James McBride, ‘The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (February 2026)
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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<br/><br/>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.'
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<br/><br/>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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