#punchingtheair

[yusefsalaam]

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. #PowerPost✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿™️. #BecauseTheWorldMustKnow™️ #KeepShiningYourLight™️ #SharingTheStruggle™️ #YoungBasquiat #PunchingTheAir. Thank you to @harpercollins & @epicreads, I can’t wait for everyone to read it. Preorder now - link in bio. On sale September 1, 2020 @ibizoboi @dr.yusefsalaam Cover art by @temi.coker & @alexis_art . https://www.instagram.com/p/CEjVad_h4SZ/?igshid=1hbzk7690ttgl

[yusefsalaam]

. #PowerPost🙌🏻🙌🏼🙌🏽🙌🏾🙌🏿™️ #BetterNotBitter #PunchingTheAir #BarnesAndNobles 📖📚 #44thAnd3rdBookseller #SingedFirstEdition (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTAhx-Zr8-D/?utm_medium=tumblr

[yusefsalaam]

. #PowerPost🙌🏻🙌🏼🙌🏽🙌🏾🙌🏿™️ @storyonthesquare #BetterNotBitter #PunchingTheAir #SignedFirstEditions . “In prison I was reminded that one who reads will always succeed because there’s not too much they don’t know.” . ~ Dr. Yusef Salaam (at Story on the Square) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRPy4Csr-PP/?utm_medium=tumblr

[scribesandvibes]

#YAgottareadthis! Our friends at #dekalbcountypubliclibrary [ig: @dekalblibrary] will be hosting the #PUNCHINGTHEAIR #bookdiscussion on Friday, March 26, 2021! ・・・ Reservations recommended and are available at dekalblibrary.org (#linkinbio) ・・・ stay tuned: #YAgottareadthisbook • #bookclubforblackboys • #scribesandvibes • #blackboysreadtoo • #blackwritersmatter https://www.instagram.com/p/CMunu8vB0xT/?igshid=1l6o1lx30vlsm

[scribesandvibes]

#blackboysreadtoo / join us for a #celebrationofthearts Repost @soulpaletteart ・・・ Yesterday, we had an amazing opportunity afforded to us by Doris Allen (@onyxeditions) of the @harpercollins publishing company! In partnership with @scribesandvibes, Councilwoman @conniea1, @dekalblibrary, and @yagottareadthisbook we hosted virtual paint party + book talk for black boys ages 13+. The event culminated by hearing from the authors @ibizoboi and @dr.yusefsalaam of the highlighted book "#PunchingTheAir." #SoulPaletteGlobal #PaintWithYourSoul #YaGottaReadThis #OnyxEditions #EpicReads https://www.instagram.com/p/CL3K8QpBIFM/?igshid=uy5kzdenjkbs

[scribesandvibes]

#READWITHUS / #celebrationofthearts Repost @yagottareadthisbook ・・・ It's beginning to look a lot like #BlackBoysReadToo! Our friends at #HarperCollins have sent more copies of #PUNCHINGTHEAIR and for those of us that #heARTtheARTS, the #SoulPalette #paintpartykits are here! Are you ready to get an #autographedbook, celebrate #bookcoverart, and join #IbiZoboi and #YusefSalaam for the #YAgottareadthis preview?! As we prepare to illustrate why #weallneeddifferentbookstolove, we'd like to take a moment to announce that a few of our favorite #BlackLibrarians from #dekalbcountypubliclibrary have agreed to help us encourage our young brothers to #readmore books. Visit the #linkinbio to register for the upcoming #DCPL #YAbookclub or learn more about the #paintparty and #booktalk with #YAgottareadthisbook. ・・・ Stay tuned: #bookscomeinallcolors https://www.instagram.com/p/CLkMStWhBlT/?igshid=1r50a7klr2zzw

[yusefsalaam]

. #PowerPost🙌🏻🙌🏼🙌🏽🙌🏾🙌🏿™️ #Repost from my coauthor @ibizoboi... #PUNCHINGTHEAIR is the winner of the 2021 Walter Award for YA from @weneeddiversebooks! Huge thanks to the committee and congratulations to fellow awardees! (Cool fact: I first met @dr_yusefsalaam the month & year that Walter Dean Myers' MONSTER was released--April 1999.) The Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, also known as “The Walter,” celebrates the legacy of author Walter Dean Myers (1937-2014). Inaugurated in 2016, the annual Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children's Literature recognize diverse authors (or co-authors) whose works feature diverse main characters and address diversity in a meaningful way. https://www.instagram.com/p/CKVXi9mh0z3/?igshid=1elfkig3vv7eq

[yusefsalaam]

. #PowerPost✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿™️ Thank you to all the readers who supported #PunchingtheAir as a first round nominee for Best Young Adult Fiction for the #GoodReadsChoiceAwards! We’ve had a lot of successes so far and @ibizoboi and I are beyond grateful. We want this book to reach as many readers as possible. But the most important vote is the one that will get the man who called for our execution back in 1989 out of office. https://www.instagram.com/p/CG8sylThgSU/?igshid=1n0l1tufn2ohi