. National publicity efforts targeting:
+Industry journals such as Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, Kirkus, Bookforum, and ShelfAwareness
+Major newspapers and journals such as The New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Time, Entertainment Weekly, and The New Yorker
+National blogs and podcasts such as Salon, Slate, The Rumpus, Buzzfeed Books, Huffington Post, Barnes & Noble Review, NPR
+Major national radio stations
+Publications the author has written for, been featured in, or whose work has been reviewed in
+Other publications focusing on the African-American experience, the LGBTQ experience, and poetry
+Schools and organizations the author is associated with
. Marketing to bookstores, libraries, book clubs, and universities
. Author and book signing at the 2017 Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference
. Multi-city book tour encompassing New York (New York, Brooklyn), Washington, DC, and California (Los Angeles).
. Promotion online through the author's website
. E-newsletter promotion to several-thousand-plus contacts
. Promotion through social media to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Goodreads, and Amazon
