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Reflecting on Patrick Chamoiseau’s ‘Slave Old Man’ and physical memories of the enslaved

Chamoiseau is arguing that, to know the elderly maroon as a member of physical history, we must consider his skin and why he itched.

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‘How We Fight White Supremacy’ honors the many ways Black folks resist

Reflecting on GayL Jones’ ‘CoRregidora’ and its excavation of transgenerational traumas on the body

Toni Morrison is our greatest living writer

Article on best-selling author Dan Mallory’s lies reveals how white men rule publishing

Interview: Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy’ reminds us that Blackness can be abundant in a world trying to make us disappear

Nnedi Okorafor ‘Shuri #1’ comic is finally here, all hail the Princess of Wakanda!

Reclaiming my imagination: a story of a Black nerd who once hated summer reading

The Nation magazine issues apology after backlash for publishing offensive poem from a white guy

Beyond representation: Visibility in media won’t save us

Missing pages of Malcolm X’s autobiography purchased by the Schomburg Center at NY auction

A course is being taught at a New York college on the crisis of white masculinity and it’s about time

Shuri returns to the throne in her own Marvel comic by Nnedi Okorafor

Cornel West sparks spirited discussion about democracy at Dartmouth on 25th anniversary of ‘Race Matters’

Poet Simone John talks her book ‘Testify’ and Sandra Bland’s legacy on the anniversary of her death in AAIHS interview

Rwandan publishing house Imagine We is cultivating African storytelling for global readers

Poetry reading is up in America, but there’s still more work to be done to sustain readers

Review Roundup: Zora Neale Hurston’s book on one of the last Africans in the Atlantic slave trade

Book publicist Saraciea Fennell is bringing a POC centered book festival to the Bronx-It’s lit!

NBA winner Jacqueline Woodson releases excerpt from new book, “Harbor Me”

Junot Díaz accused of sexual harassment and sexist behavior

Marvel taps Nnedi Okorafor to write Wakanda Forever series starring the Dora Milaje

Sonya Renee Taylor’s ‘The Body Is Not An Apology’: Unlocking the radical self-love that is already ours

Decolonizing empathy: why our pain will never be enough to disarm white supremacy

Three ways Black veganism challenges white supremacy (unlike conventional veganism)

Reading came first: how I journeyed from hotep to Black queer feminist

6-Year-Old, Vanae James-Bey, created a coloring book to explore black Indigenous cultures

RedBlkGrl: The Box With Books by and For Black Girls

Black Dartmouth Student, Kaya Thomas, Creates Directory For Diverse Books

Marvel VP Blames Women & Diversity for Low Sales, Fans Clap Back

Barry Jenkins Set To Direct Amazon Series Based On ‘Underground Railroad’ Novel

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