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Book signing with Abiola Abrams, author of Dare
Time: Saturday, June 14, 2008 2:00 p.m.
Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe
DARE TO BE A GODDESS Girls Day Out! Featuring Abiola Abrams, author of Dare. Renee Flagler author of Miss- Guided. Come out for a delightful afternoon and DARE to be a goddess!

UPTOWNflavor Contest:

Tell us how you dare to be a goddess in your every day life.  Is it your fashion statement? The style that you wear your hair?  The fact that you pamper yourself regularly?  The way men swoon at your feet? Send a statement telling us (pictures are  welcome) how you are a goddess and you could win a free copy of Abiola Abram’s book Dare. Contest ends 6/13/08 12:00 midnight. Send your entry to dbell@uptownflavor.com. Include your name and email address. We will contact you if your submission is a winner. It’s that simple. Come on, I dare you! Sponsored by Simon and Schuster

Meet Maya Hope. Double-dipped in cocoa with brick-house curves, she’s a lover of jazz, a political poet, and a sociologist. Her best friend and roommate, Athena Jackson, is her opposite in every way — a petite ex-cheerleader who’s always blaring rap, grinding out rhymes, and ready to take the next man home. When Maya is forced to pinch-hit in an audition and bust Athena’s rhymes, she finds herself on an undercover escapade in the wild world of hip-hop as the raw, sexy, roughneck Jezebel. After striking a deal with her own personal devil, Maya sets off on the tempting roller-coaster ride of a lifetime — finding music, more fun than she’s ever had, and even a man or two…but not without consequences. Brimming with electric sensuality, “Dare” is an unforgettable, envelope-pushing odyssey of two gutsy women playing by their own rules.