Aaron Foley Alejandro Varela Candice Marie Benbow Chantal V. Johnson Chantal James Cleyvis Natera @XochitltheG 🍉Prof. Thrasher is with our students🔻 Tara M. Stringfellow Zain Khalid @Camonghne Danté Stewart (Stew) David Dennis Jr. Dr. M Shelly Conner (@mshellyconner elsewhere) ✨🌸 Dr. Destiny O. Birdsong 🌸✨ and Jamila Minnicks ! #LIT16

Over the next four quarters, beginning this fall, you will have the opportunity to hear from these wonderful talents about their art and their journeys. #LIT16

We're collaborating with booksellers and Bookstagrammers to host readings and conversations, and sell #LIT16 books! We're excited to partner with Books Are Pop Culture Bluebird Books Harriett’s Bookshop Loyalty Bookstores thestackworld Uncle Bobbies and White Whale Books & Coffee !

Our friends at Loyalty Bookstores will kick things off and host our Fall 2022 #LIT16 reading on Nov. 9, featuring Aaron Foley Alejandro Varela Candice Marie Benbow and Chantal V. Johnson!
Register: loyaltybookstores.com/lit16event
Buy books: loyaltybookstores.com/lit16

And SAVE THE DATE - Jan. 19, 2023 - for our winter #LIT16 reading hosted by White Whale Books & Coffee featuring Camonghne Felix Danté Stewart (Stew) David Dennis Jr. Dr. M Shelly Conner (@mshellyconner elsewhere)!

Register and order books: whitewhalebookstore.com/events/20230119

Our Spring 2023 #LIT16 reading will feature Cleyvis Natera Prof. Thrasher is here to protect our students Tara M. Stringfellow, and Zain Khalid!

And wrapping up the series, our Summer 2023 #LIT16 reading will feature Chantal James ✨🌸 Dr. Destiny O. Birdsong 🌸✨ Jamila Minnicks @XochitltheG!

You can also order #LIT16 books from

Books Are Pop Culture: bookshop.org/lists/lit-16
and
Harriett’s Bookshop: bookshop.org/lists/lit-16-r…

.@KieseLaymon, Robert, and I could've easily created a Lit 64--there are so many fantastic recent debuts we love. Unfortunately, we don't have the capacity. BUT we encourage all of our writing peers to follow Toni Morrison's wisdom: Use your power to empower someone else. #LIT16

#LIT16 latest: Meet our newest bookstore partner, Cindelle's Bookstore! You can purchase LIT 16 writers' books from Cindelle's here: bookshop.org/lists/lit16-bo…

#LIT16 latest: One time for our newest bookstore partner MahoganyBooks!

You can purchase all LIT16 titles from Mahogany here: bookshop.org/lists/lit16-b4…