A'Lelia Bundles
@aleliabundles.bsky.social
Writer | Journalist | Biographer -- Author of On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker and Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance (coming from Scribner June 10, 2025) www.aleliabundles.com
JOY GODDESS Oct & Nov Book Tour
Three months in and my book tour has taken on a life of its own! Just as I'd hoped, I'm sharing A'Lelia Walker's story while also seeing old friends & making new connections in every city I visit. I hope to see you at one of my stops aleliabundles.com/events/
Three months in and my book tour has taken on a life of its own! Just as I'd hoped, I'm sharing A'Lelia Walker's story while also seeing old friends & making new connections in every city I visit. I hope to see you at one of my stops aleliabundles.com/events/
October 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
JOY GODDESS Oct & Nov Book Tour
Three months in and my book tour has taken on a life of its own! Just as I'd hoped, I'm sharing A'Lelia Walker's story while also seeing old friends & making new connections in every city I visit. I hope to see you at one of my stops aleliabundles.com/events/
Three months in and my book tour has taken on a life of its own! Just as I'd hoped, I'm sharing A'Lelia Walker's story while also seeing old friends & making new connections in every city I visit. I hope to see you at one of my stops aleliabundles.com/events/
On this day - which will be remembered a century from now as a day of unvarnished, aggressive & blatant racism - I was encouraged and fortified by a generous email from a self-described "WASP from Pittsburgh" who had just finished reading my "Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance."
September 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
On this day - which will be remembered a century from now as a day of unvarnished, aggressive & blatant racism - I was encouraged and fortified by a generous email from a self-described "WASP from Pittsburgh" who had just finished reading my "Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance."
10/7 at 7 pm ET Join @dolenperkinsvaldez.bsky.social & me for a Zoom chat about our latest books: Dolen's "Happy Land" & my "Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance." We'll share research, writing & storytelling strategies that led to our award-winning books
Register at bit.ly/4pMRh4n
Register at bit.ly/4pMRh4n
September 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
10/7 at 7 pm ET Join @dolenperkinsvaldez.bsky.social & me for a Zoom chat about our latest books: Dolen's "Happy Land" & my "Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance." We'll share research, writing & storytelling strategies that led to our award-winning books
Register at bit.ly/4pMRh4n
Register at bit.ly/4pMRh4n
Love this video promo for my 9/15 Joy Goddess book talk and champagne toast hosted by the National Archives Foundation at 7 p.m. at DC's National Archives at 701 Constitution Avenue, NW. Enjoy! Here's the link to register for the IN PERSON or VIRTUAL program: bit.ly/3JCFsNt
September 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Love this video promo for my 9/15 Joy Goddess book talk and champagne toast hosted by the National Archives Foundation at 7 p.m. at DC's National Archives at 701 Constitution Avenue, NW. Enjoy! Here's the link to register for the IN PERSON or VIRTUAL program: bit.ly/3JCFsNt
Joy Goddess Book Tour Stops for September 2025. Hope to see you in Baltimore, NY, DC, Charlotte, Atlanta and on-line.
Details on my website at www.aleliabundles.com
Details on my website at www.aleliabundles.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Joy Goddess Book Tour Stops for September 2025. Hope to see you in Baltimore, NY, DC, Charlotte, Atlanta and on-line.
Details on my website at www.aleliabundles.com
Details on my website at www.aleliabundles.com
New summer dates for my Joy Goddess book tour! Headed to EssenceFest for a book talk & signing in the Morial Convention Center at 1 pm on 7/5. Hope to see you in DC, Martha's Vineyard, Atlanta, Miami, Indy and Baltimore. More stops to come with details here and on my website www.aleliabundles.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
New summer dates for my Joy Goddess book tour! Headed to EssenceFest for a book talk & signing in the Morial Convention Center at 1 pm on 7/5. Hope to see you in DC, Martha's Vineyard, Atlanta, Miami, Indy and Baltimore. More stops to come with details here and on my website www.aleliabundles.com
I'm filled w/ gratitude for all the friends who came to the booksignings in NY, DC, Philly, Cambridge & Indy during these first 3 weeks of my Joy Goddess book tour.
I hope you all enjoy learning more about A'Lelia Walker's Harlem Renaissance life
🙏 @genesislmorales for creating this lively reel!
