Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and Others Celebrate Black History Month on BN.com
National Book Award winner Annette Gordon-Reed visits the Barnes & Noble Studio
The Barnes & Noble Studio (www.BN.com/Studio) will feature big names in February to celebrate Black History Month. Kicking off Wednesday, January 28th, a dedicated “Black History Month Channel” will feature audio and video content including interviews, book trailers, and more, with authors including:
Maya Angelou (Letters to my Daughter) , Annette Gordon-Reed (The Hemingses of Monticello) , Toni Morrison (A Mercy) , Quincy Jones (The Complete Quincy Jones)
Randy Jackson (Body With Soul) , Tavis Smiley (Accountable: Making America As Good As Its Promise) and many others.
In a special February 2 episode of the Barnes & Noble Studio’s premiere Web series “Tagged!” (www.BN.com/Tagged), National Book Award winner Annette Gordon-Reed will discuss her books and give her top three reading recommendations for Black History Month.
Also, the in-store series “Upstairs at the Square” invites author Nikki Giovanni and hip-hop sensation Emmanuel Jal to the Barnes & Noble brick-and-mortar store in New York City on February 5. For those unable to attend the event, the reading and performance will be available to watch online at www.BN.com/Upstairs beginning February 6.
