Kyra Davis Lurie

Supreme Court Lets Trump Fire Consumer Product Safety Regulators

Why would anyone think this is a good idea?

Supreme Court Lets Trump Fire Consumer Product Safety Regulators www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/u...

As it should be! A truly fantastic read!

Happy Birthday, América When I was little, before every birthday my mom would take me to this magical place a few miles south on Highway 1, a store with a roof but few walls, giving it the feel of an open air market.

Happy Birthday to a nation that can not be whitewashed in any way, no matter how hard they try.

Shirt by Willy Chavarría, Substack by me:
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I was there you and felt exactly the same way

Gatsby in 1940s Black Hollywood: A Conversation with Kyra Davis Lurie - Chicago Review of Books An interview with Kyra Davis Lurie on her new novel, "The Great Mann"

"I do hope that on the page, each of these individuals comes across as fully realized."

Ariana Valderrama's interview with @kyradavis.bsky.social on her new book “The Great Mann” (@crownpublishing.bsky.social) is out now.
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What a wonderful book event for THE GREAT MANN at the Book & Cover in Chattanooga, TN! Absolutely love this bookstore!
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The Great Mann is a great read!!!

“The Great Mann” by Kyra Davis Lurie. I continue to be proud of my friends who create.

What a beautiful review, thank you!

An amazing night at Chevalier’s Books! It became a full Juneteenth celebration with specialty character themed cocktails, red velvet cake + 15% of proceeds of THE GREAT MANN went to help restore the historic Black neighborhood of Altadena that was ravaged by the fires. A standing-room
-only event!

Had a great conversation with Tanya Acker (of Hot Bench fame) on her podcast. As a minority you frequently find yourself loving the art & work of people who held no love for you. We get into that, using historical fiction to fight back against erasure & more 💙📚

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Esquire Magazine’s picks for their best books of summer and my novel, The Great Mann made the list!!

Thank you, Esquire Magazine!!

Andrew O’Hagan · Air-Conditioned Unease: Joan Didion on the Couch We can feel imprisoned by other people’s versions of who we are, especially if their urge is to blame. On one hand,...

A perceptive (& entertaining) piece by Andrew O'Hagan about some literary California girls & boys:

"It appears to be one of the hazards of literary life in America, that if you hire an assistant they will one day write a book about your fridge."

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YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show Secrets of Sugar Hill: Kyra Davis Lurie’s The Great Mann

@themts.bsky.social interview with author Kvra Davis Lurie and her book, the Great Mann

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Journalists dodge rubber bullets in covering L.A. immigration protests The Los Angeles Press Club says law enforcement officers have violated press freedoms of reporters covering anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles more than three dozen times.

The actions/behavior of the LAPD during last weekend’s protests deserves serious scrutiny. They weren’t part of the military invasion of our city, but that doesn’t make them the good guys

www.npr.org/2025/06/16/n... Journalists dodge rubber bullets in covering LA immigration protests | LAist

Guest Chick: Kyra Davis Lurie Ellen here, and I’m thrilled to welcome my friend and fellow San Fernando Valley dweller Kyra Davis Lurie, who has an exciting release to share. Wait until you hear about it. I cannot wait to…

Kyra Davis Lurie: "The best celebrity gossip is vintage celebrity gossip." Don't miss today's blog as Kyra spills the Gilded Age tea on Black Hollywood stars from the 1940's and how they relate to her newest release, THE GREAT MANN.
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This is the book cover for The Great Mann by Kyra Davis Lurie, showing the book title and author's name. The foreground shows a Black man in profile wearing a fedora, whose face is partially obscured by a red cloth. In the background, we can see a 1940s Los Angeles city street.

'The Great Mann' by Kyra Davis Lurie releases today. It's a fresh Gatsby retelling, focused on the wealthy, Black Sugar Hill neighborhood of 1940s LA. Familiar characters, fresh tensions, and an untold history make for one great novel. Highly recommended for historical fiction fans! #BookSky 📚💙

Thank you!

On Reimagining The Great Gatsby as a Black American Story When I first discovered Nine Inch Nails’ Hurt I didn’t feel like the sound was reaching me not through my ears. Rather it was vibrating through my skin. It was visceral, haunting, unsettling……

On Reimagining The Great Gatsby as a Black American Story
Kyra Davis Lurie, author of the new novel, set in Los Angeles' Sugar Hill neighborhood, The Great Mann, Explores Adaptations, Sugar Hill, and Fitzgerald’s Racism lithub.com/on-reimagini...

‘I’m an American, Bro!’: Latinos Report Raids in Which U.S. Citizenship Is Questioned

There are now multiple, confirmed reports of American citizens of Latino heritage not just being questioned, but actually detained by ICE and denied access to their lawyers.

‘I’m an American, Bro!’: Latinos Report Raids in Which U.S. Citizenship Is Questioned www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u...

YouTube video by Associated Press LAPD deploys mounted police and tear gas to disperse 'No Kings' protesters

If ICE wasn’t out here kidnapping kids & grandparents, the U.S. military hadn’t invaded L.A. & there hadn’t been BOTH a political assassination & a North Korea-styled military parade, the abusive & escalatory actions of the LAPD yesterday would be getting more attention
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Thank you!

Chevalier’s THE GREAT MANN event will double as a Juneteenth celebration/fundraiser for the Altadena Community Preservation Fund which is dedicated to the post-fire rebuilding of one of America’s most prominent/historic black communities. 15% of THE GREAT MANN book sales will go toward the cause

A Day In My Life ~ Charlie Trammell by Kyra Davis Lurie The white paper looks nice against the white linen tablecloth. Like it belong here, in this restaurant, in this hotel, in this city. The woman at the next table is laughing at something her compani…

I was invited to write a short day-in-the-life scene for the protagonist in THE GREAT MANN, Charles Trammell.

I found it surprisingly comforting to have the opportunity to step back into Charlie’s head and his world. As a writer, I’ve missed it.
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The response to The Great Mann is gratifying. Seems I succeeded in elevating an important/little known piece of Black history

But I’m experiencing all this good fortune at a time of tremendous misfortune. My city is under occupation, my country is racing away from democracy…it’s hard to be happy

On Reimagining The Great Gatsby as a Black American Story When I first discovered Nine Inch Nails’ Hurt I didn’t feel like the sound was reaching me not through my ears. Rather it was vibrating through my skin. It was visceral, haunting, unsettling……

@kyradavis.bsky.social‬ on Sugar Hill, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s racism, and reimagining The Great Gatsby as a Black American story.

Thank you!!🙏🏽

Stop by the blog today to say hi to Kyra Davis Lurie ... this one's going straight to the TBR list! Check out those reviews on Amazon ("Instant classic!") and follow Kyra at @kyradavis.bsky.social.

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Happy Book Birthday to every one of these authors, including me! 😁🥂

I can’t tell you how much I love this! Thank you!