The Inventory

Black News, Opinions, Politics and Culture.

8/16/19

12:18 PM

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Obituary8/16/19

Obituary8/16/19

Praisesong for the Writer: The Literary World Mourns the Death of Author Paule Marshall

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6/14/19

12:00 PM

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In More Than Enough, Elaine Welteroth Discusses the Double-Edged Sword of #SucceedingWhileBlack

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6/11/19

6:30 PM

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With a New Memoir, Elaine Welteroth Reminds Us That We’re More Than Enough

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5/15/19

12:00 PM

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Very Smart Brothas x Mahogany Books Monthly Book Club: Zora and Langston by Yuval Taylor

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2/18/19

12:21 PM

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Book Review2/18/19

Book Review2/18/19

For Her 88th Birthday, Toni Morrison Gives Us the Gift of Self-Regard

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6/3/18

8:30 AM

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It's Lit!6/3/18

It's Lit!6/3/18

The Inheritance

Lori D. Johnson

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5/27/18

10:00 AM

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It's Lit!5/27/18

It's Lit!5/27/18

Talon of God

Wesley Snipes, Ray Norman

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4/29/18

9:30 AM

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It's Lit!4/29/18

It's Lit!4/29/18

Dominate

Danielle C. Belton

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3/29/18

4:27 PM

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The Root Video3/29/18

The Root Video3/29/18

Watch: Literary Giant Walter Mosley Doesn’t Need Inspiration to Write

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3/9/18

11:43 AM

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Black Girls Rock! And Founder and DJ Beverly Bond Does, Too

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2/23/18

12:59 PM

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Brittney Cooper’s Eloquent Rage and the Lifesaving Power of Homegirls

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2/13/18

4:32 PM

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5 Books I’m Reading Now Since the Really Dumb and Self-Defeating Book Fast I Was On Is Finally Over

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2/13/18

1:30 PM

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In An American Marriage, Tayari Jones Gets to the Heart of Our Matter

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2/11/18

8:45 AM

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These New and Upcoming Books by Black Authors Will Give You Life in These Perilous Times

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2/2/18

1:00 PM

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The Nerve: In This Will Be My Undoing, Debut Author Morgan Jerkins Isn’t Afraid to Go There

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4/27/17

9:05 AM

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The Root Video4/27/17

The Root Video4/27/17

Watch: Author Nicole Dennis-Benn on Giving a Voice to Jamaica’s Working Class

Peter J. Rickards

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3/24/17

2:30 PM

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The Movement3/24/17

The Movement3/24/17

Watch: Angie Thomas on Writing Her Best-Selling Young-Adult Novel Inspired by Oscar Grant

Peter J. Rickards

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8/17/16

2:12 PM

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Black Lotus Is a Woman’s Search for Racial Identity in a Racist World

Hope Wabuke

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6/30/16

5:51 AM

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Meet Yaa Gyasi, the Author of the Slavery Novel Everyone Is Talking About

Hope Wabuke

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6/29/16

6:00 AM

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George Washington Williams Was a Black Human Rights Activist; So, What Is He Doing Hanging With Tarzan?

Todd Steven Burroughs

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