THE BANDANA REPUBLIC BOOK TOUR LAUNCH SET FOR 9 JUNE 2008 AT NEW YORK CITY’S HUE-MAN BOOK STORE & CAFE

 

NEW YORK, NY (USA) – 14 MAY 2008 – Although its release to bookstores throughout the United States is scheduled for 28 May 2008, THE BANDANA REPUBLIC: A LITERARY ANTHOLOGY BY GANG MEMBERS AND THEIR AFFILIATES (www.softskull.com) is already the subject of Internet radio talk show interviews.

Hailed as one of the most provocative and powerful literary works of 2008, THE BANDANA REPUBLIC: A LITERARY ANTHOLOGY BY GANG MEMBERS AND THEIR AFFILIATES is co-edited by Def Poetry Jam Co-Founder, Founder of The Bandana Republic (www. myspace.com/thebandanarepublic), poet, activist and social entrepreneur BRUCE GEORGE and award-winning poet, author and journalist Luis Reyes Rivera winning poet, author and journalist LUIS REYES RIVERA. On Monday, 9 June 2008 beginning at 6:00 P.M., New York City’s Hue-Man Book Store & Café located at 2319 Frederick Douglass Boulevard (between 124th and 125th Streets) will be the site of the launch of THE BANDANA REPUBLIC Book Tour.

Messrs. George and Reyes along with a number of contributors to THE BANDANA REPUBLIC: A LITERARY ANTHOLOGY BY GANG MEMBERS AND THEIR AFFILIATES will be on hand to discuss this riveting book project with members of the general public and the media.

So, what is THE BANDANA REPUBLIC: A LITERARY ANTHOLOGY BY GANG MEMBERS AND THEIR AFFILIATES -- the foreword of which has been written by NFL Hall of Fame running back, author, activist and Founder of the Amer-I-Can Program and Foundation JIM BROWN (www.amer-i-can.org) – all about? It is a riveting work that pulsates with the hauntingly soulful literary artistry of creative geniuses throughout our global village who also happen to be members of street organizations and intermingled with the works of Ruby Dee, Malik Yoba, Oscar Brown Jr., Piri Thomas etc.

For further information concerning the 9 June 2008 book tour launch for THE BANDANA REPUBLIC: A LITERARY ANTHOLOGY BY GANG MEMBERS AND THEIR AFFILIATES, contact the Hue-Man Book Store at (212) 665-7400 or visit the following websites: www.skull.com; www.myspace.com/brucegeorge, and/or (www.myspace.com/thebandanarepublic).