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.
Cravings: Hungry For More By Chrissy Teigen
Chrissy Teigen and Adeena Sussman‘s second cookbook ☛CRAVINGS: HUNGRY FOR MORE [pub: Clarkson Potter] dropped yesterday. I caught the hilarious mom of two promoting her latest work on Good Morning America. While the Everything Bagel Cream Cheese Breakfast Bake looked a lil’
Pride By Ibi Zoboi
Ibi Zoboi‘s second young adult novel ☛PRIDE [pub: Balzer + Bray] drops today. Issa contemporary Brooklyn-based remix of Jane Austen’s classic PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. Zoboi’s first YA novel AMERICAN STREET was a 2017 National Book Award finalist.
Looking for Lorraine By Imani Perry
Happiest of pub days to Imani Perry! ☛LOOKING FOR LORRAINE: THE RADIANT AND RADICAL LIFE OF LORRAINE HANSBERRY [pub: Beacon Press] is the Princeton University professor’s third book published in 2018 alone! Featured above is the trailer for PBS’ Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart which aired in January of this year.
Standing Our Ground by Lucia Kay McBath with Rosemarie Robotham
☛STANDING OUR GROUND: THE TRIUMPH OF FAITH OVER GUN VIOLENCE, A MOTHER’S STORY [pub: Atria/37 INK] by Lucia Kay McBath with Rosemarie Robotham is a necessary and yes, at times painful read. However, Lucia Kay McBath is the personification of resilience.
In Intimate Detail By Cora Harrington
I am absolutely smitten with Cora Harrington’s book cover ☛IN INTIMATE DETAIL: HOW TO CHOOSE, WEAR, AND LOVE LINGERIE [pub: Ten Speed Press]. The comprehensive guide to undergarments is just so pretty and feminine and, yeah, pink. Can’t wait to display it, read it and learn from it.
Nostrand Avenue by Kenji Jasper
Salute to Kenji Jasper on the release of his fourth novel ☛NOSTRAND AVENUE [pub: Kensington]! “The first volume in the ‘Kango Watts Trilogy’, a new literary experience that melds street fiction with Afrofuturism, erotica and meditations on yoga and African-centered religions.” Here for it.
She Would Be King By Wayétu Moore
Wayétu Moore is busy and booked for the next couple of months! The debut author’s highly-anticipated novel ☛SHE WOULD BE KING [pub: Graywolf Press] drops next Tuesday, September 11th. Plus, the One Moore Book founder is going on a nationwide tour. Catch the Howard alum September 12th in conversation with Yahdon Israel at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in New York City.
