Tag: authors
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Why The Hibouleans Matters
People. I am still reeling from Detroit Festival of Books 2018. While I’m riding this wave, I wanted to reflect on the experience. This is why it was incredible: It was my first appearance as an author in my hometown. I have been a Chicago resident for 12 years but The Hibouleans is based in…
Octavia Reese
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Dear Perfectionists…
I’m fortunate to belong to a sister-fren-hood of writers. We are each other’s go-to idea banks for all-hours sounding boards; ever-ready moralers for milestone celebrations and we are reality-checks for middle-of-the-night visits from The Ghost of Low Self-Esteem and her evil hench-spirit, The You’re Not Good Enough Imp. I was just talking to my sister…
Octavia Reese
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Detroit’s Miss Michigan 2005 Returns for Festival of Books
FORMER MISS MICHIGAN RETURNS TO DETROIT TO INSPIRE GIRLS WITH BINGE-WORTHY SCI-FI SERIES AT DETROIT BOOKFEST Independent author and former pageant queen aims to redefine how young women of color set expectations for themselves DETROIT, July 9, 2018 – Detroit-raised author, Octavia Reese, created a world where bold, brave, brilliant brown girls fearlessly step…
Octavia Reese