Day: June 15, 2014

Indie authors often find doors are closed to them so I’m very thankful that Cindy Rodriguez and her team of Latina authors over at Latin@s in Kid Litlet me have my say on their blog. Here’s a bit of what I wrote about immigration, intersectionality, and my decision to self-publish Max Loves Muñecas!

Immigration is a charged issue here, and though Canadians aren’t generally mentioned in the national debate, there’s still a pretty good chance I could run into trouble in Arizona. As a mixed-race woman of African descent, I often get read as Latina. Here, in New York City, I walk with my driver’s license, my passport, and my green card at all times because my Afro-Caribbean father taught me that some protections are reserved for citizens only (and only those citizens who aren’t brown like me). My father also urged me not to get involved…

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On June 21, 2014, Detroit Author, Sylvia Hubbard, invites the literary community (readers, writers, authors and poets) to a Litertainment Event.
12-1 – Meet & Greet
1:15-1:30 – Intro & Welcome – Sylvia
1:30-1:50 – Omari “King Wise” Barksdale poetry
1:50-2:45 – Relationship Panel discussion: Everything You Wanted to Know About Relationships but Were Afraid to Ask – Panelists: TBA
2:45-4 – Mix & Mingle; Book Talk/Book Signing; Q & A with audience (questions around book “My Substitute Wife, My Sister,” and publishing, writing, and marketing
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Entertainment, Book Soiree, Networking and More
More details to come including VIP tickets with a limit of 40
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