Flowery PANSY things: tiny updates

Including a hardcover reveal

Pansy Book Covers, designed by Jasper Joyner (left to right: paperback, hardcover)

Hiii everybody,

I am writing to you from a very crowded room in my mind. I have cleared a little corner, found an end table, and pen, and notebook, and I am writing to you standing up. Squeezed between books stacked to the ceiling full of ideas and plans and events all surrounding my forthcoming book, PANSY: A BLACK AMERICAN MEMOIR.

I did not write to you all last month. I could not find space to do so, and I also did not have news to share that I had hoped I could share. But this month I do have a little space, and I do have a little surprise. Please scroll down for more…

Pansy: A Black American Memoir hardcover reveal

It’s my hardcover reveal! I designed it, just like my paperback version. I’ve been having fun living my graphic design fantasy but don’t get any ideas—yer boi is not a designer. Just a cutie with taste, creativity, and a Canva Pro subscription. Don’t you love it?!

I will soon return to the other corners of my mind to finish up these last few months of this PANSY rollout. Coming at you live on October 22, 2024. I just wanted to stop by and say hello. I am alive; I am around. I am figuring things out. Just a few more things below and I’mma let y’all go.

Some other flowery things:

• Publishers Weekly called PANSY “a captivating ode to the constant work of becoming—and understanding—oneself.”

• ARC’s are available now! Thanks to many of you in my wonderful Substack community who I’ve already been in contact with. If you haven’t received an email for this, feel free to reach out.

• Feel free to follow my author page on Goodreads in prep for my book’s release.

• You can still read the intro and excerpt from PANSY.

Thanks for reading, friends.

Talk to you soon,

Jasper