Jill Nelson, Author . Agate $23.95 (318p) ISBN 978-0-9724562-0-3
A brothel for women? Journalist Nelson, the author of several popular nonfiction books (Straight, No Chaser; etc.), offers a ribald take on the battle between the sexes and one heck of an entrepreneurial scheme, in her wickedly funny first novel....
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Jill Nelson, Author . Doubleday $27.50 (288p) ISBN 978-0-385-50566-6
Nelson, author of a fierce, candid memoir (Volunteer Slavery
) and a steamy, funny novel (Sexual Healing
), offers an intimate look at Martha's Vineyard, where generations of African-Americans have lived, worked and played, year-round or for a...
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Jill Nelson, Author . Amistad $24.99 (268p) ISBN 978-0-06-076330-5
Now playing: the second verse of Nelson’s wildly popular debut (Sexual Healing
), with Marvin Gaye again providing the thematic backup for the over-the-top sexual shenanigans and ribald politics embraced by the proprietors of A Sister’s...
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Jill Nelson, Author Penguin Books $16 (256p) ISBN 978-0-14-023716-0
Nelson's entertaining, vitriolic memoir of her stint as the first black female writer at The Washington Post Sunday magazine. (July)
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Jill Nelson, Author Noble Press Inc $21.95 (243p) ISBN 978-1-879360-24-2
Nelson's entertaining, acid memoir centers on life at the Washington Post , where she worked from 1986 to 1990. A former Village Voice freelancer craving a steady paycheck for herself and her 13-year-old daughter, she became the first black and the...
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Jill Nelson, Author Putnam Publishing Group $23.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-399-14262-8
Black women, declares Nelson (Volunteer Slavery) in this tart, forceful book, are too often demonized or ignored by the majority society. An offspring of the New York City of the 1950s and 1960s, a world with few black female role models, she...
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