I am so excited about De La Soul finally releasing their music on all streaming systems this weekend! I even have it on my calendar – “Check De La Soul on Spotify.” I’m a huge fan of the Native Tongues and Soulquarian Collective. Their music was truly the soundtrack to my life growing up.
Last week, I represented Rozzie Bound at the 2023 ABA Winter Institute, an annual conference attended by over 1,000 booksellers, publishers, and authors from around the country. This Seattle gathering was a whirlwind of panel discussions, author receptions, and publisher dinners! This was the first in-person Winter Institute in three years.
I met a lot of authors! Picture Clockwise: Maia Kobabe, Colson Whitehead with Talia, Vasti Harrison, Emma Straub with Talia, Lincoln Peirce, Liselle Sambury and Priyanka Taslim, Magogodi oaMphela Makhene, Michelle Mijing Kim with Talia, Melissa Coss Aquino, and Abraham Verghese.
If you are in my bookstore, you might hear the following playlist!
I went to a Valentine’s Day party over the weekend and tasted chocolate samosas for the first time.
They are so divine! How am I just tasting these for the first time in my life now?