Keep me posted on the latest book releases, signings, conferences and conversations.
Comedian Molly Shannon is adding New York Times bestselling author to the top of her bio with the release of her “introspective, poignant, heartbreaking and hilarious” memoir ☛HELLO, MOLLY! [pub: Ecco], which dropped two weeks ago. The Saturday Night Live alum co-wrote the “equal parts funny and touching” book with writer Sean Wilsey.
We cook by the spirit… If you need an exact recipe every time you cook, you don’t trust yourself. Let’s trust ourselves.
—Tabitha Brown in A Note From Tab
Actress and author Tabitha Brown‘s ☛FEEDING THE SOUL (BECAUSE IT’S MY BUSINESS): FINDING OUR WAY TO JOY,
People say, “How can you say that Black women in pop don’t get the credit they’re due?” Oh, they get credit. They don’t get the credit that they’re due.
—Danyel Smith as told to Emily Lordi in The New Yorker
Good Morning America’s adored broadcaster Robin Roberts’ latest book of hope ☛BRIGHTER BY THE DAY: WAKING UP TO NEW HOPES AND DREAMS written with esteemed author Michelle Buford releases today [pub: Grand Central Publishing].
Check out this snippet of my wonderful convo with Dr. Janice Johnson Dias, mother of fellow author Marley Dias, at Likkle Jamaican Dumpling House in Brooklyn, NY
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Raising my hands in praise 🙌🏾 for actress Yvonne Orji and the release of her debut self-help aka “Get Yours” book ☛BAMBOOZLED BY JESUS: HOW GOD TRICKED ME INTO THE LIFE OF MY DREAMS [pub: Worthy Books] out today! Love how the stand-up comedian tricked out a Bentley and got all fabulously fly to drop off copies of her part-inspirational,
Witty, inventive, and smart, The Other Black Girl goes deeper to take on class privilege, race, and gender in a narrative that slyly plays along the edges of convention. Zakiya Dalila Harris’s debut is a brilliant combustion of suspense, horror, and social commentary that leaves no assumption unchallenged and no page unturned.
So happy for actress and mother Gabrielle Union and her husband NBA legend Dwyane Wade on the release of their children’s picture book ☛SHADY BABY [pub: HarperCollins] based on their own monikered “shady baby” Kaavia James.
Raising my frosted glass of iced black coffee this morning to my girl Elayne Fluker and the release of her first book ☛GET OVER “I GOT IT”: HOW TO STOP PLAYING SUPERWOMAN, GET SUPPORT, AND REMEMBER THAT HAVING IT ALL DOESN’T MEAN DOING IT ALL ALONE [pub: HarperCollins Leadership],
I’m excited to finally get to tell my story after all this time. Many people have thought they knew the story of Lil’ Kim, but they have no idea.
—Lil’ Kim in People magazine
ICYMI: Yesterday, People magazine announced that Kimberly ‘Lil’Kim’’ Jones is releasing her memoir ☛THE QUEEN BEE [pub: Hachette] with Kathy Iandoli on November 2,
