Cynthia Bond News

This Valentine's Day, the NYC-based Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company offers An Evening of Love Dances, a free live Zoom event celebrating love in the DGDC repertory.

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and Hearst Magazines announced today that Oprah Winfrey's in-depth conversation with Michelle Obama about her new memoir Becoming will air as a primetime special “Oprah Winfrey Presents:  Becoming Michelle Obama” on Thursday, November 15 at 8:00 PT/ET on OWN, with an extended unedited version available on “Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations” podcast starting the same day, with part two available on November 19. In addition, the full interview will be streamed on Oprah's Facebook on Sunday, November 18 at 11:00 am ET/PT. The interview will also be featured in O, The Oprah Magazine on newsstands November 20, with behind-the-scenes content available on Oprahmag.com as well as globally across multiple Hearst Magazines' titles, including the December cover of ELLE.

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and O, The Oprah Magazine announced today the newest Oprah's Book Club selection, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton with Lara Love Hardin, a revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent 30 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit.

Oprah Winfrey Network and O, The Oprah Magazine announced today the newest Oprah's Book Club selection, An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. An American Marriage centers around a recently married young African American couple living the dream of the New South in Atlanta, Georgia, and tackles themes of race, loyalty, resilience and love. Additionally, Harpo Films is attached to produce the adaptation of An American Marriage.

In case you haven't heard, I-85 has gone all zombie apocalypse. But if you're willing to fight the undead, Atlanta's offering up some promising shows this May.

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and O, The Oprah Magazine announce the newest Oprah's Book Club selection, Love Warrior, by Glennon Doyle Melton, available on Amazon and in bookstores nationwide.

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and O, The Oprah Magazine announce the newest Oprah's Book Club 2016 selection, The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday).

In a major, long-awaited announcement, Oprah Winfrey has revealed her first selection for Oprah's Book Club in more than a year: Ruby, the riveting debut novel by Cynthia Bond. Winfrey wrote: “Believe me, it's not easy finding words to describe Ruby, because nothing comes close to the experience of reading it.”

In conjunction with Oprah Winfrey's announcement that she has selected Cynthia Bond's debut novel to Oprah's Book Club 2.0, Books-A-Million invites readers to visit booksamillion.com and order 'Ruby' to experience the unforgettable story for themselves.

Because I live in the Pacific Northwest, the end of January can feel like the farthest point from carefree summer days. The days are getting longer but not fast enough. I'm not warm enough until I'm wearing three sweaters, a blanket and a cat. These days make it easy to forget the discomforts of August--sweltering heat, stifling humidity, sunburns, dehydration--so I find myself longing for the rising peaks of the thermometer's mercury.

The Los Angeles LGBT Center's Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center proudly welcomes author Cynthia Bond for a free, one-night appearance.

Last week, more than 500 booksellers, along with publishers and authors, converged on Seattle for the American Booksellers Association's ninth annual Winter Institute--three days of seminars, socializing and shoptalk (even more energizing than Seattle's collective euphoria over the Seahawks). Adding to the excitement was the abundance of authors, numbering more than 100. Many of them were on hand Thursday evening to sign books, something I'd grown blasé about--until I walked into the hotel ballroom. I gasped, grabbed the nearest arm and exclaimed, 'Look! It's Cynthia Bond!' I sidled over to her table as casually as I could, but then started to gush like a tween at a One Direction concert. Her novel Ruby (to be published by Hogarth in April), the 'unforgettable story of a man determined to protect the woman he loves from the town desperate to destroy her,' is one of the most stunning books I've read this year--order it now in advance from your indie bookstore.

Impressive. Beautifully lyrical. Stunning. Strange and wonderful concoction. Unconventional. Clever. Whether describing one of her avant-garde works or simply summing up her unique movement style, words and phrases like these flow throughout the reviews of choreographer Helen Pickett.