ROUTLEDGE and the HUE-MAN BOOKSTORE
invite you to attend a special event in honor of
BLACK MUSIC MONTH, 2003


Join MARK ANTHONY NEAL
named "one of the most brilliant cultural critics of his generation" by
Michael Eric Dyson of the Chicago Sun-Times,
in celebrating the publication of his latest book,

SONGS IN THE KEY OF BLACK LIFE:
A RHYTHM AND BLUES NATION

A reading and lecture will be followed by a signing and reception at
6:00PM
on Wednesday, June 25th
at the HUE-MAN BOOKSTORE in HARLEM
2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd at 125th Street and Eighth Avenue

For more information please call (212) 665-7400

"Reading this book is like sitting down to a plate of collard greens
with
chopped-up onions and tomatoes and a little touch of wine vinegar. A
mouth-watering piece of hot-water cornbread. A lean mean piece of short
rib.
And you know it's only going to get better because there is a sumptuous
banana pudding bringing up the rear..Smack those lipes. Rub them hands.
Say
the blessing and get ready to feast!"
-Umar Bin Hassan, The Last Poets

Songs in the Key of Black Life A Rhythm and Blues Nation
-- by Mark Anthony Neal
http://www.routledge-ny.com/books.cfm?isbn=0415965713