Celebs Pay Tribute
Trailblazing actress Cicely Tyson died yesterday at the age of 96. The new author just released her memoir ☛JUST AS I AM [pub: HarperCollins] three days ago along with a virtual book tour including a conversation scheduled with Whoopi Goldberg yesterday and Tyler Perry on Monday,
Valerie Wilson Wesley’s Releases New Mystery A Glimmer Of Death. Happy Book Birthday! 
Major congratulations to legendary mystery author the Valerie Wilson Wesley on the release of her latest book ☛A GLIMMER OF DEATH [pub: Kensington] today. I’m embarrassed to admit that I did not know that the woman behind the beloved Tamara Hayle series is thankfully still writing books.
Charles M. Blows’ The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto Is Out Today.
Happy Book Birthday!
New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow‘s highly-anticipated book ☛THE DEVIL KNOW: A BLACK POWER MANIFESTO [pub: Harper] drops today. Catch the author of the bestselling memoir ☛FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES [Houghton Mifflin Harcourt] in virtual conversation with CNN’s Bakari Sellers on Wednesday,
Cicely Tyson’s Memoir Just As I Am Drops Today. Happy Book Birthday!
Today we celebrate the release of 96-year-old working actress, Cicely Tyson’s memoir ☛JUST AS I AM [pub: HarperCollins] written with illustrious author Michelle Buford. It’s flooring that my earliest memory of the Emmy winner is watching her brilliant performance in 1974’s Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and that my most recent is last year’s Cherish The Day,
Twenty-Two-Year-Old Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman Tweets That Her Books Are Already Bestsellers
Somehow after performing her beautiful and brilliant poem, “The Hill We Climb” for the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, 22-year-old poet Amanda Gorman found time and the bandwidth to tweet that her forthcoming books ☛CHANGE SINGS: A CHILDREN’S ANTHEM [Viking Books for Young Readers] and ☛THE HILL WE CLIMB [Viking Books for Young Readers] are already topping Amazon’s best sellers list,
The Rib King By Ladee Hubbard Drops Today! Happy Book Birthday!
Novelist Ladee Hubbard‘s second book ☛THE RIB KING [pub: Amistad] releases today. The New Orleans-based author’s first book ☛THE TALENTED RIBKINS [pub: Melville House Publishing] not only won the 2018 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction,
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s Antiracism Books Are Coming To Netflix 
ICYMI: We’re raising our glasses for National Book Award-winning author and historian Dr. Ibram X. Kendi who announced on his Instagram last Friday that Netflix is adapting three of his antiracism books ☛STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING: THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF RACIST IDEAS IN AMERICA pub: Bold Type Books],
Chlorine Sky By Mahogany L. Browne Drops Today! Happy Book Birthday!
Celebrated poet Mahogany L. Browne‘s debut novel ☛CHLORINE SKY [pub:Crown Books for Young Readers] releases today! “Chlorine Sky is about an African-American teen dealing with fractured friendships, first romances, and her own empowering coming-of-age.” If you missed the chance to purchase tickets to Well-Read Black Girl’s Friendship Summit celebrating Chlorine Sky‘s launch today,
Bevelations: Lessons From A Mutha, Auntie, Bestie By Bevy Smith
Being tethered to a career I had outgrown was like standing for two hours in a pair of six-inch spike heels: it looked good, but my feet were swollen and in agony!
Bevy Smith’s candid, hilarious and heartwarming book ☛BEVELATIONS: LESSONS FROM A MUTHA,
Maika And Maritza Moulite Discuss Their Novel: One Of The Good Ones With Seth Meyers
ICYMI: Beautiful sister authors Maika and Maritza Moulite appeared on Late Night With Seth Meyers last night promoting their latest novel ☛ONE OF THE GOOD ONES [Inkyard Press]. Maritza actually interned for NBC once upon a time and shares a hilarious admission with Seth Meyers.
