Viola Davis

<p>In <a href="https://www.bustle.com/one-nightstand">⁠One Nightstand⁠</a>, celebrity readers and writers join us at <a href="https://www.11howard.com/the-blond">⁠The Blond⁠</a> in <a href="https://www.11howard.com/">⁠11 Howard⁠</a> to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with EGOT winner and <em>New York Times</em> No. 1 bestseller Viola Davis, who shares the book she says brought her “into consciousness,” what she’d like to ask Richard Wright, and why she chose to quote August Wilson after Michael B. Jordan’s iconic win.</p><p><br></p><p>Viola Davis’ One Nightstand picks: </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/145163157X/?bestFormat=true&k=manchild%20in%20the%20promised%20land%20by%20claude%20brown&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-bk-v2_k1_1_8_de&crid=1TSPPN8S3ZKBS&sprefix=manchild"><em>Manchild in the Promised Land</em></a> by Claude Brown</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Black-Seventy-fifth-Anniversary-Richard-Wright-ebook/dp/B082T2DBT3/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.TtIYVsAeAwMo4Rp5tjqJgjB9qW0v86SWHm4nUwSQfOBk_qMlFhYBL-IqpurG4Doq_wfnSiHExnBPJ5BP4eT6e4EfAkbHKfRSEOr1GwjnUhgseBxC0R1bCk9xhD7CZP-LcYNQpEqxOPKsHOQ_2dKmSaHvQq6snqHH52n_DkURfy7IuWAhV4-Waf1C408SBrYxSU7Dj4UIqMbXyo9PuhGtjvLIK7tx76kGeEleaSWm5zQ.OCPS9LbT97aqGIreu-bEgVJWfWxSadwGXSpA6akNnCs&qid=1773675064&sr=8-1"><em>Black Boy</em></a> by Richard Wright</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Color-Purple-Alice-Walker_Paperback/dp/B0DYDPXWKT/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1NIZMFJ4OT6KH&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.VgT6UXlRRWYNfyCm2fLm5-mLIoHETkxTtKRzwq-x1zW9dVRtkVz9hhrT9Mq5Sd0cydVENAP4aI6cSYAOO4PvZRpBnyPCsKQ62Xw9Ifh7QK-ECGsjLYDKYI98ySfTqcQzAOP51ojK4FNE-N54WxQEVvArIia4YCyMwZ2g0gy2dZGuiPOEqNWafZ626abBTCeWgbTxhQLfH0m8otMVaW5CL23PrzGT3sXabHdN1r-NmqE.ZEHKqnjyeXYAyOvrTimA1yJljhlAqpkXRDY43HFzaTE&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+color+purple+book+paperback&qid=1773675094&sprefix=the+color+purp%2Caps%2C144&sr=8-2"><em>The Color Purple</em></a> by Alice Walker</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/All-Way-River-Love-Liberation/dp/0593540980/ref=sr_1_1?crid=H16BZTMTI3WL&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tGNOeCmXBY8riImMDLjytapCfOgTm32qc3nQGS5oM0IY3XunyqMUVrA_6jLznNiDKOe8Qmqe9FPDMlZFuOGoSegptY38TbdRWgFJI1Ze47V2vmOp01E3L4PWLSbJanROetp5AU0zp6YXhDgLGI1vKZJdPb0A-wqGB0uafPwK0IzMY_-PnEVyDTrdP7HTvzEgD2N_U82Y2wzDGzFSxbBbjjqTDh8sySTmlBb5JgFo9T0.n-Fx8Y1elZp26GDZ9VjoxXjvJIDtBa8lj83YCMlWjzw&dib_tag=se&keywords=all+the+way+to+the+river+elizabeth+gilbert&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1773675135&sprefix=all+the+way%2Caps%2C140&sr=8-1"><em>All the Way to the River</em></a> by Elizabeth Gilbert </p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Judge-Stone-Novel-James-Patterson/dp/0316601691/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0"><em>Judge Stone</em></a> by Viola Davis and James Patterson </p></li></ul><p>Viola’s new novel <em>Judge Stone,</em> a legal thriller co-written with James Patterson, is available everywhere now. </p><p><br></p><p>Credits</p><p>Director of Photography: Marshall Stief </p><p>Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez </p><p>Producer: Aubree Lennon</p><p>Editor: James Koroni</p><p><br></p>