Book Releases

I’m Telling The Truth, But I’m Lying By Bassey Ikpi

☛I’M TELLING THE TRUTH, BUT I’M LYING: ESSAYS [pub: Harper Perennial] by Bassey Ikpi arrives on bookshelves and e-readers today. The “Nigerian born American bred” poet is also a mental health advocate.

Per HarperCollins:

A deeply personal collection of essays exploring Nigerian-American author Bassey Ikpi’s experiences navigating Bipolar II and anxiety throughout the course of her life.

Survival Math by Mitchell S. Jackson

February 15, 2019August 16, 2018 In Book Releases 0 Mitchell S. Jackson, Survival Math: Notes On An American Family 0

Happiest of Pub days to Mitchell S. Jackson on the release of his latest book ☛SURVIVAL MATH: NOTES ON AN ALL-AMERICAN FAMILY!

Per Simon & Schuster:

In a thrillingly alive, candid new work, award-winning author Mitchell S. Jackson takes us inside the drug-ravaged neighborhood and struggling family of his youth,

Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim

October 30, 2018November 5, 2018 In Book Events, Book Releases 0 Anthology, Discovering Ourselves 0

Glory Edim’s anthology ☛WELL-READ BLACK GIRL: FINDING OUR STORIES, DISCOVERING OURSELVES [pub: Ballatine Books] is finally here! Avid readers around the globe waited with breath that is baited for this collection of original essays by the likes of Jesmyn Ward, Jacqueline Woodson,

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If Beale Street Could Talk Novel by James Baldwin, Movie by Barry Jenkins

October 25, 2018 In Book Releases, Paula's Picks 0 Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk 0

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Read, or um, hopefully re-read James Baldwin’s ☛IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK [pub: Vintage International] before the film releases in theaters nationwide on November 30th. While I don’t remember the age, grade or even the year, I first read Beale Street, I will never forget the taste of bittersweetness that lingered after I finished it.

Blend by Mashonda Tifrere

October 2, 2018October 24, 2018 In Book Releases 0 Alicia Keys, Blend 0

Congratulations to Mashonda Tifrere. The mother of one, author and singer’s book ☛BLEND: THE SECRET TO CO-PARENTING AND CREATING A BALANCED FAMILY [pub:TarcherPerigee] drops today. Her ex-husband and son’s father, music producer Swizz Beatz wrote a chapter and his current wife singer/songwriter Alicia Keys penned the foreward.

Resist By Veronica Chambers

September 24, 2018September 26, 2018 In Book Releases 0 FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED POLITICS, Resist 0

Veronica Chambers's RESIST:35 PROFILES OF ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO ROSE UP AGAINST TYRANNY AND INJUSTICE BOOK COVER

Happiest of pub days to author extraordinaire Veronica Chambers! Her children’s book ☛RESIST: 35 PROFILES OF ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO ROSE UP AGAINST TYRANNY AND INJUSTICE [pub: Harper Collins] drops today. Join Chambers next Tuesday, October 2nd as she discusses her latest book at Brooklyn College.