It’s Lit
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‘I Love Writing Sex Scenes’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Rekindles the Romance With Tia Williams
The bestselling author of Seven Days in June explains why romance novels deserve a renaissance—with Black love at their center.
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PageTurners: Releases Chock Full of Riveting Debuts and Badass Female Protagonists
The first release date in August gives us a 6888th Battalion, a Yoruban deity traveling the Underground Railroad and a graphic novel about a Klan riot in 1923.
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New Book Claims Aaliyah Was Given Sleeping Pills and Carried Onto Plane Unconscious Prior to Fatal Crash
Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah author Kathy Iandoli told the Daily Beast she believes the late songstress did not want to get on the plane in 2001.
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New Zora Neale Hurston Anthology to Be Released in 2022, Titled You Don’t Know Us Negroes
The previously unpublished collection of essays was edited by The Root's co-founder Henry Louis Gates Jr., along with M. Genevieve West.
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‘What Made That Decade Special?’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Revisits the Enigmatic ’80s With Adrian Loving
The author, artist and historian's latest book, Fade to Grey, is a deep dive into the 1980s' groundbreaking convergence of music, art and androgyny.
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PageTurners: In Case You Forgot About Some Amazing Reads, They’ve Finally Been Rereleased as Paperbacks
Nadiya Hussain gives us 100 new bakes, Ilhan Omar tells us her story and some of our favorite reads from years past are released as paperbacks
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Yes, a Black Woman Is Directing Film Adaptation of Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower—Which Is Timely and Relevant AF
Garrett Bradley (Time, Naomi Osaka) will helm the film based on the novel addressing climate change and social inequality.
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‘It’s a Spiritual Thing’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Explores the Ethereal With Akwaeke Emezi
The bestselling author discusses the nonbinary world of the spirit, as intimately explored in their gripping memoir, Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir.
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Finding Me: Viola Davis Announces an Upcoming Memoir
The Oscar, Emmy and Tony-winning actress' 'straight, no chaser' life story will be released by HarperOne in partnership with Ebony Magazine Publishing.
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Colin Kaepernick Announces Upcoming Children’s Book, I Color Myself Different
The activist and athlete will publish the 'deeply personal' story via his publishing company, in partnership with Scholastic.