National Book Award winner, Jacqueline Woodson is back with another must-read short in pages, yet long in story with ☛RED AT THE BONE [pub: Riverhead Books]. Woodson’s poignant ☛ANOTHER BROOKLYN clocked in at 192 pages and her latest is just a few over 200.
Sweat The Technique By Rakim With Bakari Kitwana
Microphone fiend and celebrated rapper Rakim’s ☛SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE: REVELATIONS ON CREATIVITY FROM THE LYRICAL GENIUS [pub: Amistad] drops on September 24th. This must-read is co-written with my fellow Source magazine alum, the illustrious Bakari Kitwana. Follow the journalist and activist on Instagram @rap.sessions.official and Twitter @thereakbakari.
Talking To Strangers By Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell’s ☛TALKING TO STRANGERS: WHAT WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE WE DON’T KNOW [pub: Little, Brown and Company] drops today. Catch the author of THE TIPPING POINT and OUTLIERS in D.C. at Politics and Prose on September 11th and at New York City’s Barnes and Noble in Union Square on October 17th.
Antoni In The Kitchen By Antoni Porowski And Mindy Fox
Let’s all rejoice in the release of Queer Eye’s cutie Antoni Porowski releasing ☛ANTONI IN THE KITCHEN [pub: Rux Martin] Go shawty! It’s your book birthday! Adding this one to my cookbook collection. Happy Cookin’!
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Dominicana by Angie Cruz
Happiest of pub days Angie Cruz! The Washington Heights native’s third novel ☛DOMINICANA [pub: Flatiron Books] hits bookstores and e-readers today. I’m so looking forward to traveling from the Dominican Republic with 15-year-old Ana Cancion to New York City in 1965.
