I'm thrilled that "Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance" is included in the 2026 #IndianaAuthorsAwards nonfiction short list and honored to be among some of my home state's most talented authors. @indianahumanities.bsky.social

NEW JOY GODDESS TOUR STOPS!! I’d love to see you at one of my book talks during Aug & Sept in Brooklyn, Martha’s Vineyard, Peoria, DC, Atlanta or Jackson, MS. Thrilled that “Joy Goddess” is now available in paperback, Audible, e-book & hardcover wherever books are sold.

Love seeing "Joy Goddess" on the We <3 NYC History table next to Ron Chernow's "Titan” at NY's Union Square B&N. A'Lelia Walker & Rockefeller didn't know each other, but I've often wondered if he rode in his limo past Villa Lewaro on his way into the city from Kykuit, his estate in Sleepy Hollow, NY

The "Joy Goddess" book tour continues! I'd love to see you in Boston, DC, Kansas City, Sag Harbor, Peoria or Martha's Vineyard. Check back here and on my website events calendar for updates and details www.aleliabundles.com

Huge thanks to Paul Hond for capturing key moments of my life in this @columbiamag profile. An excerpt: "For Bundles, the story of every American family tells the story of America, and she is humbled to be the chronicler of her own. Such stories, she feels, need to be heard now more than ever."

On Independent Bookstore Day, I thank the bookstores who've hosted Joy Goddess events during the last year. Special thanks to Ramunda Lark Young, Briana Littlejohn, Lisa & the @mahoganybooks.bsky.social team who've been great about doing sales at my events & who have kept my books front and center.

After busy Black & Women's History Months, I'm ready for more stops on my "Joy Goddess" book tour. I'd love to see you in Boston, DC, Kansas City, NYC, Sag Harbor, Peoria or Martha's Vineyard. Check back here and on my website events calendar for updates and details www.aleliabundles.com

3/16 ATL FRIENDS! I'd love to see at the Atlanta History Center on 3/16 at 7 pm when I'll be in conversation with my friend @erniesuggs.bsky.social talking about my book "Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance." Register at www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/alelia...

You can buy my books anywhere books are sold, but I urge you to support independent bookstores. A new National Assoc of Black Bookstores report shares the wonderful news that there now are 306 Black-owned bookstores. Click the "directory" tab at www.nab2.org to find a bookstore near you.

Thrilled that "Joy Goddess" is a finalist for the 2026 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards honoring books "that contributes to our understanding of race (and) human cultures." Past winners include Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, Isabel Wilkerson & Colson Whitehead www.anisfield-wolf.org

FEB 3 in DC at Hillwood Museum and Gardens at 6:30 p.m. REGISTRATION LINK bit.ly/49OAeZO

Well here we go!!! Black History Month & Women's History Month: Three stops in DC + Savannah, Austin & Montclair in February. Two stops in Atlanta plus Sarasota, Indianapolis & DC in March. Registration links in the thread below + at aleliabundles.com/events/. (TY Ciasia Brown for graphic design.)

JOY GODDESS Oct & Nov Book Tour Three months in and my book tour has taken on a life of its own! Just as I'd hoped, I'm sharing A'Lelia Walker's story while also seeing old friends & making new connections in every city I visit. I hope to see you at one of my stops aleliabundles.com/events/

On this day - which will be remembered a century from now as a day of unvarnished, aggressive & blatant racism - I was encouraged and fortified by a generous email from a self-described "WASP from Pittsburgh" who had just finished reading my "Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance."

10/7 at 7 pm ET Join @dolenperkinsvaldez.bsky.social & me for a Zoom chat about our latest books: Dolen's "Happy Land" & my "Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance." We'll share research, writing & storytelling strategies that led to our award-winning books Register at bit.ly/4pMRh4n

Love this video promo for my 9/15 Joy Goddess book talk and champagne toast hosted by the National Archives Foundation at 7 p.m. at DC's National Archives at 701 Constitution Avenue, NW. Enjoy! Here's the link to register for the IN PERSON or VIRTUAL program: bit.ly/3JCFsNt

Joy Goddess Book Tour Stops for September 2025. Hope to see you in Baltimore, NY, DC, Charlotte, Atlanta and on-line. Details on my website at www.aleliabundles.com

New summer dates for my Joy Goddess book tour! Headed to EssenceFest for a book talk & signing in the Morial Convention Center at 1 pm on 7/5. Hope to see you in DC, Martha's Vineyard, Atlanta, Miami, Indy and Baltimore. More stops to come with details here and on my website www.aleliabundles.com

I'm filled w/ gratitude for all the friends who came to the booksignings in NY, DC, Philly, Cambridge & Indy during these first 3 weeks of my Joy Goddess book tour. I hope you all enjoy learning more about A'Lelia Walker's Harlem Renaissance life 🙏 @genesislmorales for creating this lively reel!

"Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance” launches June 9 at the Schomburg just steps away from the site of the 136th Street Harlem townhouse where A’Lelia Walker hosted 1920s parties at her Dark Tower. (Registration links for each stop are in the thread below.)

What do you hope readers take away from A'Lelia's life?

You frame her ability to bring people together for parties, salons, and other events as "her talent and her gift." Why do you think this was important?

Tell me about your desire to correct the historical record about her.

How did you first become interested in A'Lelia's story?

What a joy to speak w/ @publisherswkly.bsky.social about why I wrote "Joy Goddess" about my great-grandmother and how I draw parallels between the Harlem Renaissance creatives and the irrepressible urge to create now despite the backlash to our gifts and our words. My answers in the thread below.

On 4/17 from 1:50 pm-2:20 pm ET, I'll be talking abt "Joy Goddess" on a panel w/ authors Molly Beer & Jane Harrington for @libraryjournal.bsky.social's Day of Dialog featuring "the biggest forthcoming books for summer/fall 2025." Registration is free. Here's the link bit.ly/4jtZBly

NEW YORK FRIENDS: For an enjoyable afternoon, I hope you'll check out Duke Ellington birthday celebration on April 26 at 2 pm at The Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. It's a beautiful, tree-filled setting and a convenient subway ride from Manhattan on the IRT#4 train. www.woodlawn.org/conservancy/...

At last month's @biographersintl.bsky.social BIO"Telling the Stories of Black Lives though Biography" conference, I was honored to share my thoughts on biography, history and this urgent moment when our stories are being erased & declared illegal. Here's a link to my keynote.https://bit.ly/4j7W0tv

We're two months away from launching Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance. Hope to see you at one of my book tour stops. I'll be posting more dates here & on my website www.aleliabundles.com You can pre-order on Bookshop.org, simonandschuster.com & wherever books are sold online.