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Not an Urban Queen: Rants of a Bibliophile

Tayé Foster Bradshaw | Posted 04.18.2013 | Black Voices
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Tayé Foster Bradshaw

I've been there, I see a rainbow everywhere. Is it because the media giants want to white wash out the experiences of black and brown women? Or is it because they think white women will not watch the show or read the book if the central character is a black woman?

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WATCH: The Moment Alice Walker Became A Writer

Posted 02.28.2013 | Fifty
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Despite the extreme poverty and racism she experienced as the daughter of sharecroppers, Pulitizer-Prize winning novelist Alice Walker remembers her c...

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Glennisha Morgan

Staceyann Chin: Black Gay Community Needs Straight Allies

HuffingtonPost.com | Glennisha Morgan | Posted 02.23.2013 | Gay Voices
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Over a decade ago, Staceyann Chin burst onto the scene with Russell Simmons’ “Def Poetry Jam” on Broadway. Sharing the stage with other prominen...

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What Is Your Guess for the 2013 Coretta Scott King Book Awards?

Kyra E. Hicks | Posted 03.04.2013 | Books
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Kyra E. Hicks

I'm not a statistician. I'm the author of the picture book Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria. Many bloggers and librarians focus on mock Caldecott award winners. I try to guess who will win the Coretta Scott King Awards.

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WATCH: Do You Know 'How To Be Black'?

Michelle Marques | Posted 11.15.2012 | Black Voices
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It's an age old question that has fueled many debates--what does it really mean to be black? Author Baratunde Thurston seems to have the answer. I...

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Black Children's Books You Must Share With Your Youngster

Posted 09.16.2012 | Black Voices
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Bedtime reading is one of our favorite childhood memories. There was nothing better than being told stories about princesses, magical adventures, myt...

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Proud and Distressed: A Note From the Only African-American Bestselling Business Author in America

John Hope Bryant | Posted 05.06.2012 | Business
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John Hope Bryant

I am proud of being African-American, even though I don't believe that I or anyone else should be "black for a living." We have to be able to compete on a level playing field like everyone else, and we can. We have. We do.

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National Book Award Winner: We Do Not Live In A Post-Racial America

Madeleine Crum | Posted 12.23.2011 | Books
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Jesmyn Ward discussed her acclaimed novel, "Salvage the Bones," while standing in an open field. "There were houses here, lots of houses there," s...

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Thrilling Short Fiction and Gay Best Friends

Marlynn Snyder | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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Marlynn Snyder

One of this season's buzz books, Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self (Riverhead), the debut story collection from Danielle Evans, proves that inno...

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Reading Across the Racial Divide

Randy Susan Meyers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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Randy Susan Meyers

I read a post on author Tayari Jones' blog on author Tayari Jones' blog earlier this month that hasn't left my mind. She asks why books by black writers aren't considered universal.

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Conference For Black Writers Still Necessary In Age Of Obama

The New York Times | FELICIA R. LEE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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in the age of President Obama, when successful black writers can be found across genres and a Nobel Prize winner, Toni Morrison, can be tapped to be t...

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