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Alive at 89: For Her First Posthumous Birthday, Toni Morrison Is Getting an Epic Party at the Brooklyn Museum

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2/14/20

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Fck Your Diet—and Other Things My Thighs Tell Me* Is the Self-Love Story We Deserve This Valentine's Day

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2/13/20

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Colin Kaepernick Launches Book Publishing Company, Reveals Plans to Release Memoir in 2020

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2/6/20

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An Immigrant’s Story: Acclaimed Author Edwidge Danticat Wins $100,000 Prize for Her ‘Genre-Spanning Work’

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2/3/20

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VSB's Damon Young Wins Barnes & Noble's Discover Great New Writers Award for What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker

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1/28/20

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‘Our Struggles Matter’: Ayanna Pressley Lends Her Voice to a Collection of Essays by Sexual Assault Survivors

Maiysha Kai

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12/31/19

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Booked, Busy and Black: The Root's Favorite Reads of 2019

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12/24/19

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A Treat for Fans, the Rihanna Book Proves Robyn Invented Photographs

Corey Townsend

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12/16/19

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Doin' Big Thangs: The Root's Michael Harriot Inks a Two-Book Publishing Deal; Will Bring 'Wypipology' to the Masses

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6/3/18

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The Inheritance

Lori D. Johnson

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5/27/18

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Talon of God

Wesley Snipes, Ray Norman

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5/13/18

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Beyond the Blue

Tara Knight

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4/29/18

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Dominate

Danielle C. Belton

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4/22/18

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The Takedown

Aya de Leon

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4/15/18

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Birthday Boy

Jason Douglas Louie

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4/8/18

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We Head South

Sean Lester Durham

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4/1/18

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Champion

Alise Leslie

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3/25/18

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Roses

Michael A. Gonzales

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3/18/18

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(What Did I Do to Get So) Black and Blue

Miles Marshall Lewis

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3/11/18

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Bloody Mae

Clarkisha Kent

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Officials Responsible for Racist Fashion Show Put on Leave

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Alive at 89: For Her First Posthumous Birthday, Toni Morrison Is Getting an Epic Party at the Brooklyn Museum

Fck Your Diet—and Other Things My Thighs Tell Me* Is the Self-Love Story We Deserve This Valentine's Day

Colin Kaepernick Launches Book Publishing Company, Reveals Plans to Release Memoir in 2020

An Immigrant’s Story: Acclaimed Author Edwidge Danticat Wins $100,000 Prize for Her ‘Genre-Spanning Work’

VSB's Damon Young Wins Barnes & Noble's Discover Great New Writers Award for What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker

‘Our Struggles Matter’: Ayanna Pressley Lends Her Voice to a Collection of Essays by Sexual Assault Survivors

Booked, Busy and Black: The Root's Favorite Reads of 2019

A Treat for Fans, the Rihanna Book Proves Robyn Invented Photographs

Doin' Big Thangs: The Root's Michael Harriot Inks a Two-Book Publishing Deal; Will Bring 'Wypipology' to the Masses

The Inheritance

Talon of God

Beyond the Blue

Dominate

The Takedown

Birthday Boy

We Head South

Champion

Roses

(What Did I Do to Get So) Black and Blue

Bloody Mae

GameStop's Concept Stores Of The Future Are Very Sad

Nintendo Cracked Open Its Secret Game Boy Stash to Help a 95-Year-Old Fan

Should You Cancel Your Travel Plans Because of the Coronavirus?

Alive at 89: For Her First Posthumous Birthday, Toni Morrison Is Getting an Epic Party at the Brooklyn Museum

F*ck Your Diet—and Other Things My Thighs Tell Me Is the Self-Love Story We Deserve This Valentine's Day

Colin Kaepernick Launches Book Publishing Company, Reveals Plans to Release Memoir in 2020

An Immigrant’s Story: Acclaimed Author Edwidge Danticat Wins $100,000 Prize for Her ‘Genre-Spanning Work’

VSB's Damon Young Wins Barnes & Noble's Discover Great New Writers Award for What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker

‘Our Struggles Matter’: Ayanna Pressley Lends Her Voice to a Collection of Essays by Sexual Assault Survivors

Booked, Busy and Black: The Root's Favorite Reads of 2019

A Treat for Fans, the Rihanna Book Proves Robyn Invented Photographs

Doin' Big Thangs: The Root's Michael Harriot Inks a Two-Book Publishing Deal; Will Bring 'Wypipology' to the Masses

The Inheritance

Talon of God

Beyond the Blue

Dominate

The Takedown

Birthday Boy

We Head South

Champion

Roses

(What Did I Do to Get So) Black and Blue

Bloody Mae

Fck Your Diet—and Other Things My Thighs Tell Me* Is the Self-Love Story We Deserve This Valentine's Day