From beloved writer and artist Kip Fulbeck, author of Part Asian, 100% Hapa, this timely collection of portraits celebrates the faces and voices of mixed-race children. At a time when 7 million people in the U.S. alone identify as belonging to more than one race, interest in issues of multiracial identity is rapidly growing. Overflowing with uplifting elements including charming images, handwritten statements from the children, first-person text from their parents, a foreword by Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng (President Obama's sister), and an afterword by international star Cher (who is part Cherokee) this volume is an inspiring vision of the future.

This is the first ever biography of New Orleans rock 'n' rolllegend, Fats Domino by a writer who obtained exclusive access tothe reclusive singer. Rock 'n' roll defined the last half of thetwentieth century, and while many think of Elvis Presley as thegenre's driving force, the truth is that Fats Domino, whose recordshave sold more than 100 million copies, was the first to put it onthe map with such hits as "Ain't That a Shame" and "BlueberryHill". In "Blue Monday", acclaimed R B scholar Rick Colemandraws on a multitude of new interviews with Fats Domino and manyother early musical legends, including Lloyd Price, Charles Brownof "The Clovers", and members of Buddy Holly's group, "TheCrickets", to create a definitive biography of not just anextraordinary man but also a unique time and place - New Orleans atthe birth of rock 'n' roll. Coleman's groundbreaking research makesfor an immense cultural biography, the first to thoroughly explorethe black roots of rock 'n' roll and its impact on civil rights inA

A pioneering expert in the study of hip hop explains why themusic matters - and why the battles surrounding it are so veryfierce.Hip hop is in crisis. During the years when hip hop'scommercial fortunes rose sharply, the most commerciallysuccessfully hip hop has increasingly become a playground populatedby caricatures of black gangstas, thugs, pimps, and 'hos. Duringthis period, hyper-sexism has increased dramatically, andhomophobia and distorted anti-social, self-destructive forms ofblack masculinity have become rap's calling card.Hip hop matters,argues scholar Tricia Rose. It matters because hip hop occupies aunique historical role: this it is the only point in modern culturewhen a solid segment (if not majority) of an entire generation ofyouth understands itself as defined primarily by a musical,cultural form. But hip hop doesn't just define young black men andwomen to each other-it defines them to the seventy percent ofpeople who buy hip hop, and their parents. And that seventy percentaudience is wh

This is a treasure trove of rediscovered words and ephemera onthe band that was synonymous with New York: the Velvet Underground.The Velvet Underground was among the most influential bands of alltime. It has often been said that while very few saw the VelvetUnderground perform live, everyone who did started a band. Thustheir sound can be easily detected in later artists such as DavidBowie, Iggy Pop, the Talking Heads, REM, Jane's Addiction, Yo LaTengo, Luna, and the Strokes. They are also credited with creatinga streetwise, pre-punk sensibility that has become inseparable fromthe popular image of downtown New York. 'Discovered' by Andy Warholin 1966, the Velvet Underground, feature Lou Reed and John Cale,became the house band of the avant-garde and composed songssimultaneously abrasive and poignant, standing in stark, strikingcontrast to the prevailing flower power vibe of the era. With suchnotorious pedigree, it is only natural that the story of the VelvetUnderground has become shrouded in myth and hyperbol