This Is My America released at the beginning of a reckoning that’s been long overdue—the untended roots of race in America. These origins draw parallels not only to slavery and mass incarceration but to open wounds festering below the surface. My novel was born from many early lessons on race as a Black girl growing …
South Sound Magazine recently featured Carlisle Huntington’s profiles of “smaller, independent book publishers” in the Pacific Northwest. Community engagement […] is a priority for Tacoma-based publisher Christina Butcher of Blue Cactus Press. Butcher is a Chicana poet, publisher, and veteran from New Mexico. When she’s not running the press, she works part-time at Tacoma’s favorite …
National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman wowed at the Inauguration. You can preorder her upcoming books with your local independent bookstore now!
From Broadway Books in Portland, OR: Last year we were excited to host The Year of Reading James Baldwin at Broadway Books. This year we are elated to announce that starting September 1st, we are hosting The Year of Reading Toni Morrison. As with our James Baldwin year, this means we will be offering ALL of Ms. Morrison’s many …
