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We are sorry to report the cancellation of this event at Book Beat and will reschedule at another time TBA. Thank you for your understanding. <\/p>\nWe are sorry to report the cancellation of this event at Book Beat and will reschedule at another time TBA. Thank you for your understanding. <\/p>\n
Romance superstar author and Detroit native Beverly Jenkins<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>will return to Book Beat<\/strong> on “Jenkins addresses sensitive, serious issues in a tactful, realistic manner, and she brilliantly balances the real sorrows of history with a shimmering romance… <\/em> — Publishers Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n “Beverly Jenkins wraps bitter history in sweet romance<\/strong>.”<\/em> — NPR<\/a><\/p>\n “Jenkins\u2019s characters come to vivid life, and the town is as well developed as those who live there. As strife and foibles mount and the town finally chooses the next mayor, Henry Adams remains a place of faith where marriages deepen and relationships are mended. This is the best of the series so far.<\/em><\/strong>.”<\/em> — Publishers Weekly STARRED review. <\/a><\/p>\n Beverly Jenkins<\/b> is the recipient of the 2018 Michigan Author Award, the 2017 Romance Writers of America Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the 2016 Romantic Times Reviewers\u2019 Choice Award for historical romance. She has been nominated for the NAACP Image Award in Literature, was featured both in the documentary \u201cLove Between the Covers\u201d and on CBS Sunday<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Morning. Since the publication of Night Song <\/i>in 1994, she has been leading the charge for multicultural romance, and has been a constant darling of reviewers, fans, and her peers alike, garnering accolades for her work from the likes of The Wall Street Journal<\/i>, People Magazine<\/i>, and NPR.<\/i><\/p>\n Jenkins is the nation\u2019s premier writer of African American historical romance fiction and specializes in 19th century African American life. She has 30 published novels to date, including: Second Time Sweeter<\/strong><\/em>, Bring on the Blessings<\/strong><\/em>, A Wish and A Prayer<\/strong><\/em>, Night Song<\/strong><\/em>, Indigo<\/strong><\/em>, A Second Helping<\/strong><\/em>, Jewel<\/strong><\/em>, Something Old and Something New<\/strong><\/em>, Vivid<\/strong><\/em>, and Rebel<\/strong><\/em>, among many others. She has received numerous awards, including: five Waldenbooks\/Borders Group Best Sellers Awards; two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times Magazine; a Golden Pen Award from the Black Writer\u2019s Guild, and in 1999 was named one of the Top Fifty Favorite African-American writers of the 20th Century by AABLC, the nation\u2019s largest on-line African-American book club.<\/p>\n She has lectured and given talks at such prestigious universities as Oberlin University, the University of Illinois, and Princeton. She speaks widely on both romance and 19th century African-American history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We are sorry to report the cancellation of this event at Book Beat and will reschedule at another time TBA. Thank you for your understanding. Romance superstar author and Detroit native Beverly Jenkins will return to Book Beat on Saturday, March 14 from 3-5pm to sign copies of her bestselling books and to promote her latest release, On the Corner of Hope […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,60],"tags":[365],"class_list":["post-68466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-african-american-lit","category-news","tag-beverly-jenkins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Saturday, March 14<\/strong> from 3<\/strong>-5pm<\/strong> <\/del>to sign copies of her bestselling books and to promote her latest release, On the Corner of Hope and Main<\/em><\/strong>.<\/strong><\/em> Books will be available for signing and purchase at the event. If you have any questions or would like to reserve any of her titles, please call Book Beat at (248) 968-1190<\/strong>. This event is free and open to the public. Book Beat is located at 26010 Greenfield Rd, Oak Park, MI 48237.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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