And Now For Your Homework...

By Keith Boykin
Tuesday, August 16 2005, 10:23AM

Bestselling author E. Lynn Harris, who I interviewed last week for a different story, is back in the news. Harris, who teaches Creative Writing and African American Non-Fiction at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, is assigning a popular new book for his syllabus, according to celebrity reporter Jawn Murray. The book: Confessions of a Video Vixen by Karrine Steffans.

"I will be teaching Karrine's book because I think it's a cautionary tale that my students will relate to," Harris told Murray. "I always like to pick books that young people are reading because I have a lot of student athletes and try to make them realize how much fun reading is."

My guess is that registration will be up this semester.