Brooke Obie Interviews Tyler Perry
Brooke Obie interviews Tyler Perry on keeping the faith in Hollywood, Harvey Weinstein and how to be successful:
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Oprah: The Sit-Down Interview
On Oprah Winfrey’s Emmy award-winning Super Soul Sunday show, she invites guests to her Montecito, California home–spiritual teachers, celebrities, ordinary people who have achieved the extraordinary–to sit in the shade of massive oak trees and share what they have learned on their faith journeys. On an October Sunday morning, she flips the
Inside Oprah’s Super Soul Gospel Brunch
In the Old Testament, the Promised Land was a place God agreed to give to the newly freed descendants of Abram. In Negro Spirituals, it was a place free from slavery and oppression—if not on earth, then in Heaven. For Oprah Winfrey, descendant of enslaved people and daughter of rural Mississippi,
My Full-Circle Intentional Living Moment with Oprah
Happy book birthday to Oprah Winfrey‘s SuperSoul book ‘The Wisdom of Sundays‘! Here’s how Oprah set me on the path of intentional living and how that path came full circle at her book launch party on Sunday! #WisdomofSundays
Brooke Obie Featured in “Daily Press’ Story on ‘Book of Addis’
Hampton University graduate’s novel tells story of enslaved girl finding freedom Hillary Smith Daily Press Hampton University graduate Brooke Obie is bringing the past to light in her novel series “Book of Addis.” She says that’s exactly her goal. Her first book in the series, “Book of Addis: Cradled Embers,” published
Brooke Obie on ‘Harlem World’ Radio Show
On August 5, 2017, Brooke Obie appeared on Harlem World magazine’s radio show, hosted by Danny Tisdale. She shares how it felt for her debut novel ‘Book of Addis: Cradled Embers’ to win the 2017 Phillis Wheatley Book Award for First Fiction, why HBO’s proposed show ‘Confederate’ disrespects the history
‘Book of Addis’ Wins Phillis Wheatley Award!
NEW YORK, NY—July 18, 2017 On July 15, 2017, during the 19th annual Harlem Book Fair, Brooke Obie’s debut novel, Book of Addis: Cradled Embers won the Phillis Wheatley Book Award for First Fiction. “I am thrilled to receive the First Fiction award from the Phillis Wheatley Book Awards,” Obie said of
Brooke Obie and the Oprah Winfrey Interview
On April 19, 2017, Brooke Obie caught up with the Queen of Media, Ms. Oprah Winfrey at a New York press junket for her new film The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Ms. Winfrey was so stunned to see only Black women journalists at the press junket that she began to
Brooke Obie’s Debut Novel Wins BCALA Literary Award
NEW YORK, NY—April 5, 2017 On April 5, 2017, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association announced that Brooke Obie’s debut novel, Book of Addis: Cradled Embers won the Self-Published Literary Award for Fiction. “As a Black woman and a self-published author, it can be a long, hard road
Brooke Obie, ‘Book of Addis’ Featured on Black Youth Project for #BlackGirlMagic
From BYP: Harlem-based writer, Brooke Obie, has some ideas about freedom that you need to hear. In her debut novel, Book of Addis: Cradled Embers, the first book in a three part series, she tells the story of 17-year-old enslaved Igbo girl, Addis, who kills her enslaver, the president of the