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The Water Dancer By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Celebrated author Ta-Nehisi Coates is back with his first work of fiction ☛THE WATER DANCER [pub: One World]. It’s highly anticipated. It’s an Oprah pick. And I’m sure it’s a New York Times bestseller out the gate. While I’m not the biggest fan of his very important non-fiction,

Terry McMillan Tweets It’s Not All Downhill From Here Book Cover

Thanks to a tweet from bestselling author Terry McMillan, we got the head’s up that her next novel ☛IT’S NOT ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE [pub: Ballantine Books] drops March 31, 2020. Now I’ve gotta finish her last release ☛I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT YOU before next April!

Red At The Bone By Jacqueline Woodson

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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Imani Perry’s Breathe Book Tour

But no matter how many say so, my sons, you are not a problem. Mothering you is not a problem. It is a gift. A vast one. A breathtaking one, beautiful. One that makes me pray for an unmercenary spirit about what I am here to do, never considering it a burden or worthy of particular praise.

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.

Rick Ross On Good Morning America

Did you catch Rick Ross on Good Morning America this morning? The Miami rapper-turned-author’s memoir ☛HURRICANES drops tomorrow. Check out his Los Angeles book signing this Friday, September 6th at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m.

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