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Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author portrait
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Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the New York Times bestselling author of Wench (2010), Balm (2015), and most recently Take My Hand (2022) which was named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Newsweek, San Francisco Chronicle, Essence, NBC News, and elsewhere. Amazon named Take My Hand one of the Top 20 Books of 2022. The novel was awarded a 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association, and Fiction Award from Black Caucus of the American Library Association. It has been longlisted for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award.  A three-time nominee for a United States Artists Fellowship, Dolen is widely considered a pre-eminent chronicler of American historical life. Her forthcoming novel Happy Land will be published in April 2025. She is Associate Professor in the MFA Program at American University in Washington, DC.
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Sat Apr 05
MAHOGANY BOOKS
121 AMERICAN WAY
OXON HILL, MD 20745-1572
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Wed Apr 09
Exploration Commons
30 E Main St
Westminster, MD 21157
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Thu Apr 10
First Baptist Decatur Church
308 Clairemont Ave
Decatur, GA 30030
Google Map

Fri Apr 11 | 06:00 PM
NOVEL LLC NOVEL
387 PERKINS EXT
MEMPHIS, TN 38117-3801
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Tue Apr 15
MALAPROPS BOOKSTORE, INC
55 HAYWOOD ST
ASHEVILLE, NC 28801-2834
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M JUDSON LLC DBA M JUDSON BOOKSELLERS
130 S MAIN ST
GREENVILLE, SC 29601-4870
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BOOKMARKS
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WINSTON SALEM, NC 27101-2730
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