I hope you all enjoy learning more about A'Lelia Walker's Harlem Renaissance life
🙏 @genesislmorales for creating this lively reel!
July 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I'm filled w/ gratitude for all the friends who came to the booksignings in NY, DC, Philly, Cambridge & Indy during these first 3 weeks of my Joy Goddess book tour.
I hope you all enjoy learning more about A'Lelia Walker's Harlem Renaissance life
🙏 @genesislmorales for creating this lively reel!
I hope you all enjoy learning more about A'Lelia Walker's Harlem Renaissance life
🙏 @genesislmorales for creating this lively reel!
"Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance” launches June 9 at the Schomburg just steps away from the site of the 136th Street Harlem townhouse where A’Lelia Walker hosted 1920s parties at her Dark Tower. (Registration links for each stop are in the thread below.)
May 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance” launches June 9 at the Schomburg just steps away from the site of the 136th Street Harlem townhouse where A’Lelia Walker hosted 1920s parties at her Dark Tower. (Registration links for each stop are in the thread below.)
What do you hope readers take away from A'Lelia's life?
April 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
What do you hope readers take away from A'Lelia's life?
You frame her ability to bring people together for parties, salons, and other events as "her talent and her gift." Why do you think this was important?
April 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
You frame her ability to bring people together for parties, salons, and other events as "her talent and her gift." Why do you think this was important?
Tell me about your desire to correct the historical record about her.
April 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Tell me about your desire to correct the historical record about her.
How did you first become interested in A'Lelia's story?
April 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
How did you first become interested in A'Lelia's story?
What a joy to speak w/ @publisherswkly.bsky.social
about why I wrote "Joy Goddess" about my great-grandmother and how I draw parallels between the Harlem Renaissance creatives and the irrepressible urge to create now despite the backlash to our gifts and our words. My answers in the thread below.
about why I wrote "Joy Goddess" about my great-grandmother and how I draw parallels between the Harlem Renaissance creatives and the irrepressible urge to create now despite the backlash to our gifts and our words. My answers in the thread below.
April 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
What a joy to speak w/ @publisherswkly.bsky.social
about why I wrote "Joy Goddess" about my great-grandmother and how I draw parallels between the Harlem Renaissance creatives and the irrepressible urge to create now despite the backlash to our gifts and our words. My answers in the thread below.
about why I wrote "Joy Goddess" about my great-grandmother and how I draw parallels between the Harlem Renaissance creatives and the irrepressible urge to create now despite the backlash to our gifts and our words. My answers in the thread below.
On 4/17 from 1:50 pm-2:20 pm ET, I'll be talking abt "Joy Goddess" on a panel w/ authors Molly Beer & Jane Harrington for @libraryjournal.bsky.social's Day of Dialog featuring "the biggest forthcoming books for summer/fall 2025." Registration is free. Here's the link bit.ly/4jtZBly
April 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
On 4/17 from 1:50 pm-2:20 pm ET, I'll be talking abt "Joy Goddess" on a panel w/ authors Molly Beer & Jane Harrington for @libraryjournal.bsky.social's Day of Dialog featuring "the biggest forthcoming books for summer/fall 2025." Registration is free. Here's the link bit.ly/4jtZBly
NEW YORK FRIENDS: For an enjoyable afternoon, I hope you'll check out Duke Ellington birthday celebration on April 26 at 2 pm at The Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. It's a beautiful, tree-filled setting and a convenient subway ride from Manhattan on the IRT#4 train. www.woodlawn.org/conservancy/...
April 16, 2025 at 2:15 AM
NEW YORK FRIENDS: For an enjoyable afternoon, I hope you'll check out Duke Ellington birthday celebration on April 26 at 2 pm at The Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. It's a beautiful, tree-filled setting and a convenient subway ride from Manhattan on the IRT#4 train. www.woodlawn.org/conservancy/...
At last month's @biographersintl.bsky.social
BIO"Telling the Stories of Black Lives though Biography" conference, I was honored to share my thoughts on biography, history and this urgent moment when our stories are being erased & declared illegal. Here's a link to my keynote.https://bit.ly/4j7W0tv
BIO"Telling the Stories of Black Lives though Biography" conference, I was honored to share my thoughts on biography, history and this urgent moment when our stories are being erased & declared illegal. Here's a link to my keynote.https://bit.ly/4j7W0tv
April 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
At last month's @biographersintl.bsky.social
BIO"Telling the Stories of Black Lives though Biography" conference, I was honored to share my thoughts on biography, history and this urgent moment when our stories are being erased & declared illegal. Here's a link to my keynote.https://bit.ly/4j7W0tv
BIO"Telling the Stories of Black Lives though Biography" conference, I was honored to share my thoughts on biography, history and this urgent moment when our stories are being erased & declared illegal. Here's a link to my keynote.https://bit.ly/4j7W0tv
We're two months away from launching Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance. Hope to see you at one of my book tour stops.
