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‘I Love Writing Sex Scenes’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Rekindles the Romance With Tia Williams
The bestselling author of Seven Days in June explains why romance novels deserve a renaissance—with Black love at their center.
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Role Call: Chinonye Chukwu Highlights the Resilience of Mamie Till-Mobley in the Upcoming Film Till and Tupac, Biggie and Suge Knight’s Documentary Hits the Big Screen
Spotify taps Winston Duke to voice Bruce Wayne in Batman Unburied; Leslie Odom Jr. joins Universal's Exorcism; Marsai Martin hosts new financial literacy show
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‘What Made That Decade Special?’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Revisits the Enigmatic ’80s With Adrian Loving
The author, artist and historian's latest book, Fade to Grey, is a deep dive into the 1980s' groundbreaking convergence of music, art and androgyny.
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‘It’s a Spiritual Thing’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Explores the Ethereal With Akwaeke Emezi
The bestselling author discusses the nonbinary world of the spirit, as intimately explored in their gripping memoir, Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir.
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‘I Was Concerned With the Stories We Don’t Pass Down’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Talks Everyman With M Shelly Conner
The scholar's debut novel traverses migration, queerness and deeply held secrets, making for an intoxicating read.
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'Don't Black People Have Second Amendment Rights?': The Root Presents: It’s Lit! and Carol Anderson Take Aim at the Fatal Inequality of The Second
The bestselling author of 'White Rage' turns her historian's lens onto the anti-Blackness baked into the American right to keep and bear arms.
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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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Spotify's Mogul Returns to Give Houston Legend DJ Screw His Much-Deserved Flowers
Gather 'round the campfire, children. It's time to learn about the man who originated Chopped and Screwed music.
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'I Love the Way Voices Play With Each Other': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Trips Through Rock History With Dawnie Walton and The Final Revival of Opal and Nev
The author's highly acclaimed debut novel evokes several of rock music's unsung Black divas.