David Covin kicks-off his national book tour with a book signing: his new book “Prodigal: Special Edition by David Covin published by Blue Nile Press (BNP).
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2014 from 2-4pm at underground books, 2814 35th St. & Broadway, in historic Oak Park, Sacramento, CA 95817.
Contact: Faye Wilson Kennedy, Publicist, Blue Nile Press at (916) 484-3749; e-mail: faye@bluenilepress.com.
Covin’s new novel Prodigal is set in the mean streets’ of Chicago’s Southside and the gritty streets of an urban Brazilian favela. It is a moving historical allegory of African prodigals stranded in North and South America by the Transatlantic slave trade, and an inspiring chronicle of moral grown and a homeward trajectory of the prodigal axe’ of Brazilian Candomble’.
About the Author: David Covin was born in Chicago and raised in Evanston, Illinois. He graduated from Evanston Township High School, the University of Illinois, Colorado University, and Washington State University. He is Emeritus Professor of Government and Pan African Studies at California State University, Sacramento. He published widely in scholarly journals and the popular press. He has also published academic monographs, earlier novels and books include, Princes of the Road, Wimbey’s Corner, and Brown Sky. He is also the author of Black Politics After the Civil Rights Movement, Sacramento, 1970 – 2000, and The Unified Black Movement in Brazil, 1978-2002. He was active in the Civil Rights and Black Student movements and continues to be civically engaged. He lives with his wife Judy, in Sacramento, California.
Blue Nile Press (BNP), headquartered in Sacramento, California, BNP is an imprint of Path Press, of Chicago. BNP targets Black writers and the Black reading public, creating a venue where they can meet.
Contact Information:
To schedule a book signing event or interview with David Covin, please contact: Faye Wilson Kennedy, Publicist, Blue Nile Press at (916) 484-3749; e-mail: faye@bluenilepress.com or visit: http://bluenilepress.com.
