by Madison Margolin Through the perspective of having grown up among “HinJews” in the Ram Dass community and cannabis legalization movement, journalist Madison Margolin takes the reader on a journey inside New York’s Jewish counterculture and the Hasidic underground, reconciling her roots, tackling ancestral Jewish trauma, and finding intersectionality between the Jewish and psychedelic experience.…
by gina Breedlove “The medicine of Grace is sound,” says gina Breedlove. “Sound is an immediate point of entry to the mind, body, and spirit, and has been sourced as a healing modality since humans appeared on the earth.” With The Vibration of Grace, this extraordinary teacher and healer shares a sweeping, glorious guide to…
Written by Derrick Barnes Illustrated by Jez Tuya From superstar author Derrick Barnes, here is a middle-grade celebration of the people and stories that helped shape the game of basketball, from unsung pioneers to unforgettable moments of the game. Capturing all the joy and energy that mark the sport of basketball, bestselling and award-winning superstar author Derrick Barnes…
TAMALA EDWARDSAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Tamala Edwards is a Philadelphia-based, award-winning news anchor. She joined 6abc in January of 2005 and is currently the weekday co-anchor of Action News Mornings and a regular co-host of Inside Story, conducting probing interviews with newsmakers like Governor Tom Corbett, Senator Bob Casey, Mayor Michael Nutter and…
Former president Barack Obama, A.K.A. “Skinny Santa”, surprised children at a Chicago school with a live holiday reading of Santa’s Gotta Go, a hilarious new picture book written by Serendipity Lit author Derrick Barnes and illustrated by Courtney Lovett! The event was covered by CBS, NBC, and MSNBC. Look for your own copy of Santa’s Gotta…
The New Brownies’ Book by Dr. Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer was recommended by Oprah Daily as a perfect 2023 holiday gift! This acclaimed anthology of Black creative work that “consoles, explains, entertains, and inspires” has also been featured in Essence, CNN, The New York Times, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, The Philadelphia Tribune, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.…
Shitty Craft Club by Sam Reece, with photography by Lizzie Darden, has been named one of Barnes & Noble’s best books of the year, in the “Best of Being Creative” category. This hilarious crafting/mindfulness book about rejecting perfectionism and doing what makes you happy, based on the author’s viral TikTok account, has also been spotlighted…
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.…
