The wonderful Julia Alvarez always has a way of helping us understand ourselves and our world a little bit better. In this video, she talks about the importance of reading and stories in our lives, particularly right now. “Stories help us survive the worst of times.” The best books, she says, don’t provide answers inContinue reading
With Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and the World that Made by David Henry and Joe Henry publishing tomorrow amid the buzziest buzz — Amazon just named it one of its Best Books of the Month! — now’s the perfect time to check out the book’s video. (Be sure to catch Dr. Cornel West at theContinue reading
Watch this mini-documentary about the amazing Lee Smith and how she came to write Guests on Earth, which publishes today. This isn’t a book trailer. It’s worth a midday break to watch. Promise. This is a remarkable, personal journey through Lee’s life and how she came to write this novel. As Lee says, “It’s aContinue reading
Put on your Southwestern-coming-of-age-mystery hat for The Ghost of Milagro Creek by Melanie Sumner. This story of Ignacia Vigil Romero, a full Jacarilla Apache, and the two boys, Mister and Tomás, she raised to adulthood unfolds in a barrio of Taos, New Mexico—a mixed community of Native Americans, Hispanics, and whites. Now deceased, Ignacia, aContinue reading