It’s Lit
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‘They’re Looking Down Upon Children’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Talks Teaching Antiracism With Jason Reynolds
Last year, the YA author achieved an artful remix of Ibram X. Kendi’s seminal work; this year, it has new relevance.
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PageTurners: ‘Double Consciousness’ and Dual Paths of Persistence at the Forefront of Black Literature
An 800-page love letter dedicated to W.E.B. Du Bois stands in stark contrast to a graphic novel about Rep. John Lewis and a dozen other divergent literary tales
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A New Book on Prince Includes a Timeline of His Pain Pill Addiction, as Told by Friends and Colleagues
Nothing Compares 2 U: An Oral History of Prince posits that the icon’s pill addiction began with an accident while rehearsing for the Purple Rain tour.
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‘Let’s Not Play Small’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Reignites Our Eloquent Rage With Brittney Cooper
The NYT bestselling author, educator and activist was prescient about our nation’s vice president. What else did Dr. Brittney Cooper foresee for America?
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PageTurners: Tryin’ to Imagine What (YA Literature) Looks Like
Young adult titles that look at adult themes, fantasy and magic, while Nichole Perkins gives us an anthology of essays inspired by Prince and more.
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The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Revisits In Search of The Color Purple
Nearly 40 years after Alice Walker’s seminal work sparked controversy, we revisit our conversation about the pivotal novel with scholar Salamishah Tillet.
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PageTurners: These Authors Are Taking You Back to School
New fiction and nonfiction titles sure to educate the hell out of you.
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As the 40th Anniversary of The Color Purple Nears, Alice Walker Gets Candid About Cancellation
The revered, occasionally reclusive and controversial author grants a rare interview to the Banished podcast.
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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.