Why I Went Into Debt to Buy Back the Rights for Two of My Books

Yesterday, I attended a virtual book club where Heavy: An American Memoir was being read. When I clicked the link to join the Zoom, I saw the faces, necks, and shoulders of seven beautiful pixelated Black women from as far west as Las Vegas and as far east as Long Island. I assumed from their […] The post Why I Went Into Debt to Buy Back the Rights for Two of My Books first appeared on Literary Hub. Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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