Keep me posted on the latest book releases, signings, conferences and conversations.
Happiest of Pub Days to boxer and author Laila Ali! Her cookbook, ☛FOOD FOR LIFE: DELICIOUS & HEALTHY COMFORT FOOD FROM MY TABLE TO YOURS! [pub: St. Martin’s Press] drops today! Side note: can we talk about the gorgeousness that is Laila Ali?! Yes sis! Yes!
Ah! I could not wait to get my imperfectly manicured hands on ☛THE PERFECT NANNY [pub: Penguin Books] by Leila Slimani. No spoilers, but, listen, the first line is:
The baby is dead.
Originally entitled CHANSON DUCE in France and currently called LULLABY in Britain,
Junot Díaz wrote a children’s book y’all! The Pulitzer prize-winning author’s first children’s book ☛ISLANDBORN [pub: Dial Books for Young Readers] drops March 13, 2018. with beautiful illustrations by Leo Espinosa.
Per The New York Times:
“Islandborn” features a young girl named Lola who lives in Washington Heights and was born in the Dominican Republic.
Jesmyn Ward’s first novel, ☛WHERE THE LINE BLEEDS re-releases in paperback today on Scribner. The first edition was published by Agate Bolden on November 1, 2008.
Per Simon & Schuster:
The first novel from National Book Award winner and author of Sing,
New Book Alert! ☛THIS WILL BE MY UNDOING: LIVING AT THE INTERSECTION OF BLACK, FEMALE, AND FEMINIST IN (WHITE) AMERICA by Morgan Jerkins drops in a couple of weeks on January 30, 2018. The author’s book tour starts that same day.
Per HarperCollins:
☛WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST: A BLACK LIVES MATTER MEMOIR by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele [pub: St. Martin’s Press] drops next Tuesday, January 16, 2017. These powerful sistas are also headed on a nationwide book tour. First stop: The Schomburg next Tuesday at 6:30pm.
Happiest of Pub Days to poet Mahogany L. Browne and illustrator Jess Snow! Their book BLACK GIRL MAGIC: A POEM drops today on Roaring Book Press.
Per Macmillan Publishing:
Black Girl, they say you ain’t ‘posed to be here.
Happiest of Pub Days to Naima Coster. Her debut novel, ☛HALSEY STREET releases in hardcover today!
Per Little A Amazon Publishing:
Penelope Grand has scrapped her failed career as an artist in Pittsburgh and moved back to Brooklyn to keep an eye on her ailing father.
The Lituation is a spirited conversation over drinks.
The Lituation is where I share my favorite wines, spirits, cocktails and concoctions …, sometimes paired with a book.
Sometimes not.
Took a sip, then another sip then someone said to me…
Happiest of Pub Days to Tiffany Haddish! Her memoir ☛THE LAST BLACK UNICORN releases today.
Per Gallery Books:
From stand-up comedian, actress, and breakout star of Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish, comes The Last Black Unicorn, a sidesplitting,
