Galleys available National Print Campaign: Columbia Journalism Review, Amnesty International newsletter, Philadelphia press, LA Weekly, SF Bay Guardian, Progressive, The Nation, In These Times, and elsewhere. Publishers Weekly & Booklist & Library Journal consistently give Mumia's books great reviews. Will send to Kirkus, as well. TV: MSNBC, Democracy Now, CSPAN Book TV, Marc Lamont Hill, Bill Moyers, among others. Web & Social Media: We'll get energetic social media support from Stephen Vittoria and the filmmakers of the Mumia film, "Long Distance Revolutionary," which features Mumia, book editor Johanna Fernandez and City Lights editor Greg Ruggiero. Promote book on freemumia.com, prisonradio.org, abu-jamal-news.com, mumia.org, z-net, Huffington Post (Fernandez is a contributor), Goodreads, Shelf Awareness, City Lights Facebook, Twitter, blog, newsletter. Radio: We'll book Johanna Fernandez on Democracy Now and independent/community radio stations around the country and around the world. Organizational outreach: We'll connect with prison reform and abolition groups like Critical Mass and legal associations to promote the book & organize events. Direct Mail: 6,000 postcards mailed to Noelle Hanarahan's Prison Radio Project Endorsements: Seeking them from Alice Walker, Cornell West, Ruby Dee, Angela Davis, Peter Coyote, Dave Zirin, Danny Glover, EL Doctorow, Mos Def, Michelle Alexander, Chris Hedges, Harry Belafonte, Dick Gregory, Susan Sarandon, Amy Goodman, Robin DG Kelly, Immortal Technique (hip hop group), M-1 (hip hop), Chuck D of Public Enemy, Jay Z

"Revolutionary love, revolutionary memory and revolutionary analysis are at work in every page written by Mumia Abu-Jamal ...His writings are a wake-up call. He is a voice from our prophetic tradition, speaking to us here, now, lovingly, urgently. Black man, old-school jazz man, freedom fighter, revolutionary--his presence, his voice, his words are the writing on the wall."--Cornel West, from the foreword From the first slave writings to contemporary hip hop, the canon of African American literature offers a powerful counter-narrative to dominant notions of American culture, history and politics. Resonant with voices of prophecy and resistance, the African American literary tradition runs deep with emancipatory currents that have had an indelible impact on the United States and the world. Mumia Abu-Jamal has been one of our most important contributors to this canon for decades, writing from the confines of the U.S. prison system to give voice to those most silenced by chronic racism, impoverishment and injustice. Writing on the Wall is a selection of more than 100 previously unpublished essays that deliver Mumia Abu-Jamal's essential perspectives on community, politics, power, and the possibilities of social change in the United States. From Rosa Parks to Edward Snowden, from the Trail of Tears to Ferguson, Missouri, Abu-Jamal addresses a sweeping range of contemporary and historical issues. Written mostly during his years of solitary confinement on Death Row, these essays are a testament to Abu-Jamal's often prescient insight, and his revolutionary perspective brims with hope, encouragement and profound faith in the possibility of redemption. "Greatness meets us in this book, and not just in Mumia's personal courage and character. It's in the writing. This is art with political power, challenging institutional injustice in the U.S. while catalyzing our understanding, memory and solidarities for liberation and love. Writing on the Wall can set the nation aflame--yes, for creating new possible worlds." --Mark Lewis Taylor, Professor of Theology and Culture, Princeton Theological Seminary Mumia Abu-Jamal is an award-winning journalist and author of two best-selling books, Live From Death Row and Death Blossoms. Johanna Fernandez is a Fulbright Scholar and Professor of History at Baruch College in New York City. Cornel West is a scholar, philosopher, activist and author of over a dozen books including his bestseller, Race Matters. He appears frequently in the media, and has appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher, The Colbert Report, CNN and C-Span as well as Tavis Smiley.