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The most respected and storied African-American imprint in publishing, Amistad was founded in 1986 to specialize in the works of authors who honor and consecrate the memory of those who fought—and continue to fight—for freedom. Now publishing titles such as Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson; Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey; Open Season by Ben Crump; and Barracoon by Zora Nea
The most respected and storied African-American imprint in publishing, Amistad was founded in 1986 to specialize in the works of authors who honor and consecrate the memory of those who fought—and continue to fight—for freedom. Now publishing titles such as Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson; Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey; Open Season by Ben Crump; and Barracoon by Zora Nea
Louis Edwards answers ten questions for Poets & Writers about his latest novel, RAMADAN RAMSEY, the writing process, and his current favorite reads.
✨ Catch the full interview: https://fal.cn/3hClE
“I write when an idea, story, or book commands me to.” —Louis Edwards, author of Ramadan Ramsey
"Ramadan’s resilience, quick wit, and steadfast spirit render him something of a 21st-century update on the characters of Dickens and Twain. Edwards, meanwhile, is a rare writer of deep, paternal wisdom, who can find the deeply, upliftingly spiritual element of nearly everything. This will have readers enthralled with the beauty of life, despite all its tragedies and sorrows.”
— Publishers Weekly on Louis Edwards' new novel, RAMADAN RAMSEY, on-sale now!
📖 Read the full review: https://fal.cn/3hAsB
This week, we're eyeing new titles from YZ Chin and Sabina Murray.
⭐📖 The New York Times Books calls RAMADAN RAMSEY "a story about hope in even the harshest of circumstances."
“One antidote to the darkness, I have found, is a warm, hopeful novel. Louis Edwards has written such a book with his latest, “RAMADAN RAMSEY” . . . Edwards, a critically acclaimed writer who has received both a Guggenheim fellowship and a Whiting Award, hasn’t published a book-length work in nearly two decades. His new book was worth the wait.” — #NYTBooks
⭐📖 The New York Times Books calls RAMADAN RAMSEY "a story about hope in even the harshest of circumstances."
“One antidote to the darkness, I have found, is a warm, hopeful novel. Louis Edwards has written such a book with his latest, “RAMADAN RAMSEY” . . . Edwards, a critically acclaimed writer who has received both a Guggenheim fellowship and a Whiting Award, hasn’t published a book-length work in nearly two decades. His new book was worth the wait.” — #NYTBooks
Intimate yet epic, heartbreaking yet triumphant, Louis Edwards' RAMADAN RAMSEY is one of Bustle magazine's '9 Must-Read New Books Out This Week'!
See it on the list: https://fal.cn/3hyxi
Teenage witches, a Roaring 20s romance, and tense thrillers are among the best new books out the week of August 9, 2021.
🎧 Listen: Louis Edwards sits down with NPR Morning Edition to discuss his new novel, RAMADAN RAMSEY, on-sale now!
Full Episode: https://fal.cn/3hwy4 via NPR
NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks with author Louis Edwards about his new novel: Ramadan Ramsey.
In his first book-length work in nearly two decades, "Edwards has written an ebullient, picaresque novel." Even with so much plot happening, RAMADAN RAMSEY "holds readers’ attention with [Edwards'] attention to language and his skill at quick, yet rich, characterization."
📖 Read more of The New York Times's review of Louis Edwards' RAMADAN RAMSEY: https://fal.cn/3huYv
Louis Edwards’s latest follows a young boy who seems destined for a life of disappointment but proves that a positive attitude can lead to great rewards.
🚨 Incoming: The first comprehensive collection of essays, criticisms, and articles by literary legend, Zora Neale Hurston, YOU DON'T KNOW US NEGROES AND OTHER ESSAYS is coming in January 2022.
Read more of Literary Hub announcement here: https://fal.cn/3htcb #ZoraNealeHurstonTrust
It’s a great day for bibliophiles, as I have some exciting news to share that doesn’t involve homophobic rappers named DaBaby, whose antics have been clogging my social media timeline. …
📺 Watch Dr. Inger Burnett-Zeigler's interview with WTTW - Chicago PBS where she talks about NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN and the role of generational trauma in Black women's mental and physical health.
