James McBride shares his background and belief in the power of neighbors in ‘The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store’

In his newest bestseller, ‘The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,’ award-winning author James McBride ‘familiarizes the reader with my own background as a person who's Black raised by someone who's Jewish.’ Although the book took him only a few months to write, he researched the era and area for years. In addition to personal tidbits (he doesn’t have a TV and doesn’t use social media), the musician

also shares which scenes are hardest for him to write and why he believes ‘learning how to be neighbors is the best way to be an American.’

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