On Friday, November 20th, Augury joined forces with African Voices Magazine to host a night in celebration of the launch of Randall Horton’s Hook. The event featured many special guests and close friends of Horton, who read from their own work, shared anecdotes, and ultimately all expressed a collective feeling of joy for what Hook has become. Our dear friend Dave Bledsoe is credited with all of these photos.
Julia Judge, Mike Miller, Kimberly Steele, Randall Horton, Kate Angus, Nicolas Amara, Carolyn Butts, and Ian Lloyd.
Randall Horton signing copies of Hook.
The crowd at African Voices’ Upper West Side space.
Nkosi Nkululeko.
Tyehimba Jess.
Sally Ann Hard.
Hettie Jones.
Becky Thompson
Linda Perez.
Randall Horton reading from Hook.
Randall Horton and Linda Perez.
Hook.
Book Cover Debut: Randall Horton’s ‘Hook’
Original Cover Art by Michael Miller
Augury Books is excited to join Randall Horton and designer Michael Miller in unveiling the cover art for the upcoming Hook (2015).
Hook: A Memoir is a gripping story of transformation. Without excuse or indulgence, author and educator Randall Horton explores his downward spiral from unassuming Howard University undergraduate to homeless drug addict, international cocaine smuggler, and incarcerated felon—before showing us the redemptive role that writing and literature played in helping him reclaim his life. The multilayered narrative bridges past and present through both the vivid portrayal of Horton’s singular experiences and his correspondence in letters with the anonymous Lxxxx, a Latina woman awaiting trial. Hook explores race and social construction in America, the forgotten lives within the prison industrial complex, and the resilience of the human spirit.
Read author bio and praise for Hook.
Augury’s Reading Period Is Open for Prose and Poetry May 1 – July 31, 2015:
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Upcoming Readings by ‘Hook’ Author Randall Horton
Photo: Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Augury is excited to announce some upcoming readings from Randall Horton, author of Hook, forthcoming from Augury Books in 2015.
June 12th, 6-8pm:
CUNY School of Professional Studies
Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education, Urban and Labor Studies
25 West 43rd Street, New York, NY.
June 13th, 1pm:
Worker Writers Summer School on Governor’s Island
Building #20A in Nolan Park.
June 16th, 8pm:
594 Union Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
In addition to these readings, Horton will be reading with Meg Kearney and Anne-Marie Oomen on Saturday, July 11 at 7:30 pm. This will include readings from Hook: A Memoir, as well as his poetry collection Pitch Dark Anarchy. Readings will be held in the Founder’s Room of Pine Manor College, 400 Heath Street, Chestnut Hill, and are free and open to the public.
Check out an excerpt from Hook on our blog.
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Augury Books’ spring/summer 2015 reading period is now open for submissions in poetry and prose. For guidelines and general information, please visit our submissions page.
Randall Horton Featured in 2015 PEN World Voices Anthology
Carleton Watkins’ Among The Tree Tops Calaveras Grove (1829), courtesy of the Public Domain Review
We would like to congratulate Randall Horton on having an excerpt from Hook: A Memoir through Letters featured in the 2015 PEN World Voices Online Anthology. Hook is forthcoming from Augury Books in 2015. The PEN collection is comprised of prose, poetry, and dramatic writing from the participants of this year’s World Voices Festival. Among the other authors included are Nathalie Handal, Zoe Pilger, and Cormac James.
PEN’s World Voices Festival, running from May 4th to the 10th, celebrates literature from all over the globe. This year’s theme, On Africa, strives to make heard the voices of contemporary African artists.
The full PWV Anthology can be read online here. New writings are added weekly.