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Tricia Hersey - We Will Rest - The Art of Escape
January 7, 2025

‘Nap Bishop’ Tricia Hersey wants us to end grind culture in 2025 with her revolutionary book ‘We Will Rest!’

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December 24, 2024

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

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November 29, 2024

James Baldwin: Literary icon and voice for civil rights and social justice

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Stories that shaped history: Classic books by Black authors
October 3, 2024

Stories that shaped history: essential classics by Black authors

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September 13, 2024

Trailblazing author and publisher Tina McElroy Ansa dead at 74

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Don Lemon, I Once Was Lost, Celebrity memoirs, Black authors, Black books, theGrio.com
September 10, 2024

Don Lemon can’t wait for women — especially Black women — to read his new memoir

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August 2, 2024

James Baldwin would have been 100 today. Here are seven titles by him you should know

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July 24, 2024

Kamala Harris’ memoir, ‘The Truths We Hold,’ has become a #1 bestseller overnight

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March 2, 2023

Trevor Noah’s next book to be a ‘modern fable’ on forgiveness and solidarity

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Willard Motley, Black authors, Knock on Any Door, Archibald Motley, Humphrey Bogart, theGrio.com
February 28, 2023

Forgotten History: Black novelist was the ‘hidden figure’ behind a Humphrey Bogart film

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best black books 2022
December 21, 2022

Writing—and reading—Black: Our favorite Black-authored books of 2022

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J. Dillard children's books theGrio.com
September 11, 2022

J. Dillard’s children’s books represent a new era in the book industry

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July 21, 2022

Michelle Obama announces second book, ‘The Light We Carry,’ will be published in November

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Tiffany Haddish theGrio.com
March 25, 2022

Tiffany Haddish’s next book, ‘I Curse You With Joy,’ due this fall

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International Women’s Day Books thegrio.com
March 8, 2022

It’s International Women’s Day. What in the world are you reading?

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March 1, 2022

Six African-American devotionals for Lent

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February 5, 2022

Ashley Bryan, acclaimed children’s author, dead at 98

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February 2, 2022

13 Books about the Black experience to share with your child this Black History Month

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Misty Copeland thegrio.com
January 7, 2022

Misty Copeland’s new book ‘Black Ballerinas’ reveals hidden figures of dance

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bell hooks thegrio.com
December 15, 2021

Acclaimed author and activist bell hooks dead at 69

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