A new article in the New York Times spotlights both The Brownies Book– W.E.B Du Bois’s publication from the 1920s which sought to counter racial stereotypes and empower Black children with positive representation– and The New Brownies’ Book compiled by Serendipity Lit’s Dr. Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer. Like the original, The New Brownies’ Book: A…
BRAD WALRONDAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Brad’s poetics, performance, and multi-disciplinary work interpolate between virtual reality, identity formation, and human consciousness at the intersection of race, gender, sex, and desire. By amplifying and interrogating the great power and contractions inherent to identity, Brad aims with his work to provoke futurist explorations of how we…
JENNA BANERAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Jenna Baner’s just thrilled to be here. A literary enthusiast for as long as she’s been able to read and write, she began working at her local library as a teenager, and has spent the following years continuing to build skills in copyediting, proofreading, and fiction story development.…
LUCAS CONGDONAuthor https://lucaslagoons.com Photo Download | Bio Download Lucas Congdon is the owner of Lucas Lagoons and the host of Animal Planet’s “Insane Pools: Off the Deep End.” Born into a family of Vermont landscapers and stonemasons, Lucas has been cutting and crafting stone since the age of 14, when his creative talents and love…
KEVIN BOWDERAuthor lucaslagoons.com Photo Download | Bio Download Kevin Bowder is a professional photographer who has 15 years of experience in sales and marketing. Kevin began his career working for nonprofits where he conceptualized, organized, facilitated, and promoted events of all sizes. He innately understands that being able to connect with people is at the…
by Thembisa S. Mshaka There is a great mystique about the entertainment industry and a fervent desire in many to be part of it. But what many women don’t realize is that most entertainment career guides are written from the point of view of the male executive, or are filled with industry and legal jargon-making…
L.C. PERRYAuthor https://lcperryworlds.wordpress.com Photo Download | Bio Download L.C. Perry is an author of New Adult and Young Adult novels. Ever since the seventh grade when she discovered her passion for writing and started her first novel, her life has revolved around books. When she isn’t reading or writing, she is listening to music, watching…
Serendipity author Victoria Scott-Miller founded Liberation Station Bookstore with her family as a pop-up shop at the North Carolina Museum of Art in 2019, after struggling to find books for her sons featuring Black characters in other local bookstores. On Juneteenth, the store finally found a permanent brick-and-mortar home in downtown Raleigh, making history as the first Black-owned children’s…
by Kirsten Lopresti Seventeen-year-old Lindsey Allen is an A-student who has her heart set on becoming an astronomer. But first she must break away from her mother, an eccentric failed beauty queen who has set up a phony psychic reading shop in their Oregon garage. Lindsey is biding time until she graduates high school, reading…
KIRSTEN LOPRESTIAuthor www.kirstenlopresti.com Photo Download | Bio Download Kirsten Lopresti is the author of the young adult novel Bright Coin Moon. She holds a BA from Virginia Tech and an MFA from George Mason University. She has published short stories in several literary magazines, including The Laurel Review, New Delta Review, So To Speak, Italian…
