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Temple University Press is thrilled that DO RIGHT BY ME has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK INSTRUCTIONAL. See the authors at Big Blue Marble Bookstore Monday February 8 at 7:00 PM

On January 31 at 4:00 pm, Dr. Valerie Harrison and Joseph Harrison will present A Conversation in Culture, Do Right by Me: Raising Black Children with the Molefi K. Asante Institute via zoom.

Valerie Harrison and Kathryn Peach D'Angelo, authors of DO RIGHT BY ME, will present their book in a Zoom discussion, moderated by Tracey Matisak, hosted by the Free Library of Philadelphia on February 4 at 6:30 pm. Register here:

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Nice piece in the Broad Street Review on THE DEFENDER, the best lawyers money can't buy

Congratulations to Nelson Diaz who will receive the Gus Garcia Lifetime Achievement Award for his career in law that spans more than 40 years. Celebration begins at 5:30 pm tonight!

John Kromer talks PHILADELPHIA BATTLEFIELDS, upset elections and disruptive campaigns with Heather Pierce on October 26 at 7:00 pm, in a virtual event sponsored by Big Blue Marble books. Read this Chestnut Hill Local article for more information

Check out @templeunivpress' virtual book at #2020PaLA online now! And use Raffle Code: TJ9LSUMT to win a free book and TPALA2020 for discounts on all titles!

Vasabjit Banerjee, author of UNDOING THE REVOLUTION, was quoted in the Christian Science Monitor this week in an article about states boosting vigilance with militias on the rise. Check it out!

Tickled to see Alexander Wolff's THE AUDACITY OF HOOP appear in the upper left hand corner of Barack Obama's bookshelf during this CNN interview.

A think piece by Michael Salamone, author of PERCEPTIONS OF A POLARIZED COURT, about how Barrett's confirmation could prompt Americans to lose faith in the Supreme Court

Congratulations to Ashley Nickels! She just won the APSA Robert A. Dahl Award for her book, POWER, PARTICIPATION AND PROTEST IN FLINT, MICHIGAN. Her book also received Honorable Mention from the APSA Urban Politics Section's Dennis Judd Best Book Award!

Leah Ruppanner, author of MOTHERLANDS, was interviewed in New America on September 30 about the child care crisis and women's employment.