Date: August 8th 2008

Hi from Soft Skull, and happy August!

First of all, if you're getting this message twice, we're really sorry. There might be some kind of glitch in the system.

But just in case:

April Silver - editor of Be a Father to Your Child: Real Talk from Black Men on Family, Love and Fatherhood, and CA Conrad, author of Deviant Propulsion (as well as a fabulous book on Elvis that Soft Skull is going to be publishing in the spring) are both going to be doing some interesting things this coming week, and we recommend checking them out.

April Silver, editor of the new Soft Skull book 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) on Thursday, August 14, at 7pm.

This new anthology compiles accounts of parenting and relationships from the perspective of fathers and sons born during or at the same time that hip hop culture emerged. It is an eye-opening 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. And for anyone who is located a little further out of New York City, Silver will also be reading in Nanuet, NY on August 7th at 7pm (Barnes & Noble, 140 Rockland Plaza).


AND ALSO

On August 10th, at noon, CAConrad, author of the brilliant 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.

Check these people out! And have a great weekend.

All best,
Soft Skull Press



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