The Recap: BAM Book Jam with Charmaine Wilkerson

Here's what we covered.

In March, our latest BAM Book Jam featured "Black Cake," a book written by Charmaine Wilkerson. Black Cake is already a New York Times Best Seller and is in production for a Hulu series produced by Oprah's production company.

In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings deal with their mother’s death and her hidden past — a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean, to London, to California, and ends with her famous black cake. Charmaine answered questions about her book for 60 minutes straight. Be sure to watch the recording. Thank you to everyone for your questions and participation!

Let's go live.

Here are some of the top BAM Book Jam tweets and words of advice from Charmaine Wilkerson. If you want the full scoop, check out the recording here. 

Charmaine Wilkerson

Live from our #bambookjam "The more you live, the better you write." - @charmspen1 author of #Blackcake

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 24, 2022

Live from our #bambookjam "I am fascinated by the power which stories have to shape our identity." - @charmspen1 author of #Blackcake

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 24, 2022

Live from our #bambookjam "If you feel like writing, just do it. Try to unhinge yourself from the control of what it means to be an effective communicator." - @charmspen1 author of #Blackcake

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 24, 2022

Live from our #bambookjam "The stories that are not told also carry weight." - @charmspen1 author of #Blackcake

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 24, 2022

Live from our #bambookjam "Food is a language." - @charmspen1 author of #Blackcake

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 24, 2022

Live from our #bambookjam "It is very exciting to know that such a talented and diverse group of people are interested in this story and its adaptation to a Hulu series." - @charmspen1 author of #Blackcake

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) March 24, 2022