Weekly Roundup for 8/2/13

Every Friday, the Akashic team highlights industry news, reviews, and features from around the web. This week’s roundup comes to you from Akashic interns Melissa Bean and Gabriella Balza.

“No Doors” by Lisa Martens

When I was eight years old, I was diagnosed with epilepsy. The Dallas school district saw I was brown, so they stuck me in ESL classes with the other brown children.

The actual problem was that I was having over a hundred minor seizures per day . . .

Indie Bookstore Spotlight: The Book Cellar Inc. (Chicago)

This week Akashic in Good Company is delighted to feature a virtual tour of of a wonderful indie bookstore from Chicago’s North Side, The Book Cellar!

(Photos) H.N.I.C. Launch @ powerHouse Arena

Photos from the highly anticipated H.N.I.C. launch with Prodigy at powerHouse Arena in DUMBO.

Albert “Prodigy” Johnson talks H.N.I.C. at AALBC

Albert “Prodigy” Johnson talks about his novella, H.N.I.C., in a video created by AALBC.

“The Treasure Chest” by Sofia Quintero

Giselle slid in her green contact lenses before slipping out the back door and tottering in her stilettos across the parking lot to Chief’s car. When she opened the passenger door, she was greeted with the smoke of his nasty cigarette and a bouquet of blue hydrangeas. “For me?” She picked them up off the seat, eased into their place, and leaned over to plant a kiss on Chief’s cheek . . .

Weekly Roundup for 7/26/13

Every Friday, the Akashic team highlights industry news, reviews, and features from around the web. This week’s roundup comes to you from Akashic intern Gabriella Balza.

“We Burned Down the City” by Jervey Tervalon

Gumbo and I tossed a Frisbee, waiting for our mamas to call us in for dinner, while Danny, another one of my brothers’ friends, screamed by from one end of the block to the other, passing within a few feet of us on his gigantic chopper . . .