“A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are a necessity,” Toni Morrison writes in the prologue of her…
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My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” —Psalm 42
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I am going to attempt to explain why I intentionally went an entire year without reading a new book. I am not quite…
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In these dark, cold winter months, let us take comfort in the amazing things black people are doing in literature. 2018…
If you haven’t heard Morgan Jerkins’ name yet or seen her work, chances are you will soon.
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"'Passing' describes the choice to identify as a member of another racial group rather than face social prejudice,”…
Yaa Gyasi is having the kind of year every first-time novelist dreams about. The Ghanaian-born, American-raised writer’s…
In his long and illustrious film career, Samuel L. Jackson has played a dancing crackhead, a Jheri-curled killer, the…
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