WCA Deal Report for December 19, 2025
- Author of AND THEN THERE WAS US Kern Carter‘s DON’T TELL ME HOW TO BE BLACK, a memoir-in-essays that dissects how a childhood accusation that the author “wanted to be white” drove him into silence before going on to perform, resist, and ultimately redefine what Blackness means on his own terms, to Anna Comfort O’Keeffe at Douglas & McIntyre, in a nice deal, for publication in spring 2027, by Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists.
- Author of BLACK BOYS LIKE ME Matthew R. Morris‘s BAD LESSONS, a work of narration, stories, and lyrical letters from a Black Canadian educator to the young Black males he teaches; exploring masculinity, memory, culture, and care, these “lessons” serve as both balm and armor as they step into the world, to Anne Shone at Tundra Books, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2027, by Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists (world).
