O.O.S.A Literary Awards
Discover the O.O.S.A Literary Awards list, featuring acclaimed fiction by Sister Souljah, E. Lynn Harris, and Carl Weber, plus urban classics like The Coldest Winter Ever and True to the Game.
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Whoreson
by Donald Goines
The gripping story of Whoreson James, the son of a beautiful black prostitute and an unknown john. Corrupted by the violent Ghetto world, at the age of sixteen he is a fully fledged pimp: cold blooded and ruthless. A startling insight into the mean streets of the tough inner city by America's number one author of the genre.
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The Coldest Winter Ever
by Sister Souljah
The daughter of a Brooklyn drug lord, cocky Winter Santiaga must use all her power and charm to protect her position when war breaks out between rival gangs. Reprint.
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Caught Up!
by Winston Chapman
When Raven Klein, a bi-racial woman from Iowa moves to Atlanta in hopes of finding a life she's secretly dreamed about, she finds more than she ever imagined. Quickly lured and lost in a world of sex, money, power-struggles, betrayal & deceit, Raven doesn't know who she can really trust!A chance meeting at a bus terminal leads to her delving into the seedy world of strip-clubs, big-ballers and shot-callers. Now Raven's shuffling through more men than a Vegas blackjack dealer does a deck of cards. And sex has even become mundane -- little more than a tool to get what she wants.After a famous acquantance wind-up dead -- On which shoulder will Raven lean? A wrong choice culd cost her life!There's a reason they call it HOTLANTA!
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Any Way the Wind Blows
by E. Lynn Harris
When her wedding to John “Basil” Henderson didn’t come off as planned, Yancey Harrington Braxton flew off to L.A. and remade herself as mega-diva Yancey B. And Basil started concentrating on his career as a high-powered sports agent. But then Yancey’s first single, “Any Way the Wind Blows,” hit the charts, and now it threatens to blow Basil’s cover--if anyone learns who it’s really about. And it looks like the gorgeous (and ambitious) hunk Bart Dunbar might just have it all figured out.
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Truth Be Told
by Victoria Christopher Murray
The author of The Personal Librarian and Essence bestsellers Temptation and Joy returns with a story about one woman's personal and spiritual journey to overcome the consequences of her husband's dark secret. Grace Monroe has the ideal life: a devoted husband, adoring daughters, and a booming career in politics. Newly elected on a Christian platform to the Los Angeles city council, she is determined to put her mistakes behind her and focus on her bright future. But when a secret from her husband's past is revealed, setting off a chain of attacks that threaten to rip her family apart, Grace must face a dilemma that will force her to question her life and her faith.
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Upstate
by Kalisha Buckhanon
A powerful coming-of-age novel, in the vein of "The Color Purple," is filled with tragedy, struggle, love, and triumph.
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The Preacher's Son
by Carl Weber
Bishop T.K. Wilson's decision to run for borough president has unexpected repercussions when his children, models of respectability in public, pursue their own goals and deal with their own temptations and demons.
