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THREE SEED MIAMI CENTRAL ALABAMA NATIVE AND AUTHOR WILL SOON BE RELEASING HIS SECOND NOVEL. DARIEN WILLIAMS RELEASED HIS FIRST NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, BLOOD AT THE ROOT, LAST SUMMER IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, A SEQUEL TO THAT NOVEL WILL BE RELEASED AT BOOKSTORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. �������� 13 JARVIS ROBERTSON SPOKE TO THE AUTHOR THIS EVENING ABOUT WHY HE’S CONTINUING THE LITERARY WORK AND HIS GOAL OF ENCOURAGING MORE CHILDREN TO PICK UP A BOOK AND READ. JARVIS. WELL, GUY AND BRITTANY BLOOD AT THE ROOT WAS RELEASED IN MAY OF LAST YEAR. THE AUTHOR, DARIEN WILLIAMS, IS PROUD OF THE THINGS THAT HE CREATES IN HOPES TO DO JUST THAT. HOLES IN YOUR SOUL. HAHA. THAT’S IT BABY. THIS IS THE SHORT FILM DARIEN WILLIAMS RELEASED FOUR YEARS AGO. WHAT STARTED OUT AS A PROJECT OF THE IMAGINATION EVENTUALLY BECAME A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. PRETTY SOON, ANOTHER ONE OF HIS BOOKS WILL HIT STORE SHELVES. WALKING INTO, LIKE, SOME OF THE SAME BOOKSTORES THAT I USED TO GO TO AND DREAM AND WISH. ONE DAY MY BOOKS WOULD BE THERE. AND LIKE, NOW THEY’RE ON THE SHELVES AND NOW I’M GOING TO HAVE LIKE, TWO OF THEM. BONES AT THE CROSSROADS IS THE SEQUEL IN THIS MAGICAL HBCU EXPERIENCE. FOR A YOUNG MAN WHO’S LEARNING MORE ABOUT HIS ANCESTRAL LINEAGE AND NAVIGATING COLLEGE LIFE. I WROTE THE FIRST DRAFT OF BONES AT THE CROSSROADS, 2ND DECEMBER 2023. GOING INTO 2024. WILLIAMS PASSION TO CREATE WAS BORN FROM A LOVE OF LITERACY. HE NOT ONLY WANTS PEOPLE TO ENJOY HIS BOOKS, HE ALSO WANTS TO INSPIRE YOUNG BLACK BOYS TO FIND JOY IN READING. HE SAYS LITERATURE OFFERED HIM THE ABILITY TO FALL INTO DIFFERENT WORLDS. I’VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY FASCINATED WITH WORDS ON THE PAGE AND LIKE HOW IT CAN RELATE TO MY LIFE. PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH STORIES THEY CAN RELATE TO CAN ALSO HELP BUILD LITERACY SKILLS, BUT ALSO SHOWING THEM HOW TO BUILD A STORY CAN PROVOKE THE IMAGINATION OF WHAT READING OFFERS. INTRODUCING THEM TO DIFFERENT STORIES, LITERALLY FOR THEM. I REMEMBER SPEAKING TO A SCHOOL. IT WAS A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN SAINT LOUIS, AND THEY THEY WERE HAVING GRAPHIC NOVEL WRITING. CLASSES LIKE TO TEACH THEM TO WRITE GRAPHIC NOVELS, AND THEY WERE BEING EXPOSED TO THAT WHILE HIS WORK STANDS IN THE PRINTED FORM, HE’S ALSO WORKING TO PITCH THE IDEA AS A TV SERIES. WE’RE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING IT SO YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A WHILE. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO ASSEMBLE THE RIGHT TEAM. A WONDERFUL PRODUCTION COMPANY. I HAVE SOME WONDERFUL WRITERS THAT I’M WORKING WITH NOW. BONES AT THE CROSSROADS IS SET TO BE RELEASED ON JULY 29TH, BUT IT DOESN’T STOP THERE. WILLIAMS TOLD ME THIS EVENING THAT HE’S ACTUALLY WORKING ON THE THIRD INSTALLMENT FOR THIS SERIES. NO WORD YET ON WHE