lit" hip hop
novel this exciting, this original and this DARING (in fact add
some "bold" and some "no she didn't!" to the DARING part). This
book is off the chain, and though I haven't been enthused by the
various controversies surrounding Kola Boof's personal life the
last few years, I have to give her props on writing "VIRGINS IN
THE BEEHIVE"—it's a classic.
The girl can write.—Miss Egypt, XM radio
morning drive
*Reprinted by permission.
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My Story, My Song (Featuring blues guitarist Walter Wolfman Washington)
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Panel on Literary Criticism
26 March 2010
National Black Writers Conference
Patrick Oliver, Kalamu ya Salaam,
Dorothea Smartt, Frank Wilderson discuss
the use of literature to promote
political causes and instigate change
and transformation. The event is at the
Medgar Evers College at the City
University of New York.
C-Span Archives
Panel on Politics and Satire
26 March 2010
National Black Writers Conference
Herb Boyd, Thomas Bradshaw, Charles
Edison and Major Owens discuss how
current events are reflected in the
writings of African Americans. The
event is at the Medgar Evers College at
the City University of New York.
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