This week’s book list: Celebrating Maya Angelou’s birthday
POSTSCRIPT'D - On this week's book list from PostScript'd, we are celebrating Maya Angelou’s birthday, her new book, March Madness and more...
This week’s book list: Honoring Chinua Achebe
POSTSCRIPT'D - Eddie Huang’s 'Fresh Off The Boat' is a look at one immigrant family’s story of struggle and triumph told through the lens of a young man obsessed with being “American,” which for him means listening to rap music, smoking weed and watching football. This book leads our Hit List.
Chinua Achebe: A writer whose works enlightened us
ESSAY - Today, the world lost a champion in Achebe, born November 16, 1930. But through his works, his spirit lives on...
This week's book list: Women's History Month
POSTSCRIPT'D - This is the final full week of Women’s History Month, so every book on our Hit List is a celebration of women: women who have lived extraordinary lives and women who have made extraordinary contributions to history...
This week’s book list: A man recounts his ‘real’ trip to hell
With so much talk about the weird weather, rumors of war, and the new pope, we thought it might be useful to feature a book by someone who claims to have literally gone to hell.
This week’s book list: Black History Month send-off
POST SCRIPT'D - From Booker T. Washington’s journey from slavery to national leader, to Ralph Ellison’s exploration of black consciousness in Invisible Man...
Remembering author Bebe Moore Campbell on her 63rd birthday
While we celebrate those known folks during the month of February—the seemingly usual suspects—we must never forget those not-so-famous people whose works may not have sold millions of copies, but whose words have touched lives and whose spirit opened doors for others.
Author of 'The Twelve Tribes of Hattie' is 'stunned' by sudden fame
On the eve of the airing of Ayana Mathis' interview with Oprah Winfrey about her debut novel, she chatted with theGrio about how the success of 'The Twelve Tribes of Hattie' has changed her life.
Oprah interviews 'The Twelve Tribes of Hattie' author Ayana Mathis
theGRIO REPORT - Oprah Winfrey will interview The Twelve Tribes of Hattie author Ayana Mathis for the next installment of her award-winning show, Super Soul Sunday...
This week’s book list: Whitney Houston remembered
POSTSCRIPT'D - 'Remembering Whitney' leads our Hit List, which also includes a memoir by a black man raised in Germany during the Nazi regime. He talks about survival and identity in 'Destined To Witness'...
