Congratulations to David McConnell, whose latest book, American Honor Killings: Desire and Rage Among Men, has received the 2014 Stonewall Book Award-Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award!
Laurie Loewenstein’s Unmentionables has received a starred review from Library Journal!
Publisher Johnny Temple pays tribute to Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), who passed away on January 9, 2014.
Join us for two upcoming launch events in New York! Edwidge Danticat will launch Haiti Noir 2: The Classics at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Dweck Center on January 16th, and Laurie Loewenstein and Kaylie Jones will launch Unmentionables and Kaylie Jones Books at Bluestockings on January 22nd!
Game World author C.J. Farley penned a blog post earlier today in response to the appointment of author Kate DiCamillo (Because of Winn-Dixie, Flora & Ulysses) as the new national ambassador for young people’s literature.
Game World author C.J. Farley recently appeared on CNN to discuss Justin Bieber’s supposed retirement from music. Watch the full video here!
Albert “Prodigy” Johnson was one of three judges at the November 22nd Literary Death Match, held in Miami! (Photos)
Videos: With Mandela’s recent passing, CBS, Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer, and Democracy Now! invited Randall Robinson to speak about his fight for Nelson’s freedom as well as his interactions with the former president of South Africa.