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THE PROPHETS PAPERBACK VIRTUAL TOUR: Black Like We Never Left Read-a-Thon featuring Alice Walker’s THE COLOR PURPLE

Bookstagrammer and @allwaysblack curator Cree Myles kicks off the second annual Black Like We Never Left Read-a-Thon, a week-long virtual event celebrating Black fiction. This year’s event will highlight The Color Purple by Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning author Alice Walker and will double as a fundraiser for We Need Diverse Books. On Saturday, February 12, at 12 p.m. (ET), Cree...

THE PROPHETS VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: Summer Solstice Conversation with Bookstagrammer Crystal Forte (@melanatedreader), Honorée Jeffers, and Kiese Laymon

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Please join popular Bookstagrammer Crystal Forte (better known as @melanatedreader), award-winning writers Honorée Jeffers (The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois), Kiese Laymon (Long Division), and Robert Jones, Jr. (The Prophets) for a summer solstice discussion about literature, their works, their Blacknesses, and their roles as artists. It's guaranteed to be a magical conversation. Monday, June 21, 2021...