Do you have reading goals this year? Either way, there are loads of books coming out by Black authors this year! Find your pick at Blackstone Bookstore of Michigan.
Happy Reading!
Mind, Body, & Soul: A Self-Care Coloring Book for Black Women
Celebrate what makes Black women powerful, brilliant, and brave with Mind, Body, & Soul: A Self-Care Coloring Book for Black Women. As you enjoy coloring in 35 gorgeous art pages, you'll be practicing self-care as you take the time to relax for just you. You'll find stunning art pages depicting Black women vibing, being creative in their homes, listening to music, practicing yoga, meditating in nature, and transcending in metaphysical dimensions. With affirmations included on each page, you'll internalize the positive messages and manifest positive outcomes for yourself as you color.
With Mind, Body, & Soul, every time you sit down to color in these inspiring designs, you'll be affirming yourself and your right to self-care.
(Coloring Book)
Get the F*ck Out Your Own Way: A Guide to Letting Go of the Sh*t That's Holding You Back
MJ Harris has got a lot of "best friends"--over five million to be exact. His hilarious, straightforward, raw advice has made him the go-to person across social media for everything you need to know about getting your shit together.
MJ knows you need help--whether financial, spiritual, or in a relationship--but because you never learned how to properly handle the hurt and anger you've experienced in the past, it has become the emotional trash in the way of living your best life. Don't nobody want that!
Whether it's fixing your family issues, relationships, situationships, money, or frenemies, MJ offers sage advice about how to stop blocking yourself from bigger and better.
If any of this sounds like you, it's best you start reading this book now!
You seek more fulfilling relationships
You're ready to shake off shame about past mistakes and step into your power
You want to say "see ya" to the toxic people and emotional gut-punchers
Your "people pleaser" days are over and it's time to learn how to effectively say no
This isn't your gentle guide on breathing or journaling. MJ serves up no holds barred principles on how to navigate your emotions that will help you disrupt cycles of trauma, create boundaries, and transform into a goddess of emotional wholeness. Get the F*ck Out Your Own Way will help you learn how make better decisions that will set you on the right path for a happier emotional life once and for all.
(Self-Help)
Of Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All
Freedom and equality are the watchwords of American democracy. But like justice, freedom and equality are meaningless when there is no corresponding practical application of the ideals they represent. Physical, bodily liberty is fundamental to every American's personal sovereignty. And yet, millions of Americans--including author Deborah Plant's brother, whose life sentence at Angola Prison reveals a shocking current parallel to her academic work on the history of slavery in America--are deprived of these basic freedoms every day.
In her studies of Zora Neale Hurston, Deborah Plant became fascinated by Hurston's explanation for the atrocities of the international slave trade. In her memoir, Dust Tracks on a Road, Hurston wrote: "But the inescapable fact that stuck in my craw, was: my people had sold me and the white people had bought me. . . . It impressed upon me the universal nature of greed and glory." We look the other way when the basic human rights of marginalized and stigmatized groups are violated and desecrated, not realizing that only the practice of justice everywhere secures justice, for any of us, anywhere.
An active vigilance is required of those who would be and remain free; with Of Greed and Glory, Deborah Plant reveals the many ways in which slavery continues in America today and charts our collective course toward personal sovereignty for all.
(Nonfiction)
Powerhouse Radio: Rough Roads, Radiance, and Rebirth
Powerhouse Radio: Rough Roads, Radiance, and Rebirth; My True AM - FM - Satellite and Streaming Journey is an authentic story about adversity, failure, and ultimate success. Eleven AM & FM outlets are some of the thrilling stops along the author's way toward big city commercial and public broadcasting job opportunities. What approach does it take to plant a flag into tough broadcasting turf? How do you really carve out a place for yourself in the 'traditional' digital universe? This memoir traces the steps walked along a personal tightrope between Black music radio, general market music radio, and news - talk radio from 1968 through 2017.
(Memoir)