african-american literature
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Rapper Black Thought Stars in the Musical ‘Black No More,’ Where He Invents a Machine That Turns Black People White
The musical is set to open on off-broadway this Tuesday
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Everyone, and Quite Literally Their Mother, Has Read The Coldest Winter Ever
We flipped the pages well into the night, seduced by the whirlwind of drama, graphic sex and Winter’s constant scheming
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PageTurners: It's Getting Hot in Here
Hot off the press literary releases to help you keep cool in this heatwave.
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'It Always Starts With People': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Revisits Such a Fun Age With Kiley Reid
The writer’s debut novel was an instant New York Times bestseller and longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize.
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John Ridley to Write the Next Volume of Black Panther Comics
To say Ta-Nehisi Coates went off on the Black Panther comics for the last five years would be an understatement. In his time with the character, Coates crafted a loving, thoughtful, and consistently exhilarating addition to the Black Panther mythos. When it was announced his run would be wrapping up this year, the first thought…
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Voices of Harlem: Jermaine Dupri Joins Rémy Martin and the Harlem Writers Guild on a Poetry-Inspired Collaboration
The relationship between poetry and music is intrinsic. While all music isn’t lyrical and poetry isn’t musical, it’s difficult to imagine one without the other—and impossible to imagine Harlem without either. The New York City neighborhood that was home to an iconic “Renaissance” still reverberates throughout our culture today as a mecca for Black ingenuity,…
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PageTurners: The Literary Journey of Black Voices
Black history has been passed down from generation to generation through storytelling. Stories of religion, trauma, love and family have been the backbone of our communities, and the most recent releases from Black authors continue that tradition. In a time where meeting and being together in person is near impossible, using literature to have deep…
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Nubia: Real One Is a Poignant, Heartfelt Portrayal of a Black Girl’s Journey Into Herodom
Black women are the most looked over, underappreciated, and undervalued people in this country. This is as true in life as it is in storytelling. Fortunately, DC Comics has made concerted efforts in recent years to address this lack of representation, and with Nubia: Real One, writer L.L McKinney and artist Robyn Smith have delivered…