I'll be posting more dates here & on my website www.aleliabundles.com
You can pre-order on Bookshop.org, simonandschuster.com & wherever books are sold online.
I'll be posting more dates here & on my website www.aleliabundles.com
You can pre-order on Bookshop.org, simonandschuster.com & wherever books are sold online.
April 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
We're two months away from launching Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance. Hope to see you at one of my book tour stops.
I'll be posting more dates here & on my website www.aleliabundles.com
You can pre-order on Bookshop.org, simonandschuster.com & wherever books are sold online.
I'll be posting more dates here & on my website www.aleliabundles.com
You can pre-order on Bookshop.org, simonandschuster.com & wherever books are sold online.
Black Biography Conference in Montgomery, AL 3/21-22. If ever there were a time to tell our stories, it is now! Featuring authors Eric K. Washington, Tamara Payne @soulistaphd.bsky.social @davidgreenberg.bsky.social @rachelswarns.bsky.social & @alexispauline.bsky.social
Register at bit.ly/4gT64Fq
Register at bit.ly/4gT64Fq
March 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Black Biography Conference in Montgomery, AL 3/21-22. If ever there were a time to tell our stories, it is now! Featuring authors Eric K. Washington, Tamara Payne @soulistaphd.bsky.social @davidgreenberg.bsky.social @rachelswarns.bsky.social & @alexispauline.bsky.social
Register at bit.ly/4gT64Fq
Register at bit.ly/4gT64Fq
4 of 9 I think now what an inspiration it would have been for me as the only little Black girl in my 1st, 2nd & 3rd grade classes to have seen someone who looked like me in a book.
February 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
4 of 9 I think now what an inspiration it would have been for me as the only little Black girl in my 1st, 2nd & 3rd grade classes to have seen someone who looked like me in a book.
2 of 9 I was drawn to stories about women like author Louisa May Alcott, aviator Amelia Earhart, doctor Elizabeth Blackwell and Helen Keller. I must have run out of books about women, so I even read about Notre Dame’s coach Knute Rockne.
But who I didn’t read about was Black people...
But who I didn’t read about was Black people...
February 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
2 of 9 I was drawn to stories about women like author Louisa May Alcott, aviator Amelia Earhart, doctor Elizabeth Blackwell and Helen Keller. I must have run out of books about women, so I even read about Notre Dame’s coach Knute Rockne.
But who I didn’t read about was Black people...
But who I didn’t read about was Black people...
Day 3 BHM2025
1 of 9 The publication of Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance on June 10th marks my fifth biography, but my fascination w/ the genre began in elementary school during the late 1950s when I read several books in Bobbs-Merrill's Childhood of Famous Americans series
1 of 9 The publication of Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance on June 10th marks my fifth biography, but my fascination w/ the genre began in elementary school during the late 1950s when I read several books in Bobbs-Merrill's Childhood of Famous Americans series
February 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Day 3 BHM2025
1 of 9 The publication of Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance on June 10th marks my fifth biography, but my fascination w/ the genre began in elementary school during the late 1950s when I read several books in Bobbs-Merrill's Childhood of Famous Americans series
1 of 9 The publication of Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance on June 10th marks my fifth biography, but my fascination w/ the genre began in elementary school during the late 1950s when I read several books in Bobbs-Merrill's Childhood of Famous Americans series
5 of 12 Lerone Bennett quoting Frederick Douglass: “To imagine that we shall ever be eradicated is absurd and ridiculous…We are here…and this is our country. We shall neither die out, nor be driven out.”
February 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
5 of 12 Lerone Bennett quoting Frederick Douglass: “To imagine that we shall ever be eradicated is absurd and ridiculous…We are here…and this is our country. We shall neither die out, nor be driven out.”
4 of 12 The Kerner Commission: “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal.”
February 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
4 of 12 The Kerner Commission: “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal.”