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A Play About Maya Angelou is Being Developed for Broadway | Colorlines

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019African American Author, African American Literature ...

“Phenomenal Woman: An Evening with Maya Angelou” will debut in 2021.

James Baldwin: ‘I Can’t Accept Western Values Because They Don’t Accept Me’ | LitHub

April 18, 2019May 3, 2020African American Author, African American Literature ...

In a 1964 Interview with Robert Penn Warren

9 Young Adult Books Every Kid (And Grown Up) Should Read | HuffPost

April 11, 2019May 4, 2020African American Literature, Black Books ...

No matter your age, there’s a YA book out there for you.

A ‘Native Son’ Reimagined, With James Baldwin in Mind | The New York Times

April 9, 2019April 9, 2019African American Author, African American Literature ...

Salamishah Tillet, The New York Times The playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, left, and the visual artist Rashid Johnson collaborated on the latest film adaptation of Richard Wright’s “Native Son,” setting it in present-day Chicago. Credit Gioncarlo Valentine for The New York Times, Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] its earliest conception, Richard Wright’s best-seller “Native Son” was envisioned for […]

On Black Difficulty | Slate

March 28, 2019March 28, 2019African American Activist, African American Author ...

Toni Morrison and the thrill of imperiousness.

Karyn Parsons Talks About Her Debut Novel, ‘How High the Moon’ | Black Girl Nerds

March 21, 2019March 23, 2019African American Activist, African American Author ...

New Novel Highlights Jim Crow, Colorism and George Stinney, Jr.

Black History Month: a Reading List | OUPBlog

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019African American Author, African American Literature ...

Eleanor Robson & Mara Sandroff, OUPBlog [dropcap]February[/dropcap] marks the celebration of Black History Month in the United States and Canada, an annual celebration of achievements by Black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in US history. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The first variation of Black History Month was initiated by Dr. […]

Episode 343: A Bound Woman Is A Dangerous Thing Author DaMaris B. Hill | iHeart.com

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019African American Literature, KINDR'D ...

Staff, iHeart.com [dropcap]Author[/dropcap] and poet DaMaris B. Hill talks to Daniel Ford about her new collection A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland. To learn more about DaMaris B. Hill, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter […]

James Baldwin: Pessimist, Optimist, Hero | The New York Times

February 5, 2019March 23, 2019African American Author, African American Literature ...

The literary figure is the glowing subject of a group exhibition, curated by the New Yorker critic Hilton Als, that is part personal narrative, part study of his influence on contemporary artists.

If Beale Street Could Talk and the Urgency of Black Love | The Atlantic

January 2, 2019African American Cinema, African American Film ...

Barry Jenkins’s adaptation of the 1974 James Baldwin novel homes in on the familial tenderness that buoys the youthful protagonists amid devastatingly common injustices.