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Read Jill’s review of journalist Carole Simpson’s new memoir, NewsLady, published in Konch, Ishmael Reed’s online Zine.
Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothin’? Jill weighs in on Cornel West, Barack Obama, and much ado about very little that matters in The Root.
“LET’S GET IT ON” Review in Essence Magazine – July 2009
APOOO Book Club – June 30, 2009
Review of “Let’s Get It On”
“Ms. Nelson does a wonderful job of providing us with a fun, summer book that will make us think at the same time it entertains.”
http://www.apooobooks.com/jill-nelson/
The Root – June 24, 2009
Let’s Get It On: Women, Sex, and Fantasy
http://www.theroot.com/blogs/sexual-politics/lets-get-it-women-sex-and-fantasy
VIDEO: FOX “GOOD DAY NEW YORK” – Best Summer Reads – June 12, 2009
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/good_day_ny/090612_Best_Summer_Reads
Martha’s Vineyard Times – June 11, 2009
Review of “Let’s Get It On”
http://www.mvtimes.com/marthas-vineyard/calendar/2009/06/11/in-print-lets-get-it-on.php?page=all
AOL Black Voices- June 5, 2009
Review of “Let’s Get It On”
“…Nelson spins a super sexy yarn just in time for summer.”
http://www.bvonbooks.com/2009/06/04/jill-nelson-makes-a-splash-with-a-steamy-novel-about-a-sex-spa/
Kirkus Reviews – May 1, 2009
“With its sex-positive message and unapologetic emphasis on female enjoyment, Nelson’s latest makes for a zingy beach read…”
Publishers Weekly – April 6, 2009
Review of “Let’s Get It On”
“…the sisters still manage to sizzle—and elicit smiles with their insatiable appetites for love, social justice and the sex trade.”
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6648924.html?q=jill+nelson
New York Times Review of “Finding Martha’s Vineyard”
“Jill Nelson has written a perfect summer book. Years from now, when it is taken from the bookshelf, grains of sand will drop from its ice-cream smeared pages. ‘Finding Martha’s Vineyard: African Americans at Home on an Island’ is part memoir, part oral history, entirely engaging.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/07/books/review/07BROOKSL.html