Books

Gary Younge’s ‘The Speech’: New book tells backstory of ‘I Have a Dream’ address

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On ‘The Butler,’ and the legendary life of Eugene Allen

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‘The Snowy Day’: Children’s book with black protagonist is focus of exhibit

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Lil Wayne and Birdman's daughters debut as authors

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The teenage daughters of rappers Lil Wayne and Birdman are in New Orleans with their dads…
/ July 6, 2013

This week's book list: A look at Egypt's fight for freedom and more

POSTSCRIPT'D - We have Egypt on the Brinkby Tarek Osman, which takes us from the 1950s to Hosni Mubarak, and…
/ July 5, 2013

This week’s book list: ‘Black Like Me,’ ‘White Like Me,’ and more

POSTSCRIPT'D - In 'Black Like Me' John Howard Griffin describes how he stepped out of the comforts of his white…
/ June 27, 2013

New Rev. Al Sharpton book coming out in October

NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton is working on a book to be co-released this fall by the…
/ June 27, 2013

This week’s book list: From ‘World War Z,’ to dieting advice, and more

POST SCRIPT'D - With the movie 'World War Z' set for release this week, we wanted to feature the Max…
/ June 21, 2013

This week’s book list: Looking back on the amazing careers of Dwight Gooden, Rita Moreno

POST SCRIPT'D - This week we look back on the amazing career of Dwight Gooden. It was a career that…
/ June 13, 2013

Berry Gordy memoir reissued as e-book

NEW YORK (AP) - The Berry Gordy memoir which inspired the Broadway hit 'Motown: The Musical' is being reissued as…
/ June 7, 2013

This week’s book list: The sequel to Sapphire’s 'Push,' 'The Kid,' 'Game of Thrones' Book 4, and more

POSTSCRIPT'D - We kick off The Hit List this week with a hard, tough read in Sapphire’s The Kid. After…
/ June 6, 2013

Maya Angelou’s words of wisdom: ‘Love is the healing agent’

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK - At 85 years old, Dr. Angelou confessed to me that she’d tried to write this book years…
/ May 28, 2013

Grisham sequel to 'A Time to Kill' to be published

NEW YORK (AP) - The defense attorney in John Grisham's first novel, 'A Time to Kill,' is returning to the…
/ May 1, 2013

Zadie Smith on Granta best young novelists list

LONDON (AP) - Newcomer Taiye Selasi and established best-seller Zadie Smith have been named to Granta magazine's list of best…
/ April 15, 2013

This week’s book list: Jane Fonda’s black adopted daughter tells her story

POSTSCRIPT'D - For the first time, Mary Williams shares her story of growing up the daughter of Jane Fonda after…
/ April 12, 2013