Malik's Bookshelf
BRINGING A WORLD TOGETHER WITH BOOKS, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY. AMPLIFYING VOICES WITH INSPIRATION. CREATING A LIT VIBE WITH EVERY EPISODE.
Episodes
On the occasion of his 100th Podcast, Malik looks back on what has brought him to this moment, as well as this week’s visit from Ryan Seacrest and 102.7 KIIS-FM.
Plus, in honor of Independent Bookstore Day, Malik welcomes Dr. Thomishia Booker, author of the children’s books Brown Boy Joy and My Brown Skin!
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Malik spent the weekend at the LA Times Festival of Books at USC and interviewed the one and only TIFFANY HADDISH!
Malik also caught up with Dr. Muriel Buque, author of Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma.
And he has all the details on Ryan Seacrest’s visit to Malik Books this Thursday (4/25) at the Westfield Culver City Mall!
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Malik has a big week ahead as he approaches his 100th episode!
A full rundown on all the authors being featured at Malik’s booth at the LA Times Festival of Books. Malik is an official exhibitor and also is hosting the Children’s Stage! Check out the schedule on Instagram: @MalikBooks
And this week, he hosts an interview with Omekongo Dibinga PhD, author of Lies About Black People: How to Combat Racist Stereotypes and Why It M...
Malik “the Hype Man of Books” was honored to speak at the Black to the Future panel during Black History Month.
Malik discusses the future of the Black Community in Los Angeles, along with panelists Jasson Crockett from Snap Inc., and Tammy Tumbling from the Orange County Community Foundation.
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Malik welcomes podcaster, social media influencer, author, preacher, businessman and Inglewood's own Tim Ross for a lively conversation before a live audience at Malik Books!
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Malik has a sit down with NAACP Image Award nominee Lid’ya C. Rivera, author of I Absolutely, Positively Love My Spots…for a deep discussion about life with vitiligo.
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Malik unveils his new podcast studio!
This week at the book store, April caught up with author, actor, host and documentarian Marcellus Reynolds, author of Supreme Sirens: Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Music.
Meanwhile, Malik discusses diversity, equity and inclusion with Dr. Thelá Thatch, author of The Diversity Dilemma: A Survivor’s Guide for Diversity and Inclusion Good Doers.
And a very serious conversation with auth...
Malik is back at 100% and out in the community all week long!
This week, he spoke at the Black History Celebration at Adams Elementary!
And took part in a conversation at Pilgrim Elementary!
He also hosted Black Children Book Week at Malik Books!
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It’s another epic Black History Month Celebration at Malik Books!
Author Tammy Wallace gets very candid with Malik about the experience that inspired Sasha Lynn Big Dreams: Inspiring Youth to Reach for the Stars
Former NYPD officer Edwin Raymond talks about his book An Inconvenient Cop: My Fight to Change Policing in America
Minda Harts opens about her books The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Tab...
Grammy-winner, Emmy-winner, and Oscar Winner Common comes Malik Books at the Westfield Culver City Mall to kick off the inaugural Black History Month Celebration!
He signed copies of his book And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self!
Plus, Malik reviews the books Grandma's Hands by legendary musician Bill Withers, and "You So Black" by Theresa Tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.
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What makes a friend? Malik has some thoughts from his own life. Do you have someone in your life, who is there for you? Consistently? That's a friend. But it may be time to move on from people from your life who are not there when you need them.
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2024 is about healing! And we need to heal from intergenerational trauma.
This week, Malik is joined by Dr. Mariel Buqué, author of BREAK THE CYCLE: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma.
And Common is coming to Malik Book at the Westfield Culver City Mall on February 3rd! Sign up at MalikBooks.com!
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Malik looks back on the year that was...which featured some incredible highs (Cedric the Entertainer! Omar Epps!) and some devastating losses (his beloved mother).
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The Leimert Park Village Book Fair continues…hosted by Malik Books!
This week, another heavy hitter…actor, writer, director and author Omar Epps! He chats with fellow author Erika J. Kendrick (author of “Cookie Monsters), as well as Malik himself about his books Nubia: The Awakening and Nubia: The Reckoning!
Plus, students from Baldwin Hills Elementary School interview Malik for their school news!
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After taking a few years off because of the pandemic, the Leimert Park Village Book Fair is back…and hosted by Malik Books!
The community came out in droves to see ambassador Eriq La Salle talk about his new book Laws of Annihilation.
On this episode, writer Gary Phillips sits down with Eriq La Salle.
Also, Tabitha Brown talks about her new book I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free!
NEXT WEEK: OMAR EPPS
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Malik spent a Black Lit Weekend in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the Black Wall Street Massacre took place in 1921.
Ride along on a tour of key locations in the historic Greenwood district.
And listen as Malik talks to Victor Luckerson, author of Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street
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This week, Malik was honored to host Renée Watson at Malik Books…as well as at Bright Elementary School in Los Angeles, where they met some spectacular students!
Her new book is Ways to Build Dreams (A Ryan Hart Story)…available now at MalikBooks.com!
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Malik is just back from “The Taste of Soul” street festival in Los Angeles!
This week, he reviews the very important book Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot...which FLEW off the shelf when it first came out!
Also, he talked about Ways to Build Dreams (A Ryan Hart Story) by Renée Watson who will be at Malik Books in the Culver City Mall Tuesday night at 7! (10/24/23)
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Last week was Banned Book Week, but Malik did not celebrate at Malik Books. He explains why and give his thoughts on the banning of books, books that are banned without being "banned" and the only condition under which books SHOULD be banned.
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Malik hits episode #80 and is thinking about three topics that divide us.
Plus, Malik was at the LA Convention Center for a panel discussion about being a Los Angeles businessperson!
And he discusses trauma and self-sabotage with Dr. Gail James, author of “From the Pit to the Palace”
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