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[lisa-lostinlit]

💬 How are you spending the last days of summer? . I can’t believe the summer is almost over!! It feels like only yesterday it was the first day of summer, and here we all are preparing for summer’s completion. If you have children, I’m sure you’re with a similar state of mind as me right now. It’s so confusing, overwhelming, terrifying and stressful making all of these decisions as far as our children’s education, health, mental state and welfare is concerned. I’m sending all my fellow parents out there big hugs and encouragement!! And to all of those attending schools yourself, I wish you all the best as well! We’ve got this, friends!! ♥️ . Thank you to @booksparks & @amistadbooks for gifting me this copy of Black Bottom Saints by @msalicerandall! This book is part of @booksparks #SRC2020! Is this one on your TBR? . Candle by @acourtofcandles! Use code LISA10 for a discount! . . . h a s h t a g s ⇣ #booksparks #booksharks #blackbottomsaints #alicerandall #acourtofcandles #summervibes #candlesofinstagram #visualcrush #makeitblissful #darlingdaily #chooselovely #candlegram #capturequite #simpleandstill #everysquareastory #readya #biblio_feature #bookstagram #designyourspaces #styleithappy #bookgram #mybookfeatures https://www.instagram.com/p/CD_yuVJH3Tq/?igshid=4qacxo05vns9

[thebookdragon217]

QOTD: What book did you love that celebrates Black culture? Thanks to @amistadbooks and @bibliolifestyle for the gifted copy of Black Bottom Saints. Make sure you pick up a copy to learn more and celebrate the beauty of Black culture. This book is unique in format and style. Alice Randall's writing never disappoints. 🖤SYNOPSIS🖤 From the Great Depression through the post-World War II years, Joseph “Ziggy” Johnson, has been the pulse of Detroit’s famous Black Bottom. A celebrated gossip columnist for the city’s African-American newspaper, the Michigan Chronicle, he is also the emcee of one of the hottest night clubs, where he’s rubbed elbows with the legendary black artists of the era, including Ethel Waters, Billy Eckstein, and Count Basie. Ziggy is also the founder and dean of the Ziggy Johnson School of Theater. But now the doyen of Black Bottom is ready to hang up his many dapper hats.   As he lays dying in the black-owned-and-operated Kirkwood Hospital, Ziggy reflects on his life, the community that was the center of his world, and the remarkable people who helped shape it. Inspired by the Catholic Saints Day Books, Ziggy curates his own list of Black Bottom’s venerable "52 Saints." Among them are a vulnerable Dinah Washington, a defiant Joe Louis, and a raucous Bricktop. Randall balances the stories of these larger-than-life "Saints" with local heroes who became household names, enthralling men and women whose unstoppable ambition, love of style, and faith in community made this black Midwestern neighborhood the rival of New York City’s Harlem. Accompanying these “tributes” are thoughtfully paired cocktails—special drinks that capture the essence of each of Ziggy’s saints—libations as strong and satisfying as Alice Randall’s wholly original view of a place and time unlike any other. #BlackBottomSaints #AliceRandall #amistadbooks #bibliolifestyle #bookfeature #booktour #bookish #booksandart #bookphotos #books #bookstagram #BlackAuthors #TBR #diversereads #BlackBooks #reading #bibliophile #bookworm #bookrecs #bipocbookstagram #bookdragon #BlackLiterature #BlackHistory #paperbacks #BlackHeroes (at Brooklyn Beer Garden-Bushwick) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSnJ2LkLmyE/?utm_medium=tumblr

[myowntyme]

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