Full interview here: https://fal.cn/3hrTM
In her new book, author and psychologist Inger Burnett-Zeigler examines the stress, trauma and unacknowledged emotional suffering Black women have faced for generations, while offering a new way of being strong that includes being comfortable with vulnerability.
🎧 Listen to Louis Edward´s interview with New Orleans Public Radio where he talks about the making of RAMADAN RAMSEY.
https://fal.cn/3hrgU via #WWMO
The Reading Life: Louis Edwards Published August 6, 2021 at 10:21 AM CDT Listen • 27:00 Susan Larson talks with writer Louis Edwards about the inspiration for his fourth novel "Ramadan Ramsey," his first in 20 years.Here’s what’s on tap in the literary life this weekHere in New Orleans:Congra...
“Alice Randall’s BLACK BOTTOM SAINTS arrives at a critical moment in our nation’s history, and it’s exactly the right book for our times. I wish I could have seen Black Bottom in its heyday—and thrown back a cocktail with Ziggy Johnson—but reading Randall’s latest novel makes me feel that, actually, I have.”
— Jay McInerney, author of Bright Lights, Big City and The Good Life
✨This top-pick novel, Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall, is now available on paperback!
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“Alice Randall’s BLACK BOTTOM SAINTS arrives at a critical moment in our nation’s history, and it’s exactly the right book for our times. I wish I could have seen Black Bottom in its heyday—and thrown back a cocktail with Ziggy Johnson—but reading Randall’s latest novel makes me feel that, actually, I have.”
— Jay McInerney, author of Bright Lights, Big City and The Good Life
✨This top-pick novel, Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall, is now available on paperback!
#blackbottomsaints
John Oliver Killen's THE MINISTER PRIMARILY "is a brilliantly scathing, outrageous satire as important today as when it was written.” - Library Journal
✨Read the full starred review here: https://fal.cn/3hobG
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Peep who made onto PopSugar's running list of the best books of 2021 👀 #RamadanRamsey
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Beginning in New Orleans in 1999, Ramadan Ramsey by Louis Edwards is a sweeping story of one young man's journey to find the father he has never met. In the
🎉📖🎇Happy Publication Day to RAMADAN RAMSEY by Louis Edwards!
Intimate yet epic, heartbreaking yet triumphant, Ramadan Ramsey explores the urgency of 21st century childhood and the richness and complexity of the modern family as a shared global experience.
Learn more at https://fal.cn/3hmel
🎉📖🎇Happy Publication Day to RAMADAN RAMSEY by Louis Edwards!
Intimate yet epic, heartbreaking yet triumphant, Ramadan Ramsey explores the urgency of 21st century childhood and the richness and complexity of the modern family as a shared global experience.
Learn more at https://fal.cn/3hmel
Join us for an exciting virtual #authorevent with Chris Stuck and Manuel Aragon on August 12th, in celebration of Chris' new book Give My Love To the Savages.
Register here: https://fal.cn/3hkzi via BookBar.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Chris Stuck In Conversation with Manuel Aragon. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
“Journalist Seli B bold and winning debut fuses an unabashed love of hip-hop with a feminist consciousness that is ‘educated, but always willing to throw these hands’ . . . This is a powerful call for a more inclusive and ‘real” feminism.’ — Publishers Weekly
https://fal.cn/3hhzD ✨📖
Journalist Bowen’s bold and winning debut fuses an unabashed love of hip-hop with a feminist consciousness that is “educated, but always willing to throw these hands” and a celebration of the social p
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"There is a generous contouring to [John Oliver Killens'] love for African America that is filled with pride. But the most powerful message that Killens has to impart is that lessons come in all shapes and sizes." — The New York Times Books on THE MINISTER PRIMARILY
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Killens’s posthumously released novel, “The Minister Primarily,” is a searing and satirical look at race in America.
🎉📖✨Happy Publication Day to THE MINISTER PRIMARILY by John Oliver Killens!
Set in the 1980s, THE MINISTER PRIMARILY follows the story of Jimmy Jay, who follows his wanderlust to the fictitious African country, The Independent People’s Democratic Republic of Guanaya, to "find himself" only to be enlisted in a scheme to foil a would-be coup.
