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LaShonda Katrice Barnett (born May 27, 1974) is an American author, playwright, and former radio host. She has published short stories, edited books on African-American music, and written a trilogy of full-length plays. [1] Her 2015 debut novel Jam on the Vine [2] received a Stonewall Book Award by the American Library Association (2016). [3]
LaShonda or Lashonda is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: LaShonda K. Barnett (born 1974), American author, playwright, and radio host; LaShonda A. Hunt (born 1970), American judge; Lashonda Lester (1975/1976–2017), American standup comedian
Issa Rae's Insecure tv series season 3 (2018), episode "Fresh-Like" includes a scene in Leimert Park outside Eso Won Books. [7]Casanegra: A Tennyson Hardwick Story, a 2007 mystery novel by actor Blair Underwood and writers Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes, includes mentions of recognizable Los Angeles features such as the restaurant chain Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles and Eso Won Books.
The Sydney Review of Books (SRB) is an online literary magazine established in 2013. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to the journal's inaugural editor James Ley it was created to address shortcomings in Australian book reviews.
Authors such as Naomi Jackson and LaShonda Katrice Barnett attended the meetings upon her invitation. [4] Edim developed the idea for an annual literary festival of the same name with the help of writer Tayari Jones. [4] In June 2017 Edim used Kickstarter, where she worked full-time, to raise $40,000 for the event.
Oxmoor House was the book publishing division of Southern Progress Corporation, which was based in Birmingham, Alabama.Oxmoor House was founded in 1979 when it began publishing Southern Living's Southern Living Annual Recipes.
The Wormwood Review was a literary magazine published from Fall 1959 to April 1999. Alan Kaufman considered the magazine to be "the greatest little magazine of all time." [ 1 ]
If Books Could Kill is a podcast hosted by Michael Hobbes and Peter Shamshiri, in which they critique bestselling nonfiction books of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. . Books featured on the podcast include Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, and The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuya