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JIMI

By Janie Hendrix and John McDermott

JIMI is the ultimate tribute to the greatest guitar player in rock and roll history, celebrating what would have been Jimi Hendrix’s 80th birthday on November 27, 2022. This comprehensive visual celebration is an official collaboration with Jimi’s sister, Janie Hendrix, and John McDermott of Experience Hendrix L.L.C. JIMI significantly expands on the authors’ previously published titles, including An Illustrated Experience, and features a new introduction by Janie, extensive biographical texts, and a trove of lesser known and never-before-published photographs, personal memorabilia, lyrics, and more. Additionally, JIMI includes quotations by legendary musicians, such as Paul McCartney, Ron Wood, Dave Grohl, and many more. Hendrix created revered classics such as “Purple Haze,” and “Voodoo Child.” His signature guitar playing, provocative songwriting, and charismatic performances have continued to inspire.

JANIE HENDRIX is the president and CEO of Seattle-based Experience Hendrix L.L.C. and Authentic Hendrix L.L.C.

JOHN MCDERMOTT is the director, writer, and producer who has long been associated with the legacy of Jimi Hendrix. He has served as the catalog director for Experience Hendrix L.L.C. for nearly three decades.

JIMI $50.00 US • £40.00 UK HC • 9781797220017

9 x 12 in, 300 pp, full-color artwork throughout

Rights: W Music/Rock On Sale: November

I HAVE ONLY ONE LIFE TO LIVE. I MIGHT NOT BE HERE TOMORROW, I have only one life to live. I might SO I’M DOING WHAT not be here tomorrow, so I’m doing what I’m doing now. I’M DOING NOW.

JIMI CHAPTER ONEAL & LUCILLE: 1941—1943 1942—1966 PAGE 17 4 4

JIMI HENDRIX, BORN JOHNNY ALLEN Jimi Hendrix, born HENDRIX, HAD A Johnny Allen Hendrix, FAMILY HISTORY MARKED had a family history marked by slavery, racism, and a heritage BY SLAVERY,RACISM, AND A HERITAGE OF of performance. PERFORMANCE.

JIMI HENDRIX’S FATHER, JAMES “AL” HENDRIX, AND YOUNG JIMMY HENDRIX, SEATTLE, WA, CIRCA 1945.

’’ ‘‘ HE WAS VERY SELF-EFFACING I know I can’t sing. I’m pri-ABOUT HIS MUSIC marily a guitarist. Some people think I’m BUT THEN

good, and that’s what I want to find out. I’ve been working with myself and WHEN HE PICKED UP my ideas for 21 years. Now I want to find out from THAT GUITAR

everyone else if they are any good.HE WAS JUST A MONSTER. — PAUL MCCARTNEY

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BOB WILLOUGHBY: A CINEMATIC LIFE

By Bob Willoughby Introduction by Christopher Willoughby This large-format monograph on renowned photographer Bob Willoughby’s extraordinary cinematic life is a tribute to his remarkable career. This definitive tome includes over 200 blackand-white and color images of celebrity legends such as Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Jean Seberg, Elizabeth Taylor, Elvis Presley, Natalie Wood, Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant, James Dean, and many more. Additionally, many first-person, insider anecdotes by Bob Willoughby himself accompany his signature images on the sets of beloved classics such as Rebel Without a Cause, My Fair Lady, Rosemary’s Baby, and The Graduate, to name just a few.

BOB WILLOUGHBY (1927–2009) began his prolific career in 1954 when he photographed Judy Garland on the set of A Star Is Born, which became his first cover for LIFE magazine. Although born in Los Angeles, Willoughby and his wife moved to Ireland, where they raised their children in a fifteenth-century castle.

BOB WILLOUGHBY: A CINEMATIC LIFE $60.00 US • £45.00 UK HC • 9781797217024

9.4 x 12.3 in, 368 pp, with blind deboss, jacket with gold foil, over 300 color and b/w photographs

Rights: W Photography On Sale: September

GET YOUR SH*T TOGETHER

By David Shrigley Get Your Sh*t Together is the first book that exclusively features recent artwork in color by beloved British artist David Shrigley. The volume celebrates Shrigley’s absurd, deadpan sensibility through both his signature drawing style and accompanying text. Organized by chapters with titles such as “Stupid,” “Nonsense,” “Dirt,” “Fear,” “Paranoia,” “Love,” and “Self Delusion,” this collection is sure to delight die-hard Shrigley fans and new ones alike. This is the largest-format book to date on Shrigley’s prolific work and features design details such as a ribbon marker printed with one of his mordant sayings as well as hand-written, humorous essays throughout.

DAVID SHRIGLEY is a celebrated British artist. His distinctive drawing style combines handwritten humorous text with childlike imagery of animals, people, and everyday still lives. In addition to his drawing practice, Shrigley also creates large-scale installations and sculptures derived from these works as well as books, videos, photography, and other media. His work is featured in museum collections around the world.

IT WON’T BE LIKE THIS FOREVER $35.00 • £26.00 UK HC • 9781797220024

9 x 12 in, 240 pp, full-color artwork throughout

Rights: W Art/Pop Culture On Sale: October

BLACK ICONS IN HERSTORY

50 Remarkable Women

Illustrated by Monica Ahanonu Written by Darian Symoné Harvin

Black Icons in Herstory features colorfully illustrated portraits and inspiring biographies of 50 of the most admired women in the fields of music, film, literature, politics, human rights, and more. This second book in our Icons series focuses exclusively on extraordinary Black women and celebrates their remarkable achievements. From Rosa Parks to Angela Davis; from Nina Simone to Janet Jackson and from Michelle Obama to Amanda Gorman; the people on this curated list of role models are significant and inspiring.

MONICA AHANONU is an illustrator who lives and works in Los Angeles. Her signature style has been sought after by clients such as Adidas, Adobe, Vanity Fair, Netflix, the New York Times, and more.

DARIAN SYMONÉ HARVIN is a Los Angeles-based writer who covers beauty, pop culture and politics. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Teen Vogue, BuzzFeed News, and more.

BLACK ICONS IN HERSTORY $27.95 • £21.99 UK HC • 9781797216997

8.5 x 8 in, 112 pp, spot color on cover, full-color illustrations throughout, raised chipboard cover, guillotine edge with color gilding, unjacketed

Rights: W Illustration On Sale: September

CARDI B

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Cardi B bootstrapped her rise to the top. Before she took her rightful place as a rap star, Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar was a “regular, degular, shmegular girl from the Bronx,” as she puts it. The child of a Dominican father and Trinidadian mother. A dissatisfied downtown grocery cashier and college student studying history. A New York City stripper. A viral Instagram mastermind, known for her comedic clips and generous street smarts advice. An ex-stripper at the age of 23 with hundreds of thousands of followers. A breakout star on the 6th season of VH1’s reality show Love & Hip Hop. And eventually, a voice fusing her Latin America and AfroCaribbean heritage with pop to make global hits.

The only thing that’s changed about Cardi B is the amount of zero’s in her bank account. She’s just as salacious as the day she started. Her flow remains rambunctious and aggressive, like the city she hails from. Through the wins and love lessons, she candidly talks about both with no-hold-bars strength and humor. In 2017, after Cardi B signed to Atlanta Records with two mixtapes under her belt, it only took one bombastic single, her debut, “Bodak Yellow,” to put her at the top of the U.S. Billboard 100 charts. It made her the first female rapper to claim the top spot with a solo single since 1998, when Lauryn Hill released “Doo Wop (That Thing).” In 2018, the same year her debut album Invasion of Privacy was released, Cardi B had her first child, Kulture Kiari Cephus with rapper Offset of the Migos rap group. She has the most simultaneous singles on the Billboard U.S. Hot 100 for any female artist.

Cardi B once planned to become a history teacher. She’s a self-confessed American politics fanatic, often chiming in on current events, sharing her perspectives on colorism, social justice, women’s rights, and COVID-19. She has done all of this while becoming a fashion and beauty icon. She popped out of a vintage Mugler oyster shell dress like a pearl at the 2019 Grammy Awards. Then, she won Best Rap Album of the year.

AMANDA GORMAN

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Amanda Gorman deeply understands her duty in this lifetime. She is a poet and activist called to change hearts and perspectives. As a messenger, she is asking us all to look. Look, in the midst of uncertainty, for hope in what still remains. She asks that we not lose sight of who we are. Gorman used herself as an example when she delivered her original poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at President Joe Biden’s inauguration:

“We, the successors of a country and a time where a skinny Black girl descended from

slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president, only to find herself reciting for one.”

Gorman was born in Los Angeles, where she became the first inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of the city. She then became the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate during her time studying sociology at Harvard.

Gorman has the ability to envision her destiny. She clearly and brightly tells you her future. Then we all watch it happen. During her last year of college, Gorman listened to Maya Angelou’s inauguration poem, “On the Pulse of Morning,” at the start of almost every day.

When Gorman stepped off the podium from reciting her own poem at the 2021 inauguration, she knew that she’d be back. She’s gone on record multiple times to say she’s running for president in 2036. Four years ago, she insisted to publishing houses that she was going to be the inaugural poet laureate and that it was important for the book to be out. Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem is finally out, and it’s a best seller.

Amanda Gorman aims to show up as a poet and activist in the spaces she occupies, from red carpets to magazine covers to stages. Her poems are messages on how she interprets life, justice, and freedom from a Black woman’s lens. She knows her own story is important enough to tell, and she understands how it may break others free. So, she tells it.