black writers

One of the most fun facts about Stacey Abrams, the attorney, political powerhouse, voting rights activist and former…

“I always say, writing a first novel, you feel like you’re writing in the dark, unsure of whether or not your book…

February will mark exactly 4 years since the theatrical release of Get Out, Jordan Peele’s directorial debut, which…

If you weren’t one of the millions resigned to spend New Year’s Eve alone this year (thanks again, COVID), you may…

Merry Christmas or whatever you’re celebrating this holiday weekend, Bibliophiles! Understandably, you may not be…

Walter Mosley may be best known for writing mysteries—though his bestselling Easy Rawlins series are among the…

Pretty much everyone in Black entertainment has stepped into The Shade Room at one point in their careers—and now it…

Toni Morrison would be proud. The Center for Fiction’s Annual Awards Benefit was dedicated to the memory of the…

Fun fact: we highly considered naming this week’s episode of The Root Presents: It’s Lit! “All I Want for Christmas…

If you’ve been trying to decipher the mystery behind writing great fiction, let acclaimed mystery writer Walter…

Tina Turner is an international treasure. In her 81 years, her incomparable talent and incredible tenacity have…

Every once in a while, I think to myself: “You know what? Maybe I use the word “caucasity” too often in my writing.”…

Jason Reynolds famously didn’t read a novel cover-to-cover until he was nearly 18. At 36, he is one of the…

The incredibly talented force known as Radha Blank is 2020’s Sundance Vanguard Award recipient.

The effort to explain why so many extraordinary Black women are involuntarily single has initiated one study after an…

When we grow up, we want to be like Marley Dias. At 15, the founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks—which she launched in…

If you’re an avid reader or writer, you might have three bucket-list-style ambitions in life: 1. to have your own…

“I think I’m relevant past Halloween,” laughs Rachel True, who first broke into our pop-cultural consciousness as…

When The Root first spoke to George M. Johnson (one of our longtime contributors) just ahead of the release of their…

It’s no secret that in recent years, the Young Adult—or “YA”—book category has been booming. But not everyone who…