ESPN’s Andscape to Launch Book Imprint with Disney
ESPN’s Andscape, the newly rebranded media network previously known as The Undefeated, is launching a book imprint with Disney Publishing Worldwide this fall. The imprint will focus on narrative non-fiction and memoirs. Additionally, the imprint will have a line of young adult and children’s titles. The first book to launch from the imprint will be NFL journalist Jason Reid’s Rise of the Black Quarterback: What it Means for America. The book, which looks at the history of Black NFL players, will be published on August 2nd.
Netflix to Adapt Novel Ride Around Shining with Jonah Hill’s Strong Baby
Netflix is making a feature film adaptation of Chris Leslie-Hynan’s novel Ride Around Shining. Rodney Barnes will pen the script, and Jonah Hill’s Strong Baby Productions is producing. The novel is described as a “a discomfiting portrait of envy and obsession” that tells the story of a young white chauffeur and his wealthy Black employer, a professional basketball player. Jonah Hill, Matt Dines, LaKeith Stanfield, and Colin Stark are producing the project. Ali Goodwin is executive producing, and Leslie-Hynan is an associate producer.
CEU Press Provides Free Access to Ten of Its Books on Ukraine
CEU Press is making ten of its titles on Ukraine freely available on the Project MUSE platform. If you are looking for a deeper history of the Ukraine, its conflicts with Russia, and how this affects us now, here are the links to the ten available books. You can find full summaries of all ten of the titles here.
Texas Republicans Ask Schools to Pledge Not to Buy From Vendors that Sell Gender Queer
Jared Patterson, a Republican member of the State of Texas House of Representatives, sent a letter to school superintendents urging them to pledge not to buy books from any vendors that carry Gender Queer. The vendors that most schools buy from carry a wide variety of books, and the majority of them carry this bestselling, award-winning title.