The rapper and now author Nas aka Nasir Jones posted the cover of his first children’s book ☛I KNOW I CAN on Instagram today. In the post the king from Queens also announced the launch of MAJR, an online children’s store and a division of the media and entertainment company Mass Appeal.
More Than Enough By Elaine Welteroth
Shaking a tambourine in celebration of Elaine Welteroth’s inspirational ☛MORE THAN ENOUGH: CLAIMING SPACE FOR WHO YOU ARE (NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY) [pub: Viking] dropping today. Just watched the Project Runway judge on Good Morning America crediting her mother as “the shero of this story.”
Speaking Of Summer By Kalisha Buckhanon
Kalisha Buckhanon’s fourth novel, ☛SPEAKING OF SUMMER [pub: Counterpoint Press] is showing up on everyone’s to-be-read list, including mine. Fellow author Sandra Jackson-Opoku asks, “Who cares about the disappearance of Summer—a beautiful, broken Black woman? No one but her twin sister, Autumn. Yet things are not always as they appear in this absorbing drama that is equal parts women’s fiction and suspense thriller.
In West Mills By De’Shawn Charles Winslow
Happy Book Birthday to De’Shawn Charles Winslow! His debut novel ☛IN WEST MILLS arrives in bookstores today.
Catch the East Harlem resident—by way of Elizabeth City, North Carolina—at Decatur, Georgia’s Charis Books on Thursday, June 13th at 7:30 p.m.
Patsy By Nicole Dennis-Benn
Literature darling Nicole Dennis-Benn returns with her highly-anticipated, sophomore novel ☛PATSY [pub: Liveright Publishing]. I’m so intrigued by stories about mothers who leave their children in pursuit of happiness, salvation or preservation. One of my favorite Nicole Kidman performances is her Oscar-winning portrayal of Laura Brown in The Hours—based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Michael Cunningham.
Notes From A Young Black Chef: A Memoir By Kwame Onwuachi
Been waitin’ with breath that is baited to purchase 2019 James Beard Award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi’s ☛NOTES FROM A YOUNG BLACK CHEF with Joshua David Stein [pub: Knopf]. At risk of getting kicked out of the #BlackGirlsRock sorority, I love this memoir more than Michelle Obama’s beautifully written BECOMING.
