Keep me posted on the latest book releases, signings, conferences and conversations.
I cannot wait for the release of ☛BOSS BRIDE: THE POWERFUL WOMAN’S PLAYBOOK FOR LOVE AND SUCCESS by Charreah K. Jackson [pub: St. Martin’s Press]! Full disclosure: I’ve known Charreah for over seven years and even sought and received some great dating advice from one of my favorite Harlemites by way of Atlanta.
ICYMI, our beloved Michelle Obama tweeted the gorgeous cover of her highly-anticipated book ☛BECOMING [pub: Crown] at 6:34 a.m. yesterday!
Our Forever First Lady’s memoir releases on November 13, 2018. Have you pre-ordered your copies yet?
Forgive me. I had no idea that Spike Lee and Jordan Peele’s Grand Prix award-winning film Black KkKlansman was based on a memoir by Ron Stallworth. No doubt, the movie trailer even notes that it’s based on a true story, but an actual book? Mind blown!
The powerful memoir ☛NO ASHES IN THE FIRE: COMING OF AGE BLACK & FREE IN AMERICA [pub: Nation Books] by Darnell L. Moore drops next Tuesday, May 29th! Lucky for us the author and activist is going on a nationwide book tour.
Happiest of pub days to YA author Tiffany D. Jackson! The Brooklyn native and Howard alum’s second novel ☛MONDAY’S NOT COMING [pub: Katherine Tegen Books] drops today. Catch Jackson at The Strand tonight at 7PM along with Mark Oshirothe,
Howard Bryant‘s ☛THE HERITAGE: BLACK ATHLETES, A DIVIDED AMERICA, AND THE POLITICS OF PATRIOTISM drops today on Beacon Press. I loved Bryant’s NPR interview where he traced the branding and political apathy of athletes from O.J Simpson to Michael Jordan:
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Happiest of Pub Days to Jamel Brinkley! His debut collection of short stories, ☛A LUCKY MAN: STORIES is on sale today.
Per Graywolf Press:
In the nine expansive, searching stories of A Lucky Man,
What’s cookin’? ☛THE FAMILY TABLE: RECIPES AND MOMENTS FROM A NOMADIC LIFE [pub: Morrow Cookbooks] by the multi-talented family that is Jazz Smollett-Warwell, Jake Smollett, Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Jussie Smollett drops today. Catch the Smollett quartet in New York City at Barnes & Noble Tribeca at 6pm.
Salute Questlove! The “cultural omnivore’s” fourth book ☛CREATIVE QUEST [pub: Ecco] drops today.
Per HarperCollins:
Questlove—musician, bandleader, designer, producer, culinary entrepreneur, professor, and all-around cultural omnivore—shares his wisdom on the topics of inspiration and originality in a one-of-a-kind guide to living your best creative life.
Confession: I’ve never been on that reposado. I like my tequila like I like my men, a tad on the younger side. Thus, blancos are usually more my speed. That is until I sipped, ok, gulped the Chica Fresa cocktail at The Clam in New York City’s West Village.
