Books

Sylvie's Love and Loss, Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, Black authors, Black books, new books, Caribbean culture, Caribbean heritage, global drug trade, theGrio.com
Scholar Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith discusses why his first novel “Sylvie’s Love and Loss” is relevant now more than ever.
/ March 5, 2025
Percival Everett, James, Black authors, Black writers, Black literature, theGrio.com
Everett's version of Mark Twain's classic already won the National Book Award, the Kirkus Prize and the Carnegie Medal for fiction.
/ March 4, 2025
Jessie Fauset, W.E.B. Du Bois, the Harlem Renaissance, Black writers, Black artists, Black creatives, Victoria Christopher Murray, Black History Month, theGrio.com
Veteran author Victoria Christopher Murray returns with her first solo work of historical fiction, “Harlem Rhapsody.”
/ February 4, 2025
Frederick Joseph, Target, Black-owned brands, Black authors, Black-owned businesses, Target ending DEI, theGrio.com
Frederick Joseph speaks out after Target announced last week it was ending its DEI initiatives in their stores.
/ January 30, 2025
Brandy memoir, Is Brandy writing a book?, Is Brandy coming out with a memoir?, Brandy memoir release date, Brandy memoir publish date? theGrio.com
“I am so excited to finally share my full story in book form,” Brandy says of her memoir set to…
/ January 8, 2025
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bestselling authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray have a new novel in the works while celebrating the millionth sale…
/ December 11, 2024