Date: August 7th 2008

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Hello from Soft Skull Press!

We just wanted to check in with you and let you know that if you're tired of the summer heat and want to sit in the tranquil, air-conditioned comfort of a bookstore while listening to some of our fabulous authors read, there are some upcoming events by April Silver (Be A Father To Your Child) and CA Conrad (Deviant Propulsion) that you should definitely stop by at.

April Silver, editor of Be A Father To Your Child: Real Talk from Black Men on Family, Love and Fatherhood will be reading with anthology contributors activist Thabiti Boone, award-winning poet Mo Beasley and Loren Harris at Barnes and Noble in Brooklyn (106 Court Street) next Thursday, August 14, at 7pm. This new anthology compiles the poems, lyrics, short stories, essay, interviews and commentaries on parenting and relationship from the perspective of fathers and sons born during or at the same time that hip hop culture emerged. Be A Father To Your Child has been cited as an absolute must-read book for anyone involved or interested in the black community. It is a mind-bending anthology that examines the broad socio-historical and cultural contexts behind fatherhood within the African-American community but also includes more personal and anecdotal pieces which provides the writers' full range of experiences with the fathers and father figures. For anyone who is located a l
ittle further out of New York City, Silver will also be reading in Nanuet, NY on August 7th at 7pm (Barnes & Noble, 140 Rockland Plaza).

On August 10th, at noon, CAConrad, author of Deviant Propulsion, will be reading at the Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery) along with authors Tim Peterson and Laura Goldstein. Deviant Propulsion is a collection of energetic, flamboyant poems that are grounded in queer culture, where the right to where the right to act on basic desires can become a battleground, and everyday acts of love and devotion must be enacted as a political form of defiance. With an immediacy and fervor that jumps off the page, CAConrad suggests that in a world paralyzed by fear, moving at speed of deviants is the only way to transform potential into action, and desire into positive change.

Hope to see you there!

Sincerely,
Soft Skull Press


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