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Felicia Pride is an author, speaker and literacy advocate. Her most recent book is THE MESSAGE: 100 LIFE LESSONS FROM HIP-HOP'S GREATEST SONGS (Thunder';s Mouth Press/Running Press), which is being hailed as a "Chicken Soup for the Hip-Hop Soul."

Felicia has been featured by prominent media outlets including USA Today and NPR's Talk of the Nation. She is also the coauthor of Hallway Diaries (Harlequin/Kimani Tru) and the author of two chapter books based on the award-winning television show, Everybody Hates Chris (Simon & Schuster). She is the book blogger for AOL Black Voices, the managing editor of Mosaic literary magazine and a contributor to Publishers Weekly. Her writing about hip-hop, books, publishing, and pop culture has appeared in various publications including VIBE, Baltimore Sun, Popmatters.com, and the Baltimore City Paper. In 2004, she founded BackList, http://www.thebacklist.net/, an organization dedicated to supporting the literary arts. Through BackList, she engages in creative literacy initiatives, plans nontraditional events, supports writers of color, conducts workshops, and appears at schools, organization functions, and conferences. She speaks on an array of topics including writing, publishing, hip-hop, and literacy. Felicia serves on the board for the Literary Freedom Project. She has an M.A. in writing and publishing from Emerson College (Boston, MA) and currently lives in Maryland. Visit her online at http://www.feliciapride.com/.

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