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Black Authors Festival People's Choice Award Voting Portal
First Featured Book
After 5: She Comes Home Different by: AVENYX RAE
"After five o'clock, your title stays at the office. What's left is who you are when no one needs anything from you."
A thought-provoking novel about rediscovering yourself beneath the expectations, titles, and responsibilities that define everyday life.
Ideal discussion themes include:
Identity beyond career
Success versus fulfillment
Emotional healing
Boundaries
Relationships
Self-worth
Personal transformation
Purpose
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Second Featured Book
The Resurrection of Harriet By Malkia Walker-Mignott
Different Woman. Same Fight.
What if Harriet Tubman's fight for freedom never truly ended? What if the Underground Railroad did not disappear, but evolved into a different kind of journey—one fought through courtrooms, prison walls, legal documents, and the unwavering determination of those who refuse to leave others behind?
The Resurrection of Harriet is a powerful, emotionally charged novel that bridges the courage of America's past with the unfinished struggles of its present.
At the center of the story is Kia, a Brooklyn woman whose personal experiences with incarceration, loss, motherhood, and injustice shape her determination to advocate for individuals society has forgotten. Guided by the enduring spirit and lessons of Harriet Tubman, Kia discovers that the fight for freedom requires more than courage. It requires sacrifice, compassion, accountability, and the willingness to return for those still waiting.
As Kia becomes involved in the lives of incarcerated men fighting for justice, she encounters families holding on to hope, relationships tested by decades of separation, and legal systems where the truth can become buried beneath paperwork, procedure, and time. Each case carries a human story, and every attempt to help someone reclaim their freedom comes with emotional and personal consequences.
Through a compelling blend of historical inspiration, contemporary social issues, and deeply human storytelling, the novel explores wrongful convictions, mass incarceration, generational trauma, resilience, redemption, and the meaning of freedom beyond prison gates.
But The Resurrection of Harriet is not simply a story about incarceration. It is a story about the people who refuse to stop caring, the families who refuse to surrender hope, and a woman learning that she cannot carry an entire movement alone.
The novel challenges readers to recognize that although the chains of yesterday may look different today, the responsibility to confront injustice remains.
Harriet Tubman created pathways toward freedom. Kia must discover how to build pathways of her own.
The Resurrection of Harriet is more than a novel about history meeting the present. It is a reminder that liberation is not the responsibility of one extraordinary individual, but a collective commitment carried from one generation to the next.
Different woman. Same fight. And a legacy that refuses to die.
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First Featured Book
After 5: She Comes Home Different by: AVENYX RAE
"After five o'clock, your title stays at the office. What's left is who you are when no one needs anything from you."
A thought-provoking novel about rediscovering yourself beneath the expectations, titles, and responsibilities that define everyday life.
Ideal discussion themes include:
Identity beyond career
Success versus fulfillment
Emotional healing
Boundaries
Relationships
Self-worth
Personal transformation
Purpose
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Second Featured Book
The Resurrection of Harriet By Malkia Walker-Mignott
Different Woman. Same Fight.
What if Harriet Tubman's fight for freedom never truly ended? What if the Underground Railroad did not disappear, but evolved into a different kind of journey—one fought through courtrooms, prison walls, legal documents, and the unwavering determination of those who refuse to leave others behind?
The Resurrection of Harriet is a powerful, emotionally charged novel that bridges the courage of America's past with the unfinished struggles of its present.
At the center of the story is Kia, a Brooklyn woman whose personal experiences with incarceration, loss, motherhood, and injustice shape her determination to advocate for individuals society has forgotten. Guided by the enduring spirit and lessons of Harriet Tubman, Kia discovers that the fight for freedom requires more than courage. It requires sacrifice, compassion, accountability, and the willingness to return for those still waiting.
As Kia becomes involved in the lives of incarcerated men fighting for justice, she encounters families holding on to hope, relationships tested by decades of separation, and legal systems where the truth can become buried beneath paperwork, procedure, and time. Each case carries a human story, and every attempt to help someone reclaim their freedom comes with emotional and personal consequences.
Through a compelling blend of historical inspiration, contemporary social issues, and deeply human storytelling, the novel explores wrongful convictions, mass incarceration, generational trauma, resilience, redemption, and the meaning of freedom beyond prison gates.
But The Resurrection of Harriet is not simply a story about incarceration. It is a story about the people who refuse to stop caring, the families who refuse to surrender hope, and a woman learning that she cannot carry an entire movement alone.
The novel challenges readers to recognize that although the chains of yesterday may look different today, the responsibility to confront injustice remains.
Harriet Tubman created pathways toward freedom. Kia must discover how to build pathways of her own.
The Resurrection of Harriet is more than a novel about history meeting the present. It is a reminder that liberation is not the responsibility of one extraordinary individual, but a collective commitment carried from one generation to the next.
Different woman. Same fight. And a legacy that refuses to die.

