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Jessie Fauset, W.E.B. Du Bois, the Harlem Renaissance, Black writers, Black artists, Black creatives, Victoria Christopher Murray, Black History Month, theGrio.com

If this love affair didn’t happen, the Harlem Renaissance may not have ever occurred

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Frederick Joseph, Target, Black-owned brands, Black authors, Black-owned businesses, Target ending DEI, theGrio.com

Author Frederick Joseph asks consumers to stop buying his books at Target

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Brandy memoir, Is Brandy writing a book?, Is Brandy coming out with a memoir?, Brandy memoir release date, Brandy memoir publish date? theGrio.com

Brandy to go ‘beyond the fame, the music and the spotlight’ in her upcoming memoir

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Stephen tWitch Boss, Allison Holker, Courtney Ann Platt, So You Think You Can Dance, Black professional dancers, Black mental health, Black health and wellness, theGrio.com

Stephen tWitch Boss’ widow, Allison Holker, responds to backlash for revealing intimate details of his private life 

Allison Holker and Stephen “tWitch” Boss were married for nine years at the time of his death by suicide in…
/ January 8, 2025
Oprah's Book Club, Oprah A New Earth, Oprah Eckhart Tolle, theGrio.com

Oprah Winfrey opens 2025 with an encore. ‘A New Earth’ is her book club pick for a second time

Winfrey, who launched Oprah's Book Club in 1996, also picked “A New Earth” in 2008.
/ January 8, 2025
Allison Holker, Stephen tWitch Boss, tWitch, tWitch suicide, tWitch substance abuse, tWitch addiction, tWitch death, Black health and wellness, Black mental health, theGrio.com

Allison Holker, widow of Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss, says she discovered his substance abuse after death, sparking backlash

Stephen ‘tWitch Boss’ who died by suicide in December 2022 struggled with substance abuse and mental health at the time…
/ January 7, 2025
Whitney Houston, David Roberts, Protecting Whitney, Whitney Houston's bodyguard, The Bodyguard, Black hollywood, memoirs, theGrio.com

Whitney Houston’s former bodyguard once considered risking it all for the late singer

Ahead of the release of his memoir, Whitney Houston’s former bodyguard David Roberts reveals what it was like to work…
/ December 30, 2024
Black books, Black authors, Black writers, Black books 2024, New Black books, theGrio.com

21 of the best books by Black authors to come out in 2024

We have gathered 21 top new books, memoirs, fiction, and essays by Black authors that caught our attention in 2024.
/ December 24, 2024
Black writers, Black poets, Black poetry, Cave Canem Award, Cave Canem Prize, poetry awards, poetry prizes, Black poetry prizes, unpublished Black poets, Dr. Brandon Kilbourne, Natasha Trethewey, Tracy K. Smith, Dr. Brandon Kilbourne Natural History, theGrio.com

Berlin-based research biologist receives $10K prize given to unpublished Black poets

Dr. Brandon Kilbourne's “Natural History” is this year's winner of the Cave Canem award, given for work by an unpublished…
/ December 11, 2024
The Personal Librarian, Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Belle da Costa Greene, Black history, Black historical novels, The Personal Librarian authors, theGrio.com

Authors of ‘The Personal Librarian’ celebrate the Black historical novel’s 1 millionth sale and work on new novel

Bestselling authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray have a new novel in the works while celebrating the millionth sale…
/ December 11, 2024