Learn more at https://fal.cn/3h2xm
🎉📖✨Happy Publication Day to THE MINISTER PRIMARILY by John Oliver Killens!
Set in the 1980s, THE MINISTER PRIMARILY follows the story of Jimmy Jay, who follows his wanderlust to the fictitious African country, The Independent People’s Democratic Republic of Guanaya, to "find himself" only to be enlisted in a scheme to foil a would-be coup.
Learn more at https://fal.cn/3h2xm
👉🏾 Join INFINITUM🌌 author Tim Fielder in conversation with Jerry Craft at Lost City Books on Friday, JULY 30th at 7PM EST! #VirtualAuthorEvent
RSVP at https://fal.cn/3h0F6
Tim Fielder discusses his graphic novel INFINITUM with guest, author Jerry Craft
Carlos Watson describes WHERE YOU ARE IS NOT WHO YOU ARE author, Ursula Burns, as perhaps the most impressive person he’s ever met … yes, ever (and that’s including five presidents and countless CEOs, athletes and celebrities)!
Watch their conversation on The Carlos Watson Show!
https://fal.cn/3gW3j 📺
Meet who Carlos describes as perhaps the most impressive person he’s ever met … yes, ever (and that’s including five presidents and countless CEOs, athletes ...
🎉📖 Join Garden District Book Shop for the virtual launch of Louis Edwards’ latest book, RAMADAN RAMSEY, an all at once tender, heartbreaking, and triumphant story, on Tue, AUG 10th 6:00 PM CDT!
RSVP at https://fal.cn/3gUzk ✨
The Garden District Book Shop hosts the national release of renowned local author Louis Edwards’ latest book, “Ramadan Ramsey: A Novel"
📺 Watch Dr. Inger Burnett-Zeigler talk with ABC7 about her new book NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN, and the importance of coping with trauma and stress in our everyday lives.
https://fal.cn/3gSI0 via #ABC7
Experts share their thoughts on how women can deal with mental health and how girls can work on womanhood.
Chris Stuck's short story collection GIVE MY LOVE TO THE SAVAGES "blends absurdism with realism to tackle identity, racism, and being adrift in the world."
Read his interview with Electric Literature. https://fal.cn/3gRfx 📖
Chris Stuck's short story collection blends absurdism with realism to tackle identity, racism, and being adrift in the world
👉🏾📖Read an excerpt of GIVE MY LOVE TO THE SAVAGES by Chris Stuck in The Millions!
https://fal.cn/3gO7r via #TheMillions
In this edition of Featured Fiction, we present an excerpt from a debut story collection that Victor LaValle praised as "Black satire with bite."
"It's the difference between ordinary and extraordinary. That's what friends and support are...that's what the outcome is." — Ursula Burns
📺 Watch this clip of Next Question with Katie Couric where author of WHERE YOU ARE IS NOT WHO YOU ARE, Ursula Burns discusses her appreciation of mentors.
Full episode: https://fal.cn/3gN04 via #NextQuestion
👂🏾✨Listen to Chris Gardner on FOMO Sapiens with Patrick J. McGinnis discussing his new book PERMISSION TO DREAM and insights on perspective and adaptability in order to reach your dreams and accomplish your goals.
https://fal.cn/3gMjJ via #FOMOSapiens
Show FOMO Sapiens with Patrick J. McGinnis, Ep Permission to Dream with Chris Gardner - Jul 8, 2021
🙍🏾♀️💜"NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBE I'VE SEEN is ripe for our times. As our country undergoes a wrenching racial reckoning, Dr. Inger Burnett-Zeigler...takes us deep into the historical roots and culture that have shaped the psyches of Black women." — New York Journal of Books
https://fal.cn/3gL58 via #NYJB
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black Women by Inger Burnett-Zeigler book review. Click to read the full review of Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black Women in New York Journal of Books. Review written by Karen R. Koenig.
👉🏾 Read an excerpt of GIVE MY LOVE TO THE SAVAGES by Chris Stuck, recommended by Chanelle Benz on Electric Literature!
https://fal.cn/3gJBX via #electriclit
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📖⭐ RECLAMATION: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant's search for her Family's Lasting Legacy by Gayle Jessup White is one of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2021!
