Keep me posted on the latest book releases, signings, conferences and conversations.
Admission: I’m only 10 pages into Carola Lovering‘s ☛TELL ME LIES [pub: Atria Books] and have laughed out loud twice on the C train riding only three stops to one of my favorite bars in Brooklyn— shout out to Leah and Brett at The Corners.
The highly-anticipated literary novel ☛A PLACE FOR US [pub: SJP for Hogarth] by Fatima Farheen Mirza drops next Tuesday, June 12th. Thrilled beyond measure that Mirza is going on tour! First stop, NYC, baby! Click here for the deets! This is the first release from Sarah Jessica Parker’s imprint,
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson‘s newest book ☛WHAT TRUTH SOUNDS LIKE: ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JAMES BALDWIN, AND OUR UNFINISHED CONVERSATION ABOUT RACE IN AMERICA drops today! Caught him on The View yesterday discussing the national anthem, the reason 13% percent of black men voted for Trump and his personal convos with Kanye and Kim Kardashian West.
I cannot wait for the release of ☛BOSS BRIDE: THE POWERFUL WOMAN’S PLAYBOOK FOR LOVE AND SUCCESS by Charreah K. Jackson [pub: St. Martin’s Press]! Full disclosure: I’ve known Charreah for over seven years and even sought and received some great dating advice from one of my favorite Harlemites by way of Atlanta.
ICYMI, our beloved Michelle Obama tweeted the gorgeous cover of her highly-anticipated book ☛BECOMING [pub: Crown] at 6:34 a.m. yesterday!
Our Forever First Lady’s memoir releases on November 13, 2018. Have you pre-ordered your copies yet?
Forgive me. I had no idea that Spike Lee and Jordan Peele’s Grand Prix award-winning film Black KkKlansman was based on a memoir by Ron Stallworth. No doubt, the movie trailer even notes that it’s based on a true story, but an actual book? Mind blown!
The powerful memoir ☛NO ASHES IN THE FIRE: COMING OF AGE BLACK & FREE IN AMERICA [pub: Nation Books] by Darnell L. Moore drops next Tuesday, May 29th! Lucky for us the author and activist is going on a nationwide book tour.
Happiest of pub days to YA author Tiffany D. Jackson! The Brooklyn native and Howard alum’s second novel ☛MONDAY’S NOT COMING [pub: Katherine Tegen Books] drops today. Catch Jackson at The Strand tonight at 7PM along with Mark Oshirothe,
Howard Bryant‘s ☛THE HERITAGE: BLACK ATHLETES, A DIVIDED AMERICA, AND THE POLITICS OF PATRIOTISM drops today on Beacon Press. I loved Bryant’s NPR interview where he traced the branding and political apathy of athletes from O.J Simpson to Michael Jordan:
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Happiest of Pub Days to Jamel Brinkley! His debut collection of short stories, ☛A LUCKY MAN: STORIES is on sale today.
Per Graywolf Press:
In the nine expansive, searching stories of A Lucky Man,
