It’s Lit
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‘I Feel Safe With Books’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Talks Tiny Reparations With Phoebe Robinson
The comic and bestselling author’s third book of essays is the first on her new imprint with Penguin Random House, Tiny Reparations Books.
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‘This Isn’t About Good People or Bad People’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Explores The Purpose of Power With Alicia Garza
The Black Lives Matter co-founder and Black Futures Lab founder puts our present moment in context with a riveting retracing of her own path to activism.
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PageTurners: In Both Fiction and Nonfiction, This Week’s Authors and Characters Play ‘Make Believe’
We aren’t the only critics to describe Percival Everett’s novel The Trees as ‘page turning’; James Baldwin’s prophetic essays are now available in paperback.
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PageTurners: Literature Racing Against Time, Ghosts, Past Decisions, and Police in the 1960s
This week’s authors are haunted by ghosts of the past, attempting to stay rooted in the present, and preparing to fight for the future.
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‘It Is a Call, Not a Closing’: Why The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Can’t Seem to Unfollow Jill Louise Busby
The social media savant turned author dismantles online ‘micro-fame’—including her own—in her debut collection of essays, Unfollow Me.
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‘I’m Trying to Get Everybody On’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! and Gabrielle Union Are Back With Something Stronger
The actress, producer, bestselling author and our first-ever repeat guest speaks candidly about her second memoir, You Got Anything Stronger?
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PageTurners: George M. Johnson Blesses YA Shelves With a 2nd Memoir; Michaela Coel Publishes Her Manifesto
New releases include tales of trauma, family and coming of age, essays about Jim Crow and a girl trying to survive in New Rochelle at the start of the pandemic
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‘Did We Kill Matt?’: George M. Johnson Shares an Exclusive Excerpt From Their New Book, We Are Not Broken
The second memoir from the activist and bestselling author of All Boys Aren’t Blue debuted on Sept. 7.
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‘The Point Is You Have a Voice’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Talks Poetry, Prose and Politics With Nikki Giovanni
The literary icon joined us at a pivotal moment in American politics for a candid discussion about the intersection of art, activism and authenticity.
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PageTurners: These Titles Were Written in the Stars…Literally
Amazon presents Black Stars, an original fiction anthology; Broadway gets a racial critique; Black vampires infiltrate the CIA