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🎧 LISTEN to @FABNEWYORK’s interview with @NPR’s Jesse Thorn talking about his longstanding connection to hip-hop culture, friendship with Andy Warhol, and his new memoir EVERYBODY’S FLY ⬇️
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Fab 5 Freddy stops by to talk with us about his new memoir: Everybody’s Fly: A Life of Art, Music, and Changing the Culture. Freddy, who was the original host of Yo! MTV Raps, takes us on a journey...
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“Reading EVERYBODY’S FLY… you’re struck by [@FABNEWYORK’s] remarkable instinct for connecting the cultural dots of the late 20th century.” Check out @bostonglobe’s review of Fab 5 Freddy's memoir ⬇️
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The new book from the hip-hop pioneer and "king of synthesis" demonstrates how Fab 5 Freddy was a bridge between the worlds of visual music and art.
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Stop what you’re doing and read the @nytimesbooks review of @FABNEWYORK’s "captivating, fast-moving memoir,” EVERYBODY’S FLY!
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As his new memoir demonstrates, he himself would achieve fame as a visual artist, filmmaker, TV host and formative tastemaker.
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"Steve Hawk’s latest book brings literary noir to the California coast." —@people Learn more about NEARSHORE by Steve Hawk, on sale 8/18👉
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“An exceptionally thoughtful literary thriller. In the depth and breadth of its story, in the lyricism of its prose, Nearshore will surely establish Steve Hawk as a writer to be reckoned...
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Steve Hawk’s Debut Novel 'Nearshore' Is a Thrilling Surf Noir — See the Cover! (Exclusive)
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🚨 Goodreads Giveaway Alert 🚨 Enter for a chance to win an early copy of TAKE WHAT YOU CAN by Naima Coster! 👉 https://t.co/PaRhszHZec
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🚨 Goodreads Giveaway Alert 🚨 Enter to win THE ONE DAY YOU WERE MY HUSBAND by New York Times bestselling author Rosie Walsh! 👉 https://t.co/Hxy4K7EUL2
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“The things that can get you ahead at work can end up costing you in your personal life.” Read an excerpt of Anthony Klotz’s JOLTED in @FastCompany to learn more about “job creep” and the hidden cost of being a “good” employee.
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An article that outlines job creep definition, why workers should be aware of it, and what they can do to mitigate it.
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🚨 Goodreads Giveaway Alert 🚨 Enter for a chance to win an early copy of THE TYPING LADY by Ruth Ozeki! 👉 https://t.co/iiEE0LBB5O
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THE SHOCK OF THE LIGHT by Lori Inglis Hallis on sale NOW 🤩 ⁣⁣"[Hall] masterfully weaves together sibling bonds and dark secrets while bringing lesser-known history to life." —@PamJenoff If you're a fan of The Nightingale, make this your next read 👉 https://t.co/prxFvRy3ER
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🚨 Goodreads Giveaway Alert 🚨 Enter for a chance to win TILLINGHAST, Clare Cavenagh's dark and utterly original literary horror debut! 👉 https://t.co/G10FmppM9e
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🎤 Listen to @FABNEWYORK, a pioneer of graffiti art and hip-hop filmmaking, on @NPR talking about his new memoir EVERYBODY'S FLY and how he brought underground art forms mainstream respect.
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NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with Fab 5 Freddy, a pioneer of graffiti art and hip-hop filmmaking, on his new memoir Everybody's Fly.
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JOLTED by Anthony Klotz, the organizational psychologist who predicted the Great Resignation, is on sale today! "A science-based blueprint for how to navigate life itself,” (@ethan_kross) pick up your copy of JOLTED and start reading now 👉 https://t.co/jb5ch4mLtp
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HOW FLOWERS MADE OUR WORLD by David George Haskell, Seven Sisters by Veronica Buckley, and EVERYBODY’S FLY by @FABNEWYORK and Mark Rozzo are three of Bibliolifestyle's Best New Nonfiction Books to Read This Spring 🌷 See what else made the list ⬇️
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Looking for the best new nonfiction books for spring 2026? This 2026 Spring Reading Guide nonfiction list covers memoir, history, nature writing, philosophy, music, and cultural criticism—smart,...
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"@FABNEWYORK has never gotten all the credit he deserves or the space to tell his countless stories. EVERYBODY'S FLY should make that right.” EVERYBODY'S FLY is one of the nine memoirs you don't want to miss this spring, according to @Salon. 🌷📘
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Lena Dunham, Fab 5 Freddy and Liza with a Z are among the culture-makers leaving it all on the page.
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In a STARRED review, @bookpage calls THE COMPLEX by Karan Mahajan "piercing... a book to read and read again." Learn more about the book and start your (first) read now ➡️ https://t.co/aPB4aqmfAF
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THE COMPLEX by Karan Mahajan, SELLING OPPORTUNITY by Mary Lisa Gavenas, and EVERYBODY'S FLY by @FABNEWYORK and Mark Rozzo are three of the Must Read Books of Spring 2026 according to @TandCmag 📚 ​See what else made the list ⬇️
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Our picks for the standout new releases of March, April, and May.
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EVERYBODY'S FLY by @FABNEWYORK "is a highly readable, smartly paced recounting... of an artist whose talent, imagination, and ambition ultimately produced the ambassador of a global cultural phenomenon". (@artsatlorg) See the full review here ⬇️
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He’ll be at the Tara Theatre this week for a book discussion and a screening of the 1982 film Wild Style. :: A 2009 article in The New York Times proclaimed Atlanta as “hip-hop’s center of gravity.”...
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THE ELUSIVE BODY is one of @TIME's 10 books you should read this March 📚 "@acsifferlin calls out “the diagnosis crisis,” probing all-too-common human errors, the mortifying flaws in how we train our clinicians, & the allure of genomic medicine." — TIME
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From Christina Applegate's memoir to Tara Menon's "Under Water"
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