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• National publicity efforts targeting: +Industry journals such as Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, Kirkus, Bookforum, and ShelfAwareness +Major newspapers and journals such as The New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Time, Entertainment Weekly, and The New Yorker +National blogs and podcasts such as Salon, Slate, The Rumpus, Buzzfeed Books, Huffington Post, Barnes & Noble Review, NPR +Major national radio stations +Publications the author has written for, been featured in, or whose work has been reviewed in +Other publications focusing on the African-American experience, the Midwest, music and jazz, and poetry +Schools and organizations the author is associated with • Marketing to bookstores, libraries, book clubs, and universities • Article pitches by author to major industry publications, newspapers, and blogs • Author and book signing at the 2017 Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference • Multi-city book tour encompassing New York (New York, Brooklyn), Washington, DC, Indiana (Anderson, Indianapolis), Arizona (Phoenix), and California (Los Angeles). • Promotion online through the author’s website • E-newsletter promotion to several-thousand-plus contacts • Promotion through social media to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Goodreads, and Amazon