On sale November 16th! https://fal.cn/3gHJF via #LitHub
If you can believe it, 2021 is already halfway over. That means you’ve burned your way through all the books from the first half of the year (right?) and are finding yourself hungry for more.…
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"NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN [by Dr. Inger Burnett-Zeigler] is a guide, roadmap and exploration of self-love and healing for Black women, teaching them 'how to prioritize the self and find everyday joys in self-worth.'" #pageturner
https://fal.cn/3gF8G via The Root
Hot off the press literary releases to help you keep cool in this heatwave.
📖💗 "I cannot tell you how much I appreciate and really love this book. So many stories, our stories, Mom's, Bricktop Valda Grey...so many of us NEED to know these stories. Brava, Bravo!"
— Whoopi Goldberg
This amazing literary tour-de-force, Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall, is now available in paperback! https://fal.cn/3gEZE
📖💗 "I cannot tell you how much I appreciate and really love this book. So many stories, our stories, Mom's, Bricktop Valda Grey...so many of us NEED to know these stories. Brava, Bravo!"
— Whoopi Goldberg
This amazing literary tour-de-force, Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall, is now available in paperback! https://fal.cn/3gEZE
"RAMADAN RAMSEY is a clever, moving family novel that will transport you across the globe, even though borders are still closed to many of us." #BestBooksforSummer🍧☀️
https://fal.cn/3gDdS via GQ
From space flight to slashers, there’s a book for every circumstance this post-pandemic season.
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✨Introducing '3 Questions of Amistad' featuring our first guest the phenomenal Jenifer Lewis For Real and our Editorial Director, Tracy Sherrod! Tell us your favorite takeaway in the comments! And check out the link for a giveaway of Jenifer's book, THE MOTHER OF BLACK HOLLYWOOD! https://linktr.ee/amistadbooks
🎧👂🏾✨Listen to Bakari Sellers read his new book MY VANISHING COUNTRY! Part memoir, part historical and cultural analysis, it's an eye-opening journey through the South's past, present, and future. Available in audio at https://fal.cn/38cwM via HarperAudio.
📲Download THE LITTLE BOOK OF BIG LIES by Tina Lifford today from your favorite e-retailer! #OnSale https://fal.cn/389JZ
👂Listen to 50 Cent read HUSTLE HARDER, HUSTLE SMARTER, the unique self-help audio book full of cutting-edge lessons and hard-earned advice on embracing change. https://fal.cn/37Tlp via HarperAudio
For the first time, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson opens up in this unique self-help guide with cutting edge-lessons and hard-earned advice on embracing change and achieving your own comeback. #HustleHarderHustleSmarter Learn more at: https://fal.cn/37Nl3
When we see people on TV 📺 and in the public eye, it's easy to forget that even they have setbacks 😞. Find out why "never give up is the true mantra" 💪🏾for My Vanishing Country author, Bakari Sellers in the video below. #MyVanishingCountry
🤔 What was the most amazing part about the ✍🏾process of making #MyVanishingCountry for Bakari Sellers? Find out!
✨We're so excited to share with you the book trailer for We Want Our Bodies Back, a powerful full-length collection from jessica Care moore, one of the leading poets of our time!
Happy book birthday to Tina Lifford! The Little Book of Big Lies is an inspiring and illuminating guide to true Self-care, and you can get your copy today wherever books are sold!
Tina Lifford shares with you 5 inner fitness mantras to help you on your own journey. 📽️ #SelfCare #InnerFitness #TheLittleBookofBigLies
💆🏾♀️ #SelfCareSunday Learn from Inner Fitness strategist, Tina Lifford, the personal development practices to foster well-being so that you can Be Fully Alive and THRIVE in your life!
📣𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭📣 You may know her as Aunt Vi from the critically acclaimed drama Queen Sugar, but Tina Lifford is also an Inner Fitness strategist committed to helping you live fully and thrive. And she's doing just that in her new book! The Little Book of Big Lies will turn shame into self-acceptance, self-rejection into self-love, blame into freedom and old hurt into personal power so that you can BE FULLY ALIVE! Tina visited our office and she signed an advance reader's edition that can be yours today! Are you ready to take this journey and change your life? Then go visit our Instagram and enter the giveaway!
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