Making Rent in Bed-Stuy and Desserts LaBelle: Soulful Sweets to Sing About are also books that make the cut In this conversation, Troy Johnson, President and Webmaster, AALBC, offers some books that are coming out between the end of April through June 2017, that we might want to put on our bookshelves: Making Rent in Bed-Stuy by Brandon Harris; Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court by NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Desserts LaBelle: Soulful Sweets to Sing About, by singer and dessert entrepreneur, Patti LaBelle.