Listeners can tune in throughout the day for great music and to hear “DeDe’s Weekly Download”—a recommended book, movie or album from their morning personality. The second round of titles all appear below, all available for download or streaming from CADL's digital collection.
This life-affirming and funny debut memoir from death doula, TED presenter, and founder of Going with Grace, Alua Arthur, encourages readers to embrace their mortality as a motivation for living their best life.
Black country was having a moment even before the release of Cowboy Carter, and best-selling author and songwriter Alice Randall has been an artist in the trenches for decades. This is memoir, history, and a call for recognition and positive change.
International intrigue and Memphis collide in what S. A. Cosby calls “an instant Southern noir classic” when the case of a missing husband goes global.
Among his many other roles, Questlove is a music historian - and this book is a passionate tribute to 50 years of hip hop history from his vantage point as a creator, participant, and superfan.
This is a haunting dual timeline gothic thriller inspired by stories of the real-life eccentric white benefactress of Harlem Renaissance creatives such as Alain Locke, Zora Neale Hurston, and Langston Hughes.
The lyrical essays in this highly acclaimed 2017 collection cover a range of musical artists as Abdurraqib connects their work to larger societal themes while weaving in his own powerful personal insights.
The mention of mix tapes in the title seems even more nostalgic 17 years after it was written, but the themes surrounding music, love, and loss in this bittersweet memoir are timeless.
Including material from over 300 interviews of people involved with the industry, Cue the Sun takes readers through the origins and rise of reality television as well as stories from producers, filmmakers, and actors.
Award winner Talty delivers his first full-length novel featuring the heartbreaking story of Charles Lamosway and his family on and off the Penobscot Island Indian Reservation exploring identity formed by law, blood, and community.
Poet and author Kwame Alexander edits this beautiful collection that is wide in scope and pulls together the work of over 150 Black poets including Tracy K. Smith, Nikki Giovanni, Amanda Gorman, Ross Gay, Kevin Young, and more.
Hockey, baking, and fake dating are featured in Ferguson’s steamy story of a player in need of an image adjustment and his best friend’s (and teammate’s) sister who needs more people watching her local baking show.
The EGOT award-winning actress shares stories and lessons from her life journey in this moving memoir that pays special tribute to her late mother, Emma Johnson.
