1.   An advertising campaign for Strivers Row, a new line of books from Random House aimed at black readers, is creating a stir among black authors and agents.

2.   A lot of them are obscure books, by obscure black authors.

3.   But now both publishers and movie producers are searching out black female authors.

4.   Carolivia Herron, the black author of the book, defended the teacher.

5.   Excerpts from works by black authors inspire me to reread them and find deeper meaning, due to my own increased maturity.

6.   Hicks has never been to New York, but dozens of black authors and several major publishers now retain her for her connections.

7.   It follows that most black authors address their work to a black readership, or that only blacks respond to their messages.

8.   It was written by a black author and scholar, Carolivia Herron, and has been recommended by the Teachers College of Columbia University for classroom use.

9.   It was named for the black author Zora Neale Hurston, who researched Their Eyes Were Watching God while living in Belle Glade.

10.   Jackson said he will push for at least two of the required books to be by black authors.