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October 28, 2009
From Langston Hughes to Jhumpa Lahiri to Ntozake Shange, find a good book to cozy up with this winter.
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by Chris Yuscavage onOctober 1, 2009
Save your eyes—and a whole lot of paper—with the best new eReader on the market.
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September 8, 2009
So what if it isn’t exploding with earth-shattering dating revelations?
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August 28, 2009
Meet TEWW blogger Felicia Pride.
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by Jo Piazza onAugust 20, 2009
Her new book has already hit the New York Times best-seller list, and publishing insiders expect it to sell 500,000 copies. Why would you take advice from Mike Tyson's ex-girlfriend?
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July 25, 2009
The gay black writer invented his life the way he invented characters and changed the face of black literature.
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by Felicia Pride onJuly 6, 2009
Whether you like to spend the summer escaping with some juicy drama, learning tips for self-enhancement or getting caught up in beautiful wordplay, Books on the Root has compiled 30 reading suggestions to match any speed.
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May 31, 2009
NeNe Leakes has a book deal, Kanye's a nonreading author, Oprah apologizes to James Frey and Halle joins the cast of "For Colored Girls."
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by Felicia Pride onApril 6, 2009
For the debut of her column “Books on The Root,” columnist Felicia Pride asks nine black writers to weigh in on the state of book publishing.
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by Felicia Pride onMarch 11, 2009
Need a good book? Well, take a look at a roundup of great literature from across the black Diaspora.
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