Author Tayari Jones is putting her money where her mouth is by boycotting Arizona in the wake of the state’s governor signing an extra-super-double-plus-ungood bill aimed at that state’s mostly Latino immigrant population.

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You also can find Jones, author of the sublime Leaving Atlanta, on Twitter as @tayari.

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Author Tananarive Due has kindly posted an excerpt of the new Tennyson Hardwick novel she’s written with (her husband) Steven Barnes, From Cape Town with Love.

I enjoyed the first two books in this series, so I’m looking forward to this one.

On Facebook, Due also mentioned that Blair Underwood [insert girlish sigh here] had directed and starred in a trailer for the book. No word on when the trailer hits the Internet.

• RT @JazzWax: Nancy Wilson on why she never viewed herself as an A-lister: http://jazzwax.com/ (via @ElementsOfJazz) #
• RT @gabrielroth Beverly Cleary is 94 today, and seems exactly like you'd hope she would be: http://j.mp/9ve9es #

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• This. RT@Fortitude1913 Duke ought to thank their lucky stars. It was not powerhouse basketball that won the game. #
• I have an ARC of the new Isabel Allende. Now if only I could find time to read it. #

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