Bloody Mae
“Tell me, Jonah: What good is a nurse that faints at the sight of blood?” Obadiah, a frontier-weary doctor, whined as he inhaled his fifth glass of whiskey.
These New and Upcoming Books by Black Authors Will Give You Life in These Perilous Times
In these dark, cold winter months, let us take comfort in the amazing things black people are doing in literature. 2018 is going to be lit, y’all.
11-Year-Old Mo. Boy Launches Books N Bros Reading Club, Focusing on African-American Children’s Literature
Sidney Keys III loves to read, and about six months ago he concocted a plan to start a reading club for boys his age to band together and celebrate their love of literature. The reading club, which he dubbed Books N Bros, strongly emphasizes making reading fun while focusing on and celebrating African-American…
Roxane Gay Pulls Upcoming Book From Publisher Simon & Schuster Over Milo Yiannopoulos DealÂ
Roxane Gay is not here for Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos.
Discovery of Book Published by Black Woman in 1891 Shines Light on 19th-Century Novels by Black Americans
When one thinks of 19th-century America, slavery and the Civil War come to mind. American slavery, as we know, was a heinous, painful institution characterized by terrifying acts of violence. Whether it was the systematic rape of black women, the sale of black children away from their parents, squalid living…
Chasing James Baldwin in Paris
James Baldwin is directly connected to Duke Ellington and John Coltrane in my mind, thanks to the 90-minute documentary James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket. When the Paris section of the film starts, you see mid-20th-century black-and-white footage of a security guard opening huge iron gates that lead to the Eiffel…
