Duke Lott is a Michigan-based author, speaker, and podcast host. He hosts The Duke Lott Show and The Writer’s Block Podcast, and works as a Certified Crisis Prevention Instructor and Diversity Lifestyle Coach. A 2024 Rosalie Petruske Poetry Award recipient, his writing explores race, relationships, and the truths people hesitate to say. His books include 100 Lessons for a Successful Interracial Relationship, Never What We Wanna Say, London Visits London, and The Boardman Watches.
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On Your Nightstand Now
90+ How I Got There
By W. Gifford-Jones, MD
Favorite Book When You Were a Child
The Bible
and
Tales, Poems, Essays
By Edgar Allan Poe
Your Top Five Authors
James Baldwin
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
Ellis Peters
Angela Flournoy
Book You’ve Faked Reading
The Joy of Work
By Scott Adams
Book You’re an Evangelist For
Fasting Made Easy
By Don Colbert, MD
Book You’ve Bought for the Cover
Martyr!
By Kaveh Akbar
(By the way, one of the best books ever.)
Book You Hid From Your Parents
The Book
By Alan Watts
Book That Changed Your Life
Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude
By Napoleon Hill & W. Clement Stone
Favorite Line From a Book
“I am a sign. I am your future. I am James.”
— Percival Everett
So simple. So powerful.
Five Books You’ll Never Part With
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer — Mark Twain
The Spiritual Man — Watchman Nee
Andy Warhol’s Art and Films — Patrick S. Smith
The Way to Wealth — Benjamin Franklin
Profiles in Courage — John F. Kennedy
Book You Most Want to Read Again for the First Time
On Becoming a Novelist
By John Gardner
Do You Have Any Bookstore Rituals?
Meditation and praying for five minutes.
To feel the moment and be thankful.
