here is the cover for A Little Devil In America, out March 30th. Willa Mae Ricker & Leon James, ecstatic during the Lindy Hop, shot by Gjon Mili in 1943. I'm very proud of this book & it would mean a lot to me if you could preorder/share with folks:
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/592315/a
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The photos were taken for a Life Magazine feature, and they're all spectacular, if you haven't seen them:
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The title comes from Josephine Baker's speech at the March On Washington. The entirety of the speech can be read here:
blackpast.org/african-americ
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If you've seen/heard me read in the past....9 months?....you've probably heard me read something from this book! Especially during the pandemic. The Soul Train piece that I keep crying while reading? That's in here! you can read it without having to deal with me crying!
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somebody (with more photoshop talent than I) has to do the Kobe five trophies meme but put your books in place of the trophies
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Your book cover announcements always feel like album drops early Friday mornings on Tidal and Apple. Let me go get my wallet.
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This may be a stupid question...Is there a platform for pre-order that helps you/the book more?
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