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Enjoy some peace and quiet in the Reading Room. Here you have access to many previously published articles and interviews with and about Teena Marie, provided by our archivists Samm Bogues, Stephen James Walker, & an anonymous contributor. Or you can write your own! So sit back, and settle down with a cup of Tee in one of the reading booths below .

The Reading Booths

"Faces: Singer Teena Marie: 'I Wish I Was Colorless'" by Dennis Hunt, LA Times, 1980
"Groovin' With Confidence" by John E. Abbey, Blues & Soul magazine, 1983
"Teena Marie--the Loner" by Mary Aloe, Black Beat magazine, circa '84
"Teena Marie Brings a Whiter Shade of Pale to Soul Music" by Lisa Russell, People magazine, 1984
"Motown Record Corporation v. Brockert" (a detailed account on the court case that led to the Teena Marie Law) from Recent Cases publication, 1984(?)
"Teena Marie: Serious Business" by Charles E. Rogers, Black Beat magazine, 1985
"Teena Marie" by Michael Musto, US magazine, 1985
"Teena Marie's Comeback is Undeniable" by Steve Morse, Boston Globe, (concert review), 1985
"Lady's Day?" by Mark Webster, Blues & Soul magazine, 1986
"Teena Marie Makes a Comeback" by David Nathan, Black Beat magazine, 1988
"Lady T -- Naked as Nature Intended" by David Nathan, Blues & Soul magazine, 1988
"The Light at the End of the Tunnel" by Marc Shapiro, Word Up magazine, 1988
"Life on the Edge" by David Nathan, Blues & Soul magazine, 1990
"Teena Marie Carves Hit From Ivory" by Gerrie E. Summers, source unknown, 1990
"Chatting With R&B's Ivory Queen" by Yvette Noel-Schure, Black Beat magazine, 1990
"Here's Looking at Teena Marie" by Jesse Nash, DJ Times magazine, 1990
"Teena in Wonderland" by Chuck Eddy, Vibe magazine, 1994
"Grown-Up Teena Marie Wants to Speak to You" by Buddy Seigal, Los Angeles Times paper, 1996

Reading Room Guest Writers Corner

Click here to see how to publish your own Teena article/story on these pages!

"The Hanged One (a Teena-inspired Tarot card foundation)" by Diane Wilkes, 2000
"It Must Be Kismet: Teena & Rick James" by Tim Dillinger, 1999
"The Teena Marie Mystique And One Fan's Personal Journey" by Lisa LaCri, 1999
"Teena Marie: Musicality Makes for Strong Emotional Impact" by Sara Stromseth, 1999

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