Book Launch Tour Recap
When I started writing TAUGHT several years ago, I didn’t imagine it would be published, let alone lead to a book tour. And now, I’m grateful for that. Truly. Because the writing was always the point. The reflection, the questions, the exploration of themes that don’t offer easy answers. Everything beyond that has been a bonus.
I’m deeply thankful to my interview partners, including Cosby Hunt, Rich Reyes-Gavilan, Dr. Michaele Samuel, Mat Edelson, and Clare Berke. Each of you extended more time, care, and thoughtfulness than I ever expected.
It was also a privilege to read alongside other authors at events hosted by The Inner Loop, Reston Readings, and My Dead Aunt’s Book Reading Series. I enjoyed the thoughtful conversation with a book club in Pennsylvania and thinking deeply about the novel through interviews with the Washington Independent Review of Books, Washington Unbound, DC Writer’s Room (coming soon), and my first podcast with Online for Authors. My amazing editor, Crystal Adaway, helped carry this energy into our newsletters and website.
From a different place in my heart, I’m equally thankful to you, the readers. For your patience with ordering delays, for making time to read, and for your willingness to sit with questions about public education, crisis, and how we care for one another. It meant a great deal to hear how readers connected with characters who, like many of us, are trying to find purpose without clear answers.
Hearing how JB, Malik, Darren, Walter, and other characters stayed with you has been one of the most meaningful parts of this experience. Your questions about schools under strain, family, healing, and responsibility reflected the same tension I felt while writing. More than talking about craft, I valued these conversations.
So what’s next? A few online events in the coming months, followed by a small fall tour in some of my favorite spots in New York and New England. If you’re interested in reading TAUGHT, you can find a copy at the link below, or through your local library.
But the most meaningful part of all of this? Seeing family and friends show up. That will always be the answer. Thank you for being there.
