creating is love and love is life. love life.

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Shayla Lawson is represented by Kerry Sparks at Levine, Greenberg, Rostan & Rukayat Giwa at Creative Artists Agency.

For publicity inquiries, please contact Hannah.Bishop [at] HarperCollins [dot] com.

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@KareemBlack took my author photo for #ThisIsMajor. If you’ve looked at a picture of celebrity today, there’s a good chance Kareem shot it. Friend, inspiration, and fellow nerd, when he asked me what I wanted for the shot, I had no plan.
#ThisIsMajor opens with #GraceJones. Years ago, someone asked me what I thought of ISLAND LIFE and I lied about knowing it. I was 16. But knowing the album changed me. She was androgynous and futuristic. The image of her on the cover of this album is
Thank to every bookstagrammer, reader, artist, and journalist whose been posting about advanced copies of #ThisIsMajor. Y’all are doing such a great job of getting the word out . Since you’ve been sharing some of your favorite things, I t
My Instagram account isn’t letting me post IGTV videos anymore (🤷🏾‍♀️) but tonight I’ll be #live on FACEBOOK for @sol_teevee doing my best impression of one of my dream jobs—an overly-dressed story lady who only reads books th
Zoom conference chic. Favorite sweatshirt. Reads: TOO MUCH PERFECTION IS A MISTAKE.
“fugue vogue pirouette dance your body language/ unlock your shied pen go forth go public go with love/ be in whatever human form you can manage” —H.E. Fisher . Send things that bring you #joy to: @thetendernessproject. We want to d
Some dark reading. 👅 🖤#Black #Imagination #curated by @tash1k0 . . . #blackimagination #blackjoy #bookstagram #book #quarantine #art #authorsofinstagram
Thanks, @teaching_dopeness.💗I love to hear you loved this book. I loved writing it. STILL RUNNING MY #bookgiveaway thru TONIGHT. Get 5 people to follow, DM me & I’ll send a couple folks notes from the #frankocean 🌊. #Repost @teaching_dope