EPISODE FIFTY-FOUR: This show is on fire!

This week we’re discussing the brilliantly written and curated The Fire Next Time. But first…the news! And we also have a special guest in the Honeycomb Hideout—Brooklynn (Tahmeka’s daughter) drops in to give us some kid lit picks! Articles discussed in news: What Makes a Reader Stop Reading a Book: http://writerswrite.co.za/what-makes-readers-stop-reading-a-book Simone Biles Autobiography Deal: http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/simone-biles-inks-autobiography-deal-with-zondervan/124630 Lit Spins Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/797728319/lit-spins-the-first-ever-book-vinyl-subscription-b?ref=project_tweet Five queer black female authors you need to be familiar with: http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2016/09/5-queer-black-female-authors-who-will-blow-your-mind-wide-open/?utm_content=bufferf2180&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer No, the Internet has not killed the printed book, most people still prefer them: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/03/business/no-the-internet-has-not-killed-the-printed-book-most-people-still-prefer-them.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad&_r=0 St. Martin’s Press Acquires New Nick Cannon Novel: https://blackpageturners.com/2016/09/12/between-the-lines-st-martins-press-acquires-new-nick-cannon-novel/ Brooklynn’s picks: Roller Girl - Victoria Jameson Pack of Dorks - Beth Vrabel The Missing Pieces of Me - Jean Van Leeuwin Who is Malala Yousafazi? - Dinah Brown Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodson

This week we’re discussing the brilliantly written and curated The Fire Next Time. But first…the news! And we also have a special guest in the Honeycomb Hideout—Brooklynn (Tahmeka’s daughter) drops in to give us some kid lit picks!

Articles discussed in news:

What Makes a Reader Stop Reading a Book: http://writerswrite.co.za/what-makes-readers-stop-reading-a-book 

Simone Biles Autobiography Deal: http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/simone-biles-inks-autobiography-deal-with-zondervan/124630 

Lit Spins Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/797728319/lit-spins-the-first-ever-book-vinyl-subscription-b?ref=project_tweet 

Five queer black female authors you need to be familiar with: http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2016/09/5-queer-black-female-authors-who-will-blow-your-mind-wide-open/?utm_content=bufferf2180&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

No, the Internet has not killed the printed book, most people still prefer them: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/03/business/no-the-internet-has-not-killed-the-printed-book-most-people-still-prefer-them.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad&_r=0

St. Martin’s Press Acquires New Nick Cannon Novel: https://blackpageturners.com/2016/09/12/between-the-lines-st-martins-press-acquires-new-nick-cannon-novel/

Brooklynn’s picks:

Roller Girl - Victoria Jameson

Pack of Dorks - Beth Vrabel

The Missing Pieces of Me -  Jean Van Leeuwin

Who is Malala Yousafazi? - Dinah Brown

Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodson