Authors INside Chat - Thursdays with April R. Silver

Authors INside Chat - April R. Silver is a social entrepreneur, activist, and writer. She heads AKILA WORKSONGS, Inc. (AW), a communications agency that services the unique needs of progressive artists, activists, advocates, and organizations. Since 1993, AW has provided a variety of premium services to a diverse roster, ranging from emerging poets to hip hop artist/actor Mos Def to The Ford Foundation. The company is also known for creating Put On BLAST!™, a widely trusted email marketing service that houses over 32,000 subscribers nationwide. Ms. Silver is also editor of the anthology Be A Father to Your Child: Real Talk from Black Men on Family, Love, and Fatherhood (Soft Skull/Counterpoint, 2008). In 2006, she was a TV talk show host on BETJ’s My Two Cents (first two seasons).