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InkWell Management celebrates Black History Month
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February 26, 2021 |
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InkWell Management celebrates Black History Month
Black History Month is a time to celebrate the innumerable contributions of Black-Americans of the past and present. In honor of Black History Month, we’re happy and proud to share a few of the books and authors we’ve worked with:
Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb by Veronica Chambers
From the mind of an award winning and critically acclaimed author, Chambers offers readers a vibrant and educational view into the life of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman in Congress and the first to run for the Democratic nomination for presidency. This picture-book biography narrates Chisholm’s life from her early years, to her political career, and into the legacy she has left behind.
Dufu’s powerful book starts with that common feeling among women that they need to “do it all.” In this hybrid memoir and manifesto, she guides readers on the art of letting go using her own life experience as an example of how to embrace imperfection.
Queen Sugar by Natalie Baszile
NAACP Image Award nominee, Natalie Baszile’s Queen Sugar was named one of the Best Books of 2014 by the San Francisco Chronicle. This novel follows a woman named Charley through the upheaval of inheriting a Louisiana sugarcane farm and uprooting her and her daughter’s life from Los Angeles.
Melanie Raabe, winner of the Stuttgart Crime Fiction Prize, exhibits her talent for writing psychological thrillers in this chilling novel about destiny and revenge. When Norah is approached by an elderly, homeless woman foretelling the murder Norah will commit, she is forced to face the trauma of her past to take control of her future.
Everyone’s Table: Global Recipes for Modern Health by Gregory Gourdet
Top Chef star and award winning chef, Gregory Gourdet, inspires readers with the story of how he sought to compile the healthiest and most flavorful dishes from around the world. In this unique cookbook filled with 200 different recipes, Gourdet takes you on a food journey using global ingredients and techniques. Everyone’s Table will be published on May 11th, 2021.
A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
As the winner of the 2020 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Sexton delivers an emotionally charged historical novel about the generational struggles of a Black family from the South. The book switches between perspectives of Evelyn, a member of the upper echelon of Black society in New Orleans during WWII, her daughter, Jackie, a single mother tackling her husband’s drug addiction, and Jackie’s son T.C., a marijuana grower released from a four month stint in jail.
Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem by Gary Phillips
Currently a story editor for FX’s hit show, Snowfall, Gary Phillips has a great deal of experience in writing novels, comic books, and short stories. Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem is the first graphic novel in a series that follows the first black man to travel to the North Pole at the end of the 1920s. The story follows Matthew Henson as he battles villains while trying to protect his friends and the people of Harlem.
Roommates and best friends, Maya and Athena, are as opposite as can be but Maya learns how to adopt the qualities in her counterpart to her advantage. When Maya dives into a whole new world through music, she discovers the price she has to pay after leaning into her temptations.
The Idea Of You by Robinne Lee
The newly divorced Solène unexpectedly becomes intimately and romantically involved with a famous musician and must learn how to protect their relationship from the media and her daughter.
Love is a Racket by John Ridley
Academy Award winning screenwriter John Ridley delivers a darkly comedic story in this tale about a down on his luck con man who is shockingly content in his squalor. But everything changes when Jeffty stumbles upon a young homeless woman named Mona,and he falls madly in love with her. .