Keep me posted on the latest book releases, signings, conferences and conversations.
Jesmyn Ward’s first novel, âWHERE THE LINE BLEEDS re-releases in paperback today on Scribner. The first edition was published by Agate Bolden on November 1, 2008.
Per Simon & Schuster:
The first novel from National Book Award winner and author of Sing,
New Book Alert! âTHIS WILL BE MY UNDOING: LIVING AT THE INTERSECTION OF BLACK, FEMALE, AND FEMINIST IN (WHITE) AMERICA by Morgan Jerkins drops in a couple of weeks on January 30, 2018. The author’s book tour starts that same day.
Per HarperCollins:
âWHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST: A BLACK LIVES MATTER MEMOIR by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele [pub: St. Martin’s Press] drops next Tuesday, January 16, 2017. These powerful sistas are also headed on a nationwide book tour. First stop: The Schomburg next Tuesday at 6:30pm.
Happiest of Pub Days to poet Mahogany L. Browne and illustrator Jess Snow! Their book BLACK GIRL MAGIC: A POEM drops today on Roaring Book Press.
Per Macmillan Publishing:
Black Girl, they say you ain’t ‘posed to be here.Â
Happiest of Pub Days to Naima Coster. Her debut novel, âHALSEY STREET releases in hardcover today!
Per Little A Amazon Publishing:
Penelope Grand has scrapped her failed career as an artist in Pittsburgh and moved back to Brooklyn to keep an eye on her ailing father.
The Lituation is a spirited conversation over drinks.
The Lituation is where I share my favorite wines, spirits, cocktails and concoctions …, sometimes paired with a book.
Sometimes not.
Took a sip, then another sip then someone said to meâŠ
Happiest of Pub Days to Tiffany Haddish! Her memoir âTHE LAST BLACK UNICORN releases today.
Per Gallery Books:
From stand-up comedian, actress, and breakout star of Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish, comes The Last Black Unicorn, a sidesplitting,
I spent Thursday evening in the company of splendid women, women of splendor in fact.
My daughter.
Nikki Giovanni.
MSNBC’s Joy Ann Reid
My friends Elon Johnson and Dawn Julian.
And numerous more.
Thank you Nikki Giovanni and The Schomburg Center for bringing us all together in Harlem…
I finished this page turner 11 days ago. Paired the ending of âA BEAUTIFUL, TERRIBLE THING: A MEMOIR OF MARRIAGE AND BETRAYL with my favorite RosÚ this summer, Los Bermejos’ ListĂĄn Rosado.
My Insta Friend @lauri_writes described having a “book hangover” after she finished this gripping memoir.
Listen. Author Jen Waite has disrupted my week with her riveting memoir âA BEAUTIFUL TERRIBLE, THING: A MEMOIR OF MARRIAGE AND BETRAYAL [pub: Plume].
Just as BeyoncĂš’s Lemonade and Jay-Z’s 4:44 caused so many to pause, reflect, project and wax poetic,
