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Farai Chideya

Farai Chideya

Farai Chideya, author of Don't Believe the Hype: Fighting Cultural Misinformation About African Americans (Plume Penguin 1995), now in it's eigth printing, The Color of Our Future (William Morrow, 1999), named one of the best books for teens by the... Read full bio

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Publicity!
By Farai Chideya - April 23, 2009
Man, I am workin' hard with Christine (Saunders of the publicity department) to figure out how to get the message across for the book. Releasing books is always hard for me because I am used to being the one getting pitched. As a journalist, I get dozens of books for every single one I can put on the radio or write about. Now I am in that "Survivor: Book Edition" mode and I am trying to keep the word out via Twitter, my social networks, etc. it is kind of nutty! But exciting! And scary!