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Can’t Nothing Bring Me Down By Ida Keeling With Anita Diggs

Late Pass! Ugh! Bummed I didn’t know about the release of ☛CAN’T NOTHING BRING ME DOWN: CHASING MYSELF IN THE RACE AGAINST TIME [pub: Zondervan] by Ida Keeling with Anita Diggs when it released back in February. But, delighted I learned about the 102-year-old runner and author in conversation with Alison Desir,

Make Trouble by Cecile Richards

Cecile Richard’s New York Times bestselling memoir ☛MAKE TROUBLE: STANDING UP, SPEAKING UP, AND FINDING THE COURAGE TO LEAD — MY LIFE STORE [pub: Touchstone] dropped April 3rd and you can catch the president of Planned Parenthood in conversation with the smart and funny Jessica Williams of 2 Dope Queens at 92 Street Y on Tuesday,

Bad Men And Wicked Women By Eric Jerome Dickey

Issa a book birthday! Happiest of pub days to Eric Jerome Dickey! His 100,000th novel ☛BAD MEN AND WICKED WOMEN [pub: Dutton] arrives in bookstores and on e-readers today. Ha! Check out the novelist in Durham, North Carolina on Friday, April 20th and in Washington,

Fascism: A Warning By Madeleine Albright

Can’t front. I didn’t have ☛FASCISM: A WARNING [pub: Harper]  by Madam Secretary Madeleine Albright on my reading radar until  her über informative appearance on The View this morning. When the United States’ first woman secretary of state said:

 

We cannot have a president who believes that he’s above the law and that is what he’s doing…

Sunny By Jason Reynolds

Happiest of pub days to author Jason Reynold! ☛SUNNY,  the third novel in his Track series, drops today.

 

Per Simon & Schuster:

 

Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with personalities that are explosive when they clash.

Perfect Is Boring By Tyra Banks And Carolyn London

Tyra Banks and her “Mama” Carolyn London’s book ☛PERFECT IS BORING: 10 THINGS MY CRAZY, FIERCE MAMA TAUGHT ME ABOUT BEAUTY, BOOTY, AND BEING A BOSS [pub: TarcherPerigee] drops next Tuesday, April 3rd.

In the part memoir/part inspirational hardcover, the super model mogul “reveals” 

Michael Bennett Turns Himself In On Felony Charges

Activist and NFL player Michael Bennett surrendered to Houston police on the felony charge of injury to the elderly. The author of ☛THINGS THAT MAKE WHITE PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE [pub: Haymarket Books], which drops next Tuesday, April 2nd, was released on $10,000 bond and returns to court on April 23,

Tyler Johnson Was Here By Jay Coles

Happiest of pub days to author and composer Jay Coles! The musician’s young adult novel ☛TYLER JOHNSON WAS HERE releases today. Confession: I’m mesmerized, absolutely mesmerized by the cover. The juxtaposition of such a vibrant and gorgeous cover against such an infuriating, yet heartbreaking premise,

Vivica A. Fox Talks Sex With 50 Cent In Every Day I’m Hustling

Actress  Vivica A. Fox‘s new self-help book ☛EVERYDAY I’M HUSTLING [pub: St. Martin’s Press] drops two weeks from today on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. But this week, people ain’t talking about words of inspiration from the 53-year-old star. Tongues are wagging about an excerpt from her book that rates her sex life with rapper/actor Curtis “50 